Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Non-target 22 LR in non-target rifles — flogging a dead horse?

Many 22 LR firearms will show a preference for a particular make and type of 22 ammo. You have to shoot them all to find out what shoots best.

But I have found that CCI Standard Velocity shoots very well in many different firearms. I'd recommend you find some and try it. It is cheaper than match quality ammo and more readily available current crises excluded.

VERY generally speaking, you won't get the most accurate results with high velocity ammo. No match grade ammo is HV, If you ask anyone in the rimfire BR game, none of them use high velocity ammo.
That said, I have had pretty good results out of Geco Semi-Auto ammo in a CZ 512, it averages .368" at 50 yards with a cheap 3-9 scope on it.The Geco ammo is somewhat faster than standard velocity, it is "optimized" for semi-autos, supposedly. It also shoots fairly well in my 10/22s, CCI Blazer has also been good (the 40gr. stuff, not the new 38gr. load).

As always, your results may vary in your particular rifles and pistol.

The 10/22 is made for reliability with hunting accuracy. It is possible that 1" at 35 yards is the best the stock rifle can do. Can you have someone else shoot the rifle to see if it is the rifle or you? If the rifle is the issue, a couple hundred dollar tuneup can double your range with regular hardware store ammo.

If you have not fixed the trigger on your MK (whatever) do that first. Next you may need to upgrade your scope. Something with an AO so that parallax is not an issue. It is entirely possible and expected for a quality rifle to print even cheap ammo into 1" @ 35 yards. Many about 1/2 your standard. As mentioned above trying different ammo can sometime really make a difference. I like Fed Bulk Pack 550 Hollow Points and Fed Auto Match Bulk Pack - Walmart stuff, cheap and accurate. I still get an occasional flyer but that is the trade off for cheap ammo.

Very true - also depends on what you're doing. When I started shooting .22 at 200 yards the Federal Hi-Vel match turned out to be best. I suspect I have a dozen or more subsonic brands on hand and a few more high vel - You just ever know.

Now, lets not go down the rim-thickness rathole.

HV likely becomes SV in the MkIII, and may shoot as well as you can or better. In your 10/22, you never know until you try a bunch of stuff, tough to do now. Bear in mind that if a rifle shoots one-inch groups, the bullets should land within 1/2” of where you aim, so won’t limit your success on rabbits or even squirrels out pretty far. A Ruger BX trigger is a good, easy, cheap upgrade to help you get the best out of your 10/22. Might be enough to satisfy your requirements, and right now it’s something you can do without waiting for the ammo crunch to subside.

In general, CCI SV shoots pretty well in just about anything. Mini-Mags are practically the gold standard for reliable function in autoloaders, and usually shoot pretty well too. Good killers on squirrels too. Rabbits can be killed with a dirty look.

Maybe a simple $180.00 green mountain barrel is all that one needs?

One of these certainly helped my 10-22.

https://www.gmriflebarrel.com/901914-20-ss-sporter-barrel-10-22/

The OP never states what kind of rest or shooting position he's using. That could be a big part of the problem right there.

Yep, thats the one I'll be getting today from the brown truck.. Guys at the club use them with pretty good results..