Eley Benchrest 22lr - local source?

[Lafayette]

Hey, everyone! I’m working up my CZ457 and found it really likes Eley Benchrest 40gr at around 1070 ft/sec.

Does anyone know of a local (central Maryland) shop that carries this on the regular?

I can order online, but with shipping it’s pushing 30 cents/rnd. I know it’s pricey but every penny counts nowadays.

 

[jmb122mp]

Don't know a local source but sgammo.com has 500 rds bricks for $110 before tax and free shipping for orders over $200.

J

 

[Lafayette]

Don't know a local source but sgammo.com has 500 rds bricks for $110 before tax and free shipping for orders over $200.

J

Appreciate the heads-up! Not a bad price with free shipping, and failing local I’ll end up getting some of this.

 

[silver78]

From my experience, if you do find a local source in Maryland it will probably be more expensive than the prices on line.

 

[Russ D]

I find it nearly impossible to find any match .22lr locally. I gave up and just order online. I advise saving yourself the trouble.

 

[Uncle Duke]

I don't know that they stock it, but you might try giving Clyde's in Halethorpe a call. They'd be a possibility, in my mind.

 

[DeadInside]

I can’t recall ever finding any “match level” .22 locally. I usually get mine from Champions Choice and sometimes find Eley for a pretty good price from Midway USA.

 

[Shamr0ck]

When my youngest was competing we routinely purchased match grade ammo from either champions choice in TN or from International Shooter’s Service in Ft Worth.

ISS (817) 595-2090, owner Neal Stepp

Champions choice has a good website and contact info is there.

Another thought is to contact Lapua at the Cardinal shooters center in OH as they have a test facility to match your rifle to the best performing lot.

Once we knew which lot her rifle liked, I purchased several cases thru Champions Choice

Cardinal is an easy drive (just north of Columbus) and I wish it opened earlier as it would have been preferred over shipping her rifle to AZ


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[slsc98]

….Once we knew which lot her rifle liked, I purchased several cases thru Champions Choice ….

^That^ is the way.

Many (most?) times I place an online order for match 22 I have my truck packed and am ready to go straight to the range as soon as the delivery arrives … I’ve found this necessary to avoid dealers running out when they’re running a sale or special.

Painful reminder le$$on when I failed to be ready two years ago: an online dealer down in GA, who typically never deals in rimfire let alone match, had bricks of RWS Rifle Match for some ridiculously low price so, I bought five. Waited a week to go to range and discover the stuff is (was) the shizzit out of a favorite Model 41 I shoot indoor gallery league with.

I ran outside the range for a signal to call the vendor and asked, “Do you have any more of this?!!!!!

Alls I got was …

 

[Mike OTDP]

I can’t recall ever finding any “match level” .22 locally. I usually get mine from Champions Choice and sometimes find Eley for a pretty good price from Midway USA.

This. Figure out what you want. Check Champion's Choice and ISS. Then take a look at Midway and Brownells...you might get lucky. Order by the case.

 

[Lafayette]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and the voices of experience!

I’ll just keep my eye out online.

 

[Shamr0ck]

^That^ is the way.

Many (most?) times I place an online order for match 22 I have my truck packed and am ready to go straight to the range as soon as the delivery arrives … I’ve found this necessary to avoid dealers running out when they’re running a sale or special.

Painful reminder le$$on when I failed to be ready two years ago: an online dealer down in GA, who typically never deals in rimfire let alone match, had bricks of RWS Rifle Match for some ridiculously low price so, I bought five. Waited a week to go to range and discover the stuff is (was) the shizzit out of a favorite Model 41 I shoot indoor gallery league with.

I ran outside the range for a signal to call the vendor and asked, “Do you have any more of this?!!!!!

Alls I got was …

When we got the test results from the lapua range in AZ and it contained a lot which shot a thumb nail at 100m for 10 shots…I bought every box they had in inventory. Cost me a pretty penny. UPS guy HATED me, but she knew without a doubt… the ammo wasn’t the issue if she didn’t shoot well


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[DeadInside]

test results from the lapua

I can’t find any Lapua (other than a couple boxes of their “Polar Biathlon”) ammo anywhere. I have an Annie 1903 that doesn’t like any of the ELEY that I have and wanted to try some “Center X” in it but can’t find it anywhere to purchase.

had bricks of RWS Rifle Match

I was able to find RWS Rifle Match at Champions Choice so bought a 500 round brick of it to try in the Anschutz 1903. Hopefully it likes it as much as your S&W does…

 

[slsc98]

I can’t find any Lapua (other than a couple boxes of their “Polar Biathlon”) ammo anywhere. I have an Annie 1903 that doesn’t like any of the ELEY that I have and wanted to try some “Center X” in it but can’t find it anywhere to purchase.


I was able to find RWS Rifle Match at Champions Choice so bought a 500 round brick of it to try in the Anschutz 1903. Hopefully it likes it as much as your S&W does…

FWIW, I have rarely paid any attention to what the European mfrs “brand” their different lines;

…. that is to say, I have tested and then found success shooting cases of ammo designated as “pistol” on the outside of the box out of rifles and vice versa.

I wouldn’t hesitate to buy and test a brick of “Polar Biathlon” if I couldn’t find a specific “name.”


At one time earlier this year, Global Ordnance was sitting on a pallet of the RWS Rifle …

ETA: d*mmit, scratch ^that^, not seeing it now :-( :

Ammunition - Rimfire Ammunition - 22 LR - Page 1 - Global Ordnance

globalordnance.com

 

[DeadInside]

FWIW, I have rarely paid any attention to what the European mfrs “brand” their different lines;

…. that is to say, I have tested and then found success shooting cases of ammo designated as “pistol” on the outside of the box out of rifles and vice versa.

I wouldn’t hesitate to buy and test a brick of “Polar Biathlon” if I couldn’t find a specific “name.”


At one time earlier this year, Global Ordnance was sitting on a pallet of the RWS Rifle …

ETA: d*mmit, scratch ^that^, not seeing it now :-( :

Ammunition - Rimfire Ammunition - 22 LR - Page 1 - Global Ordnance

globalordnance.com

Yeah I agree polar biathlon, semi-auto, rifle, pistol, benchrest, precision, etc. all adjectives that they use to try to sell product typically doesn’t really matter. Just try as much as you can to find what your rimfire “likes”. I would have not hesitated on the Polar Biathlon if I could have purchased several hundred rounds (in case it was really good in my gun) but they only had a couple 50 rd boxes.

Thanks for the link to Global Ordnance I was not aware of them will keep an eye on their site for ammo.

 

[Mark75H]

Be careful with subsonic pistol target ammo. Some manufactures even warn in their descriptions that it may not leave the barrel of a longer rifle.

 

[Blacksmith101]

Two of the most comprehensive .22 ammo tests:

Test of 55 different types of ammo at 50, 75, and 100 yards in a Bleiker rifle:

Most Comprehensive Rimfire Ammo Test Ever — 55 Ammo Types « Daily Bulletin

We first featured this story in 2010, but the results of this rimfire ammo test have been of such widespread interest that we try to bring the test to readers' attention every year. In 2010, the staff of <a href=http://www.accuratereloading.

bulletin.accurateshooter.com

50 yard target pictures:

22 Rim Fire Ammo Test In A Bleik

75 yard target pictures:

22 Rim Fire Ammo Test In A Bleik

100 yard target pictures:

22 Rim Fire Ammo Test In A Bleik

Our New .22 LR Ammo Test, all at 100 yards but some sorted by weight and some by rim thickness, see the notes at the beginning (scroll down for pictures):

Our New

They also did a test using several different rifles but I cant find it at the moment so here is the link to the forum where the discussion and results of these and a bunch of other tests were posted. There are 42 pages of threads so have fun looking:

Rim Fire Rifles & Pistols - Forum

forums.accuratereloading.com

 

[Mark75H]

Possibly could have no relationship to what happens in my barrel

 

[slsc98]

Whoa. That IS comprehensive!

thanks for posting it up!

 

[Growler215]

For online purchase, Creedmoor Sports usually has this and lots of other quality .22lr ammo.