Our New .22 LR Ammo Test
We have decided to do a comprehensive test on all the .22 Long Rifle ammo we can find here.
The test was run according to the following formats.
50 rounds, shot in 5, 10-shot groups, at 100 yards.
First 50 rounds were taken from one box of 50 as they came from the factory.
Second 50 were selected by weight, each 10 rounds shot in a group weighed exactly the same weight.
Third 50 were selected by rim thickness. Each 10 rounds in a group had exactly the same rim thickness.
The first rifle selected was the Bleiker 22F3-79 Match Rifle.
All shooting was done in our indoor shooting range, off the bench, at 100 yards.
Here are a few notes regarding the ammo we tested.
Winchester T22 had a rim thickness of 0.037 - 0.047" This ammo would not function in the Bleiker. Almost every round failed to extract, so I gave up on testing them.
Most consistant weight was found in the Lapua SIGNUM
CCI MiniMag HP had a rim thickness of 0.040-0.041"
Fiocchi TT Sport had a very large weight variation - 47.2 - 56.4 grains
RWS amo had very sticky lube.
Pobjeda target - which turned out to be terribe, had a rim variation of 0.038-0.048"!!??
Eley Practice 100 had the most consistant rims - all were 0.038"
Aguila Sniper SubSonic had rims 0.038-0.039".
Winchester Wildcat will not function in this rifle. We had the same problems as the T22.
Functionally, ammo from Lapua, Eley and RWS functioned flowlessly.
Some of the other makes were not as consistant.
I tried to make trhe following table in as much of an order as I could.
But, as we did not have all the ammo here all at the same time, the table is not as orgenized as I had wished to be.
I know, I could have waited until all the shooting has been done before entering all the data, but that means more to do at the end instead of entering the data as it shot.
The Remington High Velocity ammo and the Federal Gold Medal - old - ammo we have had for at least 25 years.
Target marked MIXED WEIGHTS are straight from the box, nothing has been done to them.
Target marked SAME WEIGHT are weighed, and each group of 10 are exactly the same weight.
Targets marked as SAME RIMS had teh rims measured, and each group of 10 have exactly the same rim thickness.
16 types of ammo shot better without selecting either weight or rim thickness. This is from a total of 63 types shot. This equates to 25.4%.
25 types of ammo shot better when selected by weight. This equates to 39.7%.
22 types of ammo shot better when the rim thickness was selected. This equates to 34.9%.
All ammo was bought from stores. None was supplied by any manufacturer.
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Lapua Center X |
Lapua Polar Biothelon |
Lapua Midas Plus |
Lapua Standard Plus |
Lapua Super Club |
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51.7 - 15 |
52.0 - 27 |
51.5 - 3 |
51.2 - 2 |
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52.1 - 49 |
51.6 - 2 |
51.3 - 6 |
51.1 - 0 |
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51.9 - 10 |
52.2 - 24 |
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51.4 - 13 |
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52.0 - 1 |
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51.8 - 54 |
51.5 - 14 |
51.3 - 15 |
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Lapua Crow HV HP |
51.9 - 25 |
51.6 - 16 |
51.4 - 13 |
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Eley Pistol Match |
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52.0 - 1 |
51.7 - 20 |
51.5 - 15 |
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48.7 - 1 |
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51.8 - 13 |
51.6 - 16 |
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50.6 - 1 |
48.8 - 1 |
Lapua Midas Plus |
51.9 - 10 |
51.7 - 25 |
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50.7 - 1 |
49.0 - 10 |
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52.0 - 3 |
51.8 - 5 |
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50.8 - 11 |
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51.5 - 3 |
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50.9 - 30 |
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51.6 - 49 |
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52.0 - 1 |
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51.0 - 10 |
49.3 - 20 |
51.7 - 44 |
Lapua Master L |
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51.1 - 17 |
49.4 - 26 |
51.8 - 4 |
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Lapua Master M |
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51.2 - 22 |
49.5 - 13 |
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51.3 - 5 |
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51.6 - 49 |
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51.4 - 3 |
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52.0 - 2 |
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Eley Tenex Ultimate EPS |
Eley Match Xtra Plus |
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Eley Edge |
Eley Tenex |
Eley Club |
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50.6 - 6 |
50.5 - 1 |
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50.7 - 3 |
50.9 - 1 |
50.8 - 1 |
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50.6 - 1 |
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50.8 - 4 |
51.0 - 17 |
50.9 - 12 |
50.8 - 35 |
50.7 - 2 |
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51.0 - 19 |
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51.0 - 9 |
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51.0 - 10 |
50.9 - 25 |
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51.1 - 19 |
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51.0 - 19 |
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51.2 - 24 |
Eley Subsoni HP |
51.3 - 6 |
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51.1 - 29 |
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51.3 - 7 |
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51.2 - 13 |
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51.4 - 16 |
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51.6 - 4 |
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Eley Practice 100 |
CCI Stinger |
RWS R 50 |
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51.7 - 1 |
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51.2 - 32 |
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44.0 - 20 |
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53.0 - 6 |
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Eley Tenex Semi-Auto |
Eley Practice |
Eley Match EPS |
Eley Club Xtra |
Federal Value Pack |
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50.6 - 23 |
50.0 - 1 |
50.8 - 3 |
48.6 - 1 |
49.0 - 2 |
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50.7 - 36 |
50.1 - 1 |
50.9 - 10 |
48.7 - 0 |
49.1 - 3 |
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50.2 - 2 |
51.0 - 43 |
48.8 - 0 |
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50.3 - 1 |
51.1 - 23 |
48.9 - 0 |
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51.0 - 10 |
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51.2 - 20 |
49.0 - 0 |
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49.1 - 0 |
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49.2 - 0 |
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Eley Pistol Match |
50.7 - 0 |
Eley Match |
49.3 - 0 |
49.7 - 1 |
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50.8 - 0 |
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49.4 - 0 |
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50.9 - 0 |
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RWS Rifle Match |
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51.2 - 0 |
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49.9 - 0 |
52.9 - 13 |
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51.2 - 12 |
50.0 - 0 |
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Eley Standard |
51.6 - 19 |
51.3 - 18 |
50.1 - 0 |
53.1 - 29 |
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51.4 - 7 |
50.2 - 0 |
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50.9 - 1 |
51.8 - 18 |
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50.3 - 0 |
53.3 - 8 |
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51.0 - 1 |
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Western 1220 FPS |
50/4 0 |
53.4 - 4 |
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51.1 - 1 |
52.0 - 3 |
45.7 - 0 |
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51.2 - 0 |
52.1 - 2 |
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Fed. American Eagle HP |
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45.6 - 1 |
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Win. Wildcat |
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50.0 - 1 |
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46.2 - 0 |
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46.3 - 0 |
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RWS Target Rifle |
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Eley Team |
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| Ammo | Mixed Weights | Same Weight | Same Rims |
| Lapua Midas M | 0.8572 | 0.6978 | 0.7204 |
| Lapua Midas Plus | 0.6766 | 0.8298 | 0.7908 |
| Lapua Super Club | 1.2932 | 0.8898 | 0.9534 |
| Lapua Master M | 0.7722 | 0.7698 | 0.7604 |
| Lapua Master L | 0.8124 | 0.9446 | 0.8796 |
| Lapua Midas L | 1.1306 | 0.8142 | 1.1764 |
| Lapua Center X | 1.0914 | 0.6154 | 0.8766 |
| Lapua Polar Biothelon | 0.6488 | 0.6262 | 0.6644 |
| Lapua Signum | 0.8086 | 0.6452 | 0.9674 |
| Eley Practice 100 | 0.6880 | 0.6346 | 0.6374 |
| Eley Subsonic Hollow Xtra | 1.2782 | 1.3108 | 1.2766 |
| Eley Edge | 0.8720 | 0.8314 | 1.0062 |
| Eley Practice | 1.5722 | 1.3698 | 1.1684 |
| Eley Tenex Ultimate EPS | 0.9332 | 0.9312 | 1.1302 |
| Eley Tenex Semi-Auto | 0.7722 | 0.8324 | 0.8814 |
| Eley Pistol Match | 0.8322 | 0.6784 | 0.7550 |
| Eley Match Xtra Plus | 0.9486 | 1.1062 | 0.9710 |
| Eley Sport | 0.9356 | 1.0040 | 1.0844 |
| Eley Club Xtra | 1.2050 | 1.1106 | 0.9894 |
| Eley Tenex | 0.6708 | 0.9120 | 0.9564 |
| Remington Target | 1.1696 | 1.5138 | 1.4690 |
| Norinco Pistol Revolver | 1.3536 | 1.2810 | 1.1906 |
| Swartklip Match Trainer | 1.4972 | 1.3266 | 1.2994 |
| Kassnar Concorde HV | 1.8640 | 1.3196 | 1.9776 |
| LVE Logo+ HV | 2.5512 | 1.7994 | 2.3174 |
| Fiocchi Ultrasonic | 1.3484 | 1.6656 | 1.5206 |
| Winchester Rabbit HV | 1.2556 | 1.1524 | 1.3670 |
| RWS HV HP | 0.9066 | 1.0680 | 0.8882 |
| RWS SubSonic | 1.1874 | 1.0956 | 1.1813 |
| SK Standard | 2.4506 | 1.8420 | 2.4612 |
| Akah X-Zone | 0.6506 | 1.4398 | 1.4352 |
| S&B HV HP | 1.7934 | 1.6062 | 1.5806 |
| S&B Club | 1.2068 | 1.5726 | 1.8766 |
| Federal Champion Target | 1.1212 | 1.0858 | 1.3152 |
| Fedral Gold Medal - Old | 1.4350 | 1.2184 | 1.1606 |
| CCI Mini Mag HP | 1.4464 | 1.3046 | 1.0926 |
| CCI Standard | 0.8748 | 0.8844 | 1.1288 |
| Federal American Eagle HP | 1.2176 | 1.1778 | 1.1150 |
| Winchester Super X Super Speed | 1.2428 | 1.1642 | 1.3598 |
| Aguila Super Xtra | 1.5284 | 1.5642 | 1.8112 |
| Fiocchi TT Sport | 1.5364 | 1.5152 | 1.5292 |
| Fiocchi HV HP | 1.4536 | 1.4360 | 1.4292 |
| Fiocchi SubSonic | 1.6200 | 1.2632 | 1.4624 |
| Federal American Eagle | 1.4354 | 1.2088 | 1.2218 |
| Fiocchi Standard | 1.4094 | 1.3936 | 1.4406 |
| Magtech HV | 1.8722 | 1.4912 | 1.3408 |
| SK Standard HP | 0.8370 | 0.9722 | 1.2674 |
| Pobjeda Gorazde Target | 3.1326 | 2.6910 | 4.8746 |
| Topshot | 1.2024 | 1.4240 | 1.1520 |
RWS R 50 |
0.8224 | 0.9132 | 0.8094 |
| Federal Gold Medal - New | 1.3166 | 1.3176 | 1.5338 |
| Remington HV | 1.9598 | 1.5026 | 1.7748 |
| Lapua Crow | 1.4114 | 1.3298 | 1.2282 |
| Lapua Standard Plus | 1.0796 | 1.0924 | 1.1826 |
| RWS Target Rifle | 0.9138 | 1.0964 | 0.8184 |
| RWSW Rifle Match | 0.9624 | 0.8402 | 0.8342 |
| Eley Club | 0.8774 | 0.7990 | 0.9856 |
| Federal Value Pack | 1.4980 | 1.6440 | 1.4886 |
| CCI Mini Mag | 1.5500 | 1.5620 | 1.4464 |
| Eley Team | 0.9160 | 0.7378 | 0.8692 |
| Eley Match | 0.7582 | 0.7686 | 0.6980 |
| S&B Standard | 1.6016 | 1.5472 | 1.4458 |
| Eley Standard | 0.8640 | 1.0206 | 1.1400 |
