hey I checked RCBS and havent found anything in the regards of handloading my own 22 Target ammo. I am not really willing to shell out about $150-$200 for a brick of 500 22 match ammo. so any suggestions on where I could find the stuff?
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Anyways, I might recomend Wolf Match Target .22 ammo. It's only around 45-50 bucks a brick. I don't know really, I haven't looked lately. It's been really good, in my limited experience with it.
If you don't want to pay for the competition ammo, the only real answer is to weigh a batch of lesser ammo, and divide them into groups by weight. This will give improved consistency of charge weigth.
Also, you can separate them by rim thickness.
The really picky target shooters do this. It'll improve performance somewhat, but many just don't want to go to the trouble.
I don't know of ANY reloading gear that handles the old-style healed bullets of the .22 rimfires. And tampering with rim-primed cases - bad juju!
bigandrich...from your first statement its easy to see you don't know what your talking about....don't give suggestions if your completely ignorant about the topic....not to be mean but if i have a question with enough concern to post it, I would hope for an answer i could trust, not ignorance. Not only is it bad info. but it could also be harmful or misleading in other situations.
actualy I agree with blaylock. bigandrich I have been competition shooting for a little over a year so I kinda know the ins and outs (didnt know about other people weighing each bullet out though) so yeah I know wolf is good so is Federal Gold Metal but yeah thanks for the suggestions and I am eager to hear more
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Did you people know,no unauthorised Federal personal or visitors are allowed on the floor,where 22 match ammo is made?Now that's keeping a trade secret.
no one wants to know the secret to federals match ammo, its gone in the toilet in the last 5 years. 711B used to be great shooting ammo, now its no better than standard grade ammo, just with a higher cost.
I used to know an old-timer that reloaded .22 L.R. He had a kit with all of the tools but I can't remember who made it. He used to cast his own bullets and made his own priming compound. I thought it sounded a bit suicidal so I never stuck around to see how he did it, but he always wanted my empty cases. In this day and age we forget that things didn't used to be as easy to come by as they are now, so these old guys had to be pretty resourceful. I remember reading about guys in Australia building resizing dies using blocks of hardwood, it just goes to show ya-you can do just about anything if you set your mind to it!
I use to watch an old man shoot a .22. He would weigh and use calipers to measure every single round. I do mean every round. He was good but Dam...Its not worth it for .22's. I think he reloaded but I will never know...he died.
I also watched the .22 Olympic Shooters and they wont tell you how they load or what ammo they use, but its not off the shelf stuff.
Reloading rimfires would require removing the dent, then spinning or flooding primer material into the rim. Having a tool to remove the dent without ruining the brass is the first trick.
On www.levergungs.com is a man Know as Paco, he manufactures a 22RF accurizer. It has been review on GunBlast.com - Table of Contents. It flattens the bullet to make it a little wider so it fits the chamber tighter and improves accurecy.
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