Things do change, but

by JohnKDM, Thursday, July 10, 2025, 18:31 (3 days ago) @ JimT

being a Victim of My Experiences, I don't change as easily. Once bitten, twice shy.

I go through piles of 22lr.

I remember TerryM and I would debate 22 ammo quality; he would champion Winchester and I would praise CCI. Not the serious and expensive target ammo, just the usual suspects. Likely his experience with Winchester was with the older ammo as Jim describes.

Remington was just plain garbage, in my experience. Boge brought a bunch of it to the Holiday many years ago and what he had was bad, very bad - lots of misfires and miserable accuracy. Later, Jeff kept asking me to try the new Remington, saying they had fixed their issues. I never could bring myself to do that, sticking with CCI. (see the Victim comment above)

Federal bulk was pretty good until their quality became erratic and I quit buying their plinking ammo. CCI remained my primary, both Mini-Mags and SV.

Then a few years ago I bought a case of CCI SV that was not up to the usual standards of accuracy to which I was accustomed. Every case before, and since, has been fine.

Bought several cases of Aguila when it first started appearing from their new factory in Mexico as it was cheap and I wanted to try it. It works rather well in some of my 22s. Not so cheap anymore which I interpret as a positive sign as to their quality.

Wolf was (is?) good, but isn't cheap these days. One of my M52s really likes it, so I have a case saved back.

Bryan suggested SK Pistol Match and it works well in my B14r, but that is getting out of the generic category.

With 22lr ammo, it really is like a box of chocolates. If you find a lot that works and meets your criteria for accuracy, buy as much as you can.