I keep buying different .22LR ammo, I never could really figure out what was better. I broke down and bought a small box of each and went to the range today. It was an all day thing !
.22 LR Ammo Test
50 Yard Performance (from best to worst group)
Remington Golden Bullets (cheap bulk pack)
CCI Mini Mag
CCI Subsonic
CCI Quik Shok (It’s a defense round that separates into 3 parts)
CCI Blazers
Remington Vipers
Winchester Xpert 22 HP (Cheap bulk pack)
Peters (Rem)
Aquila Hyper Velocity
CCI Stingers *Worst Group*
100 Yard Performance
Remington Golden Bullets (Cheap bulk pack) 6 inches of drop
CCI Mini Mag, 6 inches of drop
CCI Blazers, 5.5 inches of drop
CCI Subsonic (very poor group), 8 inches of drop
All testing was done with a Marlin 925 Bolt Action. (These results match a smaller test I did with a Remington 597 autoloader.)
The two top performers at 50 yard were also the top performers at 100 yards. They had negligible difference at both distances. Surprisingly the Remington’s had the same drop from 50 to 100 yard groups as the Mini Mags.
I don’t believe the CCI Subsonics are useable at 100 yards.
The CCI Quik Shok’s performed excellent for a defense type 22 round. I thing I’ll try them in my pocket pistol.
And the winner is Remington Golden Bullets at 1/3 the price !
~ $10 at Walmart.
NOTE:your results may vary !
