vmaxaust wrote:Well this has been consistently occurring with the Federal ammo in all the 22 rifles I've owned in the last 3-4 years...Browning BL lever, Savage MKII, CZ452 and the Smith and Wesson 41 handgun. I don't remember but I doubt I have tried too much if any of that ammo in the Ruger American. That rifle is fairly new.
The Winchester 555 rounds see the misfires occurring much less frequently in all those rifles and handgun and the CCI almost never. It's for that reason I use the Win and CCI only. Not interested in match accuracy with the more expensive stuff. I shoot the 22 for fun and not to win competitions so I'm not hung up on the absolute most accuracy, to me the misfires are the bain of shooting 22's.
To that end I balance the cost of 22 ammo I use to its reliability of fire.
If anyone has any other suggestions for high velocity medium to lower cost bulk ammo brand and type that is not prone to misfires please let me know.
Sam
I think you'll find the misfires are due to the firearm, not the ammo.
Other than a single MiniMag, I've had no misfires with any of the cheapest ammunition in any of my rifles - Remington Cyclone, Highland RX HP and RN, Sellier & Bellot Standard, CCI Standard Velocity, Federal American Eagle 38gn HP, CCI MiniMag HP, CCI Subsonic and Winchester T-22 are the cheapest I've tried so far and should all be under $10/50rds. I haven't tried any of the bulk stuff because I didn't want to be lumbered with hundreds of rounds of ammo that might not shoot very well.
The absolute cheapest I can get currently is the 1400-rd Bucket of Bullets at $5/50.
But two years ago I picked up two bricks of Highland RX RN on special for $3.40/50.
I would certainly try a lot more than just three types before deciding on which of those is most reliable.