I have a new CZ452 in .22LR and want to get the best ammo for it I can. I was quite surprised at how much is available. Most of my experience is with centerfires so I'm still a bit of a novice with this. So far I have a 500 pack of German RWS and some CCI green tags. Is there a particular make of Eley you'd recommend? I noticed quite a bit of variety from them. Is their Tenex their top of the line? Thanks for any help you can offer. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

Because you can't finetune ammo to fit your 22 you need to find the right factory ammo for it.
My suggestion would be to go out and get packets of ammo from a number of different makers in a number of different types and see what shoots best in your rifle. In some rifles it will be the cheapest junk ammo on the market that shoots best and in others it will be the premium stuff.
When you find a good one don't become totally one eyed about it, try something new from time to time in the hope of finding a better one.

Bob

Ditto what gundownunder said. CCI MiniMags shoot well in all of my .22's, so put them on your list of types to try.

In addition to the ones listed in the original posting I've added Eley Tenex and Remingtn Target loads. All total I've got about 5 different types now so I should be good for awhile. Hopefully I'll find a winner among them. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

I have a new CZ452 in .22LR and want to get the best ammo for it I can. I was quite surprised at how much is available. Most of my experience is with centerfires so I'm still a bit of a novice with this. So far I have a 500 pack of German RWS and some CCI green tags. Is there a particular make of Eley you'd recommend? I noticed quite a bit of variety from them. Is their Tenex their top of the line? Thanks for any help you can offer. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

I will suggest 2 to start out with, just for extreme accuracy. RWS R-50 and Eley Tenex. CCI green tags are ok, but I have found much cheaper ammo that shoots better. Like the others have said though, every .22 likes a different ammo. You will find that the two I mentioned will give you very good accuracy. I use the same two just to see how accurate my .22's can be, then settle in with CCI mini mags, or Winchester Power Points for hunting.

I will suggest 2 to start out with, just for extreme accuracy. RWS R-50 and Eley Tenex. CCI green tags are ok, but I have found much cheaper ammo that shoots better. Like the others have said though, every .22 likes a different ammo. You will find that the two I mentioned will give you very good accuracy. I use the same two just to see how accurate my .22's can be, then settle in with CCI mini mags, or Winchester Power Points for hunting.


Some people may debate this tip, but I've found it to be true when trying for 1/4" groups. Some ammo just will not shoot well though the fouling left by other brands of ammo; this seems esp. true of the RWS ammo.

Is worth the effort to clean the bore and fire 5 to 10 rounds as "foulers" before going for groups. IF i didn't do that, would get really ho-hum groups with RWS after shooting Eley (or the other way around).

Besides, the vest comparsion starts each at some uniform point...and the only know uniform point we can create is to start from "clean".

I also agree with that ribbonstone. I never cleaned, but it does usually take 10 rounds or so to get in the groove. I think its because of the use of different types of lube on the bullets. For the expensive stuff, would be cheaper to clean when changing brands.

Between the Eley Tenex and the RWS I should be in good shape for a while. It's been some years since I had bought rimfire ammo. Boy, the accuracy stuff certaily isn't cheap. I'm used to centerfires and reloadig my own. The Eley and RWS cost me almost as much as my centerfire ammo. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

If you think about it, its really not that much different in price than loading your own centerfire rounds. You are going for the best, same as reloading, you want the most accurate you can get. Its just hard to justify to yourself paying about 4 times as much as regular hunting ammo like CCI Mini Mags. You won't be doing much plinking with the Eley.