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To be honest, I've had better luck (less fliers) with the older SK standard plus. The one on the bottom in your pic..

I was never a serious rimfire competitor. I bought the rifle for hunting, but found that my Model 60 was handier, so I relegated the 452 to range and postal matches. I took a 4 power scope off and put an 8-32 Mueller on.



When I was still in the service, the rimfire benchrest guys told me that if I wanted to compete beyond the club level, that I would have to upgrade. The trouble was, I did not have the funds or the time to do that. Between service commitments, family, and shooting centrefire matches, I had no spare time.

About 15 years ago, I put a Brooks Trigger kit in and shot for fun. I like the relaxed atmosphere compared to the other shoots. And it is fun to work with kids.

I think I'm the only one that did not like Dynapoints. In every gun I've used, 22LR and 22 WMR, they were consistently the worst grouping ammo I could buy. My brother in law didn't mind as he got a few bricks for free. His BL-22 and 9422M love the stuff. Go figure.

Another dynapoint variant.

The new Wildcat Dynapoints can’t hold a candle to the 1990’s-early 2000’s Australia made bulk Dynapoints accuracy wise. Heck none of Winchester’s current offerings can hang. At least all their loads I could get ahold of last year. I didn’t try the Silvertips but all the others. The T22 were,in particular, garbage. When I was a kid they were very accurate and one of my favorite squirrel loads.

Last of the good T-22's.

Of the US made 22 rimfire ammunition, I guess CCI is the leader. Not trying to start a war or pick sides, just figure out the North American producers.

The problem with most US made 22 rimfire ammunition seems to be a lack of consistency. I wonder how committed Winchester, Remington and Federal are WRT R&D and higher standards over the long term. To get the consistency, one has to turn to Eley or SK for example. They seem to have better QC than Rem, Win or Fed.

My hunting experience with 22 rimfires led me to ditch the HV stuff and use subsonic ammunition. This was after Canadian producer IVI went out of business. I only used 40 grain loads. Grouse, bunnies and squirrels don't seem to need the extra 100 - 125 fps or hollow points. It simplified things for me. I am sure that others would want or need these things however. We live in different places and some of us hunt different critters.

Either way, it's nice to have choices.

I have a bunch of the Winchester Wildcats I bought back in the early 90’s. Very consistent firing and accurate enough that I use it to shoot at a 50 ft indoor range. I don’t remember ever having a ftf.

Pretty sure we were paying $10 a brick in those days. Wish I’d bought a truckload…

CCI Minimag and Standard, meh.

The early Dynapoints that my 541-S liked were unplated. The plated ones do ok but won’t match the earlier version, at least in my favorite squirrel rifle.

Walmart sold dynapoints for a while. They had closeouts a few years back

I don't think sk magazine is sk plus. Sk mag sucks in everything I've tried it.in. doesn't even live up to plinking standards for me