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Eley Tenex shoots better than CCI SV 100%. But $50 a brick is way easier to buy than $180.
Better ammo won't help me in gusting switching wind conditions where the best guy at the match has hits with his first 5 rounds and then the bext 5 just disappear.
With the targets getting smaller at the last few matches, more consistent and tighter shooting ammo will probably help. But is it worth an extra $30 a match? Am I going to buy 1 extra hit, or 5 extra hits? How many spots do I move up, maybe 5 or 6, maybe none?
I did shoot Tenex at the 400 yard match and got 8 hits out of 10 at 400. I don't know that CCI SV would have hit more than 3.
Maybe the targets are getting smaler and futher and it's time to step up and buy a couple bricks of Tenex and really see what I can do.... But what if it helps and then I have to buy fancy ammo all the time.... Cheaper and better than a lot of habbits other people have though.
I know the thing these days is to go beyond 200 yards with consistency and that little .22lr pill. That's a good thing!!! As for myself, I'll stick with what has worked for me at 200 yards on a 5 inch gong - rather than changing ammo / or I'll just move up to a 6 or 7 inch gong at 200 yards and continue the fun... I'm awful close to passing that midway point in my 60's - so it doesn't take much to entertain me on the Range anymore. LOL!!!
Tenex might not be worth it. Eley match or the lower grade eley stuff will probably notably outshoot CCI.
Lapua Long Range 40 grain 22lr, rated 1106 fps
CZ 455 Varmint, Lilja barrel, Sinclair bipod
200 yards, wind variable at 1 to 3 mph
First box
Second box
CZ 455 Varmint, Lilja barrel, Sinclair bipod
200 yards, wind variable at 1 to 3 mph
First box
Second box
Lapua Super Long Range 40 grain 22lr, rated 1106 fps
CZ 455 Lilja, Sinclair bipod 200 yards
First box
Second box
CZ 455 Lilja, Sinclair bipod 200 yards
First box
Second box
Same or different lots? What speeds as per lot info?
Thanks Justin
Thanks Justin
The Lapua looks pretty consistent…
Norma Xtreme 22 Long Range, rated 1165 fps
CZ 455 Lilja, set trigger, Sinclair bipod and rear bag
Decent looking cartridges, clean crimp and drive bands, mostly.
A few showed asymmetric bullets, slightly lopsided,
visible when rolling the cartridge on a flat surface.
RWS describes their version of the 43 grain cone tail as a novelty cartridge.
With the velocity spread and the asymmetric bullet shape caused outliers,
"novelty" might be truth in advertising.
CZ 455 Lilja, set trigger, Sinclair bipod and rear bag
Decent looking cartridges, clean crimp and drive bands, mostly.
A few showed asymmetric bullets, slightly lopsided,
visible when rolling the cartridge on a flat surface.
RWS describes their version of the 43 grain cone tail as a novelty cartridge.
With the velocity spread and the asymmetric bullet shape caused outliers,
"novelty" might be truth in advertising.
Norma Xtreme 22 Long Range, rated 1165 fps
CZ 455 Lilja, set trigger, Sinclair bipod and rear bag
Decent looking cartridges, clean crimp and drive bands, mostly.
A few showed asymmetric bullets, slightly lopsided,
visible when rolling the cartridge on a flat surface.
RWS describes their version of the 43 grain cone tail as a novelty cartridge.
With the velocity spread and the asymmetric bullet shape caused outliers,
"novelty" might be truth in advertising.
A buddy, my Son and I tried some of this a few weeks ago, granted I didn't go thru boxes of it but out thru 250 yards I wouldn't use it in any type of longrange match. It started to get a little bit better at 300 but R50 and Lapua Super Long Range made it look about like CCI std. Mine went up for sale and is gone. Maybe others might have better luck but at least the three of us that tried it wouldn't consider it for longrange precision matches. Throw in the lack of availability of replacing it when needed is another deterrent.
Will be following to see what luck others have had.
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Is it possible that other lots of the same ammo would perform differently?