how much to pay for .22 ammo

[sully5328 0]

Hi new to the .22 game how much should i be looking to pay for .22 ammo

[Yokel Matt 918]

Hi new to the .22 game how much should i be looking to pay for .22 ammo

 

I pay about £36 for a brick of eley subs

[drut 9]

Locally Remington £20.00@500,Winchester £27.50@500, Eley £37.00@500 is what I am finding.(Newcastle upon Tyne)

Edited October 15, 2008 by drut

[andyf 144]

In the Southwest (Devon & Cornwall) I expect to pay £35+ for a 500 brick of the 'good' stuff (Eley, Winchester, RWS). A bit less for Remington, Magtec, or CCI.

Cheap stuff is ok for plinking and general 'faffing about, in bolt rifles it doesn't matter much, but if you have a semi-auto forget it, the cycling on Sub's is bad enough anyway, without using crud ammo.

I found Reminton Subs yielded many more 'runners' on Rabbits than the other brands and too many ricochets, my conclusion is that the bullets are harder lead, and also have a tiny hollow point cavity, I think they go straight through without doing much shock damage, so I don't buy them anymore. Look out for bouncy 'rubber' bullets.

If you want to use High Velocity I advise Winchester Lazer if you can get it, in my rifles this has always been the most consistant, although the new Velocitor is equally as good.

All the hyper stuff e.g. Stinger and Yellow Jacket are rubbish, I've shot them in all sorts of rifles from well worn CZ's to top of the shop Anschutz and none could make a decent group at 50 yards let alone 100.

Anyway .22 ammo is cheap enough and you can buy an assortment of brands in 25 round outers from your local supplier without breaking the bank, Then you can test mine and other peoples theories and have a bit of fun at the same time, don't buy a 500 brick until after your experimental stage.

[sidesy 0]

remmys, £5 per hundred here in N.Wales..lovely accurate clean round

[The one 8,468]

£35 + , same with air rifle pellets they all jumped up in price i nearly soiled myself when i got the price

[drut 9]

"I found Remington Subs yielded many more 'runners' on Rabbits than the other brands"

 

So did I but I have to admit they are clean & very accurate in my CZ, as I normally chest shoot rabbits I use Winchesters normally.

[trappa 518]

I pay £35 for 500 eley subs. Wouldnt buy anything else now unless i had to.

[clay man 0]

i got a box of icc stingers 12euro for 50

[sully5328 0]

Thanks gents off to the gun shop tommorow as got my fac through today in less than 4 weeks As new rifle i thought i would buy 100 eley subs and 100 winnie subs and see how i got on with them

[stork 1]

just been down the local gun shop and 150 winchester subs cost me £10.25 bit pricy will earn it back tonight tho very easy.

[sully5328 0]

just been down the local gun shop and 150 winchester subs cost me £10.25 bit pricy will earn it back tonight tho very easy.

Good hunting

[sully5328 0]

hi all.got 200 rounds of .22 winnie subs for £12 and they work great on the rifle. many thanks for the advice