CaptinFarrel wrote:Hi all,
Took my ruger 77/22 to the range for the first time with 6 boxes of different ammo, mostly different brands too.
Best groups where from the Eley Sport.
Fairly new to this so wondering if if I could expect the bulk packs of Eley standard to shoot similar to the sport being the same brand? Don't seem to come in packs of 50 to test first!
Cheers!
sungazer wrote:I think there is some difference other than just the price point that makes you think you are buying a better product.
sungazer wrote:The bucket of bullets type of ammo is ok if you are just plinking with mates at larger targets. But I always find there is some element of competition and you want to be hitting what you are aiming at.
bladeracer wrote:sungazer wrote:The bucket of bullets type of ammo is ok if you are just plinking with mates at larger targets. But I always find there is some element of competition and you want to be hitting what you are aiming at.
Based on my results with rim-thickness batching 3000 Remington Cyclones, I think for a few hours effort you can very significantly improve your group sizes with bulk ammo, I halved the group sizes shooting batched Cyclones.
sungazer wrote:bladeracer wrote:sungazer wrote:The bucket of bullets type of ammo is ok if you are just plinking with mates at larger targets. But I always find there is some element of competition and you want to be hitting what you are aiming at.
Based on my results with rim-thickness batching 3000 Remington Cyclones, I think for a few hours effort you can very significantly improve your group sizes with bulk ammo, I halved the group sizes shooting batched Cyclones.
Yes but thats you spending your time to do what probably is done at the factory to achieve the next level up in their quality line up
TassieTiger wrote:^ clever. Didn’t think of doing that. Sitting down watching tv or what ever, could be done with minimal effort...
Did you find huge discrepancies?
Strikey wrote:Have been testing the Eley Standard lately in 3 different rifles as I am not keen on the price of SK and personally don't think the quality of SK is what it was. So far the Eley Standard has proved to be every bit as accurate as some of the older SK Standard Plus and Rifle Match that I still have but it has shown to be more consistent than some of the newer SK, the Eley also seems to buck the wind slightly better, for the price it is going to be my new Silhouette ammo.
Strikey wrote:...the Eley also seems to buck the wind slightly better, for the price it is going to be my new Silhouette ammo.
bladeracer wrote:Strikey wrote:...the Eley also seems to buck the wind slightly better, for the price it is going to be my new Silhouette ammo.
Have you tried the heavier 42gn and 45gn bullets against steel?
The 42gn Winchester 1320fps load makes about 25% more energy at 100m than subsonic 40gn bullets. If it gave me decent accuracy I would think it'd be ideal for Silhouette.
Cooper wrote:I saw a CCi standard for $489 per case (5000) in Melbourne to other day.
Ziad wrote:My cz452 loves to easy the eley standard. It was the first box i tried, have tried 10-15 different ones only rws high velocity and one more expensive eley was good... bought a couple boxes of rws hv the other day and was not as impressed worse than the standard. At ~70 per 500 for the eley i am very happy. At 50m its usually clover leaf
bladeracer wrote:Ziad wrote:My cz452 loves to easy the eley standard. It was the first box i tried, have tried 10-15 different ones only rws high velocity and one more expensive eley was good... bought a couple boxes of rws hv the other day and was not as impressed worse than the standard. At ~70 per 500 for the eley i am very happy. At 50m its usually clover leaf
Did you try CCI Std Vel as well?
johnboy357 wrote:Has anyone tried the SK Pistol Match Special - it is just a little faster than the normal Standard Velocity stuff - see a fair bit used in Handgun 100m Silhouette - good enough for the tiny shoot off targets at 100m. You might also like to try the SK "Long Range" ammo that has recently come onto the market.