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Thanks for the info. Midway's still got the CCI SV, one brick to customer, $44.95. Ordered one about five minutes ago.

Range Report: I Took my Springfield 1922M2 and Winchester pre A 52 Sporter to the range yesterday, shot both with CCI Blue Std. Vel. ammo at 50 yds. both grouped 50 shots into a 2" circle with ease. Groups were more like 1 1/4"-1 1/2". I also shot both rifles with Remington/Eley Target rifle ammo, groups were imperceptibly smaller than with the CCI Blue Std. Vel. ammo.

One of my favorite rimfires. Amazing rifles.

CCI has always been my go to ammo, especially the standard velocity. If an automatic does not work well with it, it has issues. Accuracy perhaps not as good as say Eley, but failure to fire or function? CCI works for me.

Our small, local shop just got in some CCI 22 long rifle. Mini mag, hollow points box of 100 for $10, limit 1 box.


Picked up one of those and brick of the A17 Hummer ammo(and two bricks of primers and a pound of HS-6...).

Every gun I own shoots CCI ammo well, except I don't have a gun that shoots stingers real well.

I have had good luck with most CCI, I have mostly firearms not ammo senisitive in a Marlin Papoose, and An HR929 rev both will chamber and shoot most 22lr I use, I have had ammo sensitive guns like a Walther P-22, and a newer Ruger 10-22 takedown I sold off, for that reason.


Ron l

In a side by side comparison with Remington Eley Target Rifle there was so little a difference in group size that I won't spend the extra for the Eley + CCI Blue SV is easier to find.

P/U 2 boxes of Stinger today, just b/c - they seem to be the cats meow IF one chose/needed to use a 22LR handgun for PD.

CCI Mini-Mag was always my GO TO for hunting ammo, until I found WW PP long ago, speaking of a Huge cavity, and a full size 40gr HP IIRC. Years ago on occasion a rabbit might run with a CCI MM, not so with WW PP. Always DRT even center mass hits. Up to 100 yds, IME.

Also, the original seemed like they were made or designed is Australia - IIRC. They shot 1/2" or better in a re-worked 10/22 Butler Creek bbl, fitted for 77/22 with zero freebore chamber by CPC. Seems that bbl had a 16" ROT.

CCI variety is tough to beat, other than price.

My last two .22 sporters have both liked RWS SSHP best, but both also did okay with several CCI products as well. Always go bang.

I try to buy what works best in a particular rifle, but if I have to buy "blind", CCI gets the nod when available.

Just picked up a couple bricks of SV on faith. I plan to try one of the flat-pointing tools on some if they shoot okay.

Ah yes Stingers I've used them for years to dispatch backyard vermin, feral cats, coons whatever. Never needed a second shot, one Stinger to the head has never failed to produce a bang flop. All kitty's nine lives over instantly.

Good stuff!

CCI is by-FAR the best, most-consistent reasonably priced ammo I shoot. Wish I could find more of it.
I have not had consistent luck with any of the other stuff, including GB's.
(hit and miss with the GB's)
Anything Winchester is making nowadays, is "miss-and-miss", with lots of duds intermixed in the box.

CCI Stingers have always been my favorite .22 round. Nothing kills better, IMO.
About the only other stuff I buy nowadays are the Agilla HV stuff, as I've been hoarding my Stingers due to availability the last 3 or 4 years.

The very early Stingers shot really well in my old 582, with enough flyers to ruin the group averages, but not impair their utility. They are killin' little buggers for sure, the only .22LR I trust to bag chucks consistently with chest shots. Once popped a starling perched on a cornstalk out at least 75 yards and it blew him to tatters. They also clock over 1200 fps out of a handgun, about the same as .22mag 40gr loads, and still expand well. They're my "carry" load for my Bearcat.

I need to try the hot Aguilas in my pistols. The last Stingers I bought, without checking the price, were $9.95!

After learning during the recent ammo shortage that Mini Mags (HP and RN) are consistently reliable in everything I shoot them through, that is all I have been buying since availability improved.

One thing I never realized until recently is how badly ammo gets manhandled in shipment. I'd say that about 10% of Mini Mag plastic boxes are cracked when I get them, whether shipped to my door or bought off the shelf in stores. It makes me wonder what's happening to all the bulk pack ammo during shipping.

My last trip to Walmart yielded me 4 boxes of stingers and 4 boxes of 22wmr maxi mags. Seems my local Wally world always have some type of CCI for sale.

2 box per cs at my Wmart.

So re: WW and the "Duds" - years ago Super-X copper wash seemed 100% reliable. Is that no longer the case? Never recall a misfire with the PP HP I have, though I have old stock, and I seemed to have read they were initially made in another factory.

CCI SV knocks squirrels out of tree's with boring consistency in my bolt-action .22LR, no complaint here.

CCI: Always been good, always been expensive.