martini ammo

[OB]

Hello all. I am hoping for a little help. I have not played with rimfire much, except for plinking and rabbit hunting. I purchased a BSA Martini International to try a little target shooting with. When I look at all the target and match ammunition available I don't know where to start. I am hoping you guys can point me in the right direction on which to try. Thanks.

 

[StevenDzupin]

Every .22 rimfire has it's own preferences.

Start cheap and work your way up.

Usually you get what you pay for,the idea is

not to pay too much. LOL

Regards & Good Shooting,

Steve

 

[spclark]

Several friends of mine shoot Martini's for gallery shooting (indoor, 50' offhand) & like SK Standard Plus, Federal 711B, Wolf Match Target.

If you plan on reaching out to 50 yards or farther, you'll probably have to spend more & do some testing as what StevenDzupin said is very true. Your standards for accuracy, measured against how quickly your wallet looses weight, will tell you when you've reached the tipping point!

 

[Shynloco]

OB,
My weekly shooting partner owns and shoots thay very rifle you have. In fact, he just put a new Mueller 8-32-32X44 Scope on her. That rifles shoots sickening (incredible) groups at 50 yds using Wolf Match Target. You can get into more expensive ammos, but for the money, you won't be disappointed by the Wolf MT. Good luck and have fun!

 

[OB]

Thanks all for your help. It is much appreciated.

 

[kj]

mine likes wolf extra

 

[wgnovakmd]

Every barrel is different regarding brands and for that matter lot numbers within the brand. BSA Internationals are reasonably accurate rifles. They left the factory if they were capable of 1" 5 shot groups at 100 yds.

With my BSA Int II that I purchased a few years ago I was able to purchase single boxes of 11 or 12 Brands at the Nationals at Camp Perry's commercial row and test them out.I shoot prone or bench with iron sights at 50 and 100 yds. I used a scope for testing.

I then bought 5000 rounds of the same lot number of the brand which was the best performer in my BSA and 5000 of the third best. The difference between the second and third best in accuracy was minimal but the price was substantial.Third and fourth accurate were the same and with similar prices. TenX was the most accurate in my rifle.

That said I have no qualms about shooting CCI standard if I can find it.

Buy what is available and try it out

 

[dickn52]

Every barrel is different regarding brands and for that matter lot numbers within the brand. BSA Internationals are reasonably accurate rifles. They left the factory if they were capable of 1" 5 shot groups at 100 yds.

With my BSA Int II that I purchased a few years ago I was able to purchase single boxes of 11 or 12 Brands at the Nationals at Camp Perry's commercial row and test them out.I shoot prone or bench with iron sights at 50 and 100 yds. I used a scope for testing.

I then bought 5000 rounds of the same lot number of the brand which was the best performer in my BSA and 5000 of the third best. The difference between the second and third best in accuracy was minimal but the price was substantial.Third and fourth accurate were the same and with similar prices. TenX was the most accurate in my rifle.

That said I have no qualms about shooting CCI standard if I can find it.

Buy what is available and try it out

What he said. Just make sure you try several. Don't settle on what we use or talk about. Use what we talk about as a general purpose answer to get you started. Keep trying till you find the best for your rifle. Then when you change rifles, start all over again....

 

[DOGCAPPER]

Two lower tier brands that usually work in club matches are Eley Match, street name Black Box and Lapua Center X. These are OK if you shoot for particle board. If you shoot for money or big prizes go with Eley 10X or Lapua Midas. RWS has several grades available. They also make Norma T22 and Geico Auto and Bolt grades.

 

[Travelor]

First, I would not call Eley Match "lower tier" ammo. In a lot of cases it will out shoot Tennex,

Secondly, I shoot the new NRA F-Class small bore prone matches and have found that whatever ammo I shoot - I need to weight sort to wring the very best results. Using a scale with +/- .1 grain is not fine enough and you need a scale that is +/- .02 grains to get the best results.

Third, I totally agree on each gun having its preference and withing that preference different lots can substantially change your results. I have 4-5 different lots of ammo that I take to the match and find on different temp/humidity days the best ammo will change.

Love my Martinis and the will normally outshoot most anything else on the line.

 

[Shynloco]

First, I would not call Eley Match "lower tier" ammo. In a lot of cases it will out shoot Tennex,

.........

Third, I totally agree on each gun having its preference and withing that preference different lots can substantially change your results. I have 4-5 different lots of ammo that I take to the match and find on different temp/humidity days the best ammo will change.

IMHO, Martinis are among the finest Rimfire Rifles made. And that business about Eley Match (Black) being "lower tier" ammo is flat wrong. That tells me the poster of that comment hasn't done much testing using "quality" ammo in "quality" rifles. As has been accurately stated, individual Rimfire Rifles are extremely sensitive to certain ammos. Personally, I have conducted extensive testing with several Rimfire ammos for accuracy target shooting and used strictly "lubed" ammo for the final round of testing as the groups in the rifles I used, lower end Savage and high end Anschutz rifles. Regardless if the makes, lubed ammo groups were noticeably tighter meaning Wolf shot well in some and not so hot in others. BTW, all my testing was done at 50 yds since all my competition shooting has been done at 50 yds on ARA (American Rimfire Association) courses. So regardless of the name on the ammo (and weghing ammo does help) the price only dictates CONSISTENCY which is why most serious Rimfire competitors use the higher end ammo. That is not to say that once you find a specific ammo your rifle likes, it could be anything from $8 a box to $20 a box, depending on your particular rifle. Simply gotta test to find out what your Martini likes the best. I can tell you one of my Savages that I practice with shoots $7 Wolf ammo very nicely while another Savage demands $18 a box ammo. And neither of those work in my Anschutz that demands $20 a box ammo. Remember, this isn't a poor man's game and if you are serious, gotta ante up.