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Is Hornady 30g 22 WRM ballistic tip considered match ammo? I notice a significant improvement in accuracy over CCI.

I would not call it match ammo, but in my experience it generally shoots well in most .22 Magnums.

Those 30gr V-Max loads shoot well in my three 22 Mags. Do you know that CCI loads the rimfire ammo for Hornady? And CCI uses the Hornady 30gr V-Max bullet in their branded ammo?

No, I never knew the association. It makes sense though. I'm not testing this ammo. I just take shots a squirrels at about 75 to 100 yds. The gun is a Mosseberg 640s Chuckster 22MAG. I hit a lot more with the Hornady 30g.

I have known a couple of guys that owned heavy barrel 22 magnum rifles, and they told me they didnt notice any better shot groups. Mostly Ruger and Marlin bolt actions.

I only Hornady V-max in the Savage 93, My Ruger single six is with the CCI 22 mag 40gr hp loaded. The pistol is for the now and again close shots that I get. The 22 mag in single six is a nice step up in power compared to the 22 LR i used to carry. My longest shot with the pistol was 47yds on pigeon perched on a old out building roof. The closest was at 3 yards on a G-hog. All really want out of the 22 mag is 2300 fps and pionted 40gr bullet! Then It would be perfect! Where is a new wonder powder for this cartridge. The pistol /rifle combo is a nice rig for me. I have never tried it on tree rats. But.........

My Ruger 10/22 magnum loves it. It hates Federal 50's.

I have two other magnums that are pretty mediocre with it. One of them loves Federal 50s. The other one loves Winchester 40's.

Used to shoot service rifle a long long time ago with Ray.

My Marlin .22 Mag likes WW 34 gr Varmint..something or the other a big nasty hollow point that is great on crows!!

Mike

Other then killing paper targets, I am not sure what i would match ammo for. Unless, it killed critters really well. We will probably never now.

Exactly. Rifles are for killing shiet.

I had great results with the older Remington 33 grain tipped bullets (from the 90’s) and Federal Premium 30 grain Sierra HPs from the late 80’s/early 90’s before the TNT.....really wish I would have stocked up on that load - it wasn’t advertised as “match” but it sure shot superb in my Anschutz 64M and of all things a Marlin 1894 (I had pretty consistent 5-shot groups in the 3/8” range and some less at 50 yards with a Weaver straight 3X scope). Now-a-days the Hornady 30 grain tipped does best but I’ve had pretty significant result differences lot to lot.

PennDog

The now discontinued CCI speer 50 grain does very well in my 9422M and Annie. They use Speer's center fire bullets.

They worked so well that when Midway listed them as discontinued, I called them and bought all they had. Twenty eight boxes If I remember. I still have a few left.

They hit hard on big varmints for a .22 Magnum.