RWS R50 availability?

[dstoenner]

Based on everything I see from all of my sources R50 hasn't been available since early this year. Does anybody know when a new shipment might be coming to our shores?

David

 

[CJ6]

Contact Whidden Gunworks

 

[INShooter]

Check with Champions Choice out of Tenn

 

[jpjulian]

OOS at ChampChoice

 

[Topstrap]

Maybe August of 2025

Topstrap

 

[Intell]

I haven’t seen an empty box of R50 that had been used at a BR match for at least 15 years and very few shot it even back then.

 

[Dgd6mm]

I believe if I could get my hands on it, I'd shoot it often. I've never shot the first round, but what I've read it must be excellent 22lr ammo.

 

[dstoenner]

I believe if I could get my hands on it, I'd shoot it often. I've never shot the first round, but what I've read it must be excellent 22lr ammo.

It is excellent ammo especially at 100 yards where i shoot Rimfire F-class. The other good thing about it is that it tolerates cold weather the best of anything. I have shot matches with it in high 20’s to low 30’s. Eley is the worst cold. I won’t shoot it below 50 degrees. Center -x is good to high 30’s

David

 

[Stugots]

Or bruno's. They're both experts at gouging their customers...................................

What do you mean, Bruno's is running a 10% of sale ight now...

 

[jaybray]

Seven bricks of R50 available here in Canada for $268 per brick and 9 bricks available of R100 for $274 per brick. I want to try them but wow.......

 

[Racerman56]

Been looking as well, nothing around.

 

[boltman13]

I heard in July, but I'm about out and my Walther doesn't like anything except Lapua X-act as well. I'm going to try and tune to Lapua Midas+ soon as I am getting desperate.

 

[ttfreestyle]

It is excellent ammo especially at 100 yards where i shoot Rimfire F-class. The other good thing about it is that it tolerates cold weather the best of anything. I have shot matches with it in high 20’s to low 30’s. Eley is the worst cold. I won’t shoot it below 50 degrees. Center -x is good to high 30’s

David

R50 shoots good in my Annie at 100 as well. Been using r50 for many years.

 

[F250]

Based on everything I see from all of my sources R50 hasn't been available since early this year. Does anybody know when a new shipment might be coming to our shores?

David

Anschutz North America was to get a shipment in May, but their online inventory stills shows a big “0,” for R50. You could call them and get on the back order list with your email if you intend to test yourself. As previously stated, you may want to check with Whidden. If I lived closer, I’d check with Whidden first, to test in a controlled environment.

 

[boltman13]

The shooting gods smiled on me. I took a box of 10X I had left and spent 2 hours searching for a tune my Walther KKM liked. Finally ran thru the whole box and switched to a new lot I had a whole brick of. I found the tune I had when I ran out of the first lot was spot on for this new lot. Took it to a 100 yard Smallbore F-Class match last Sunday and shot my highest score ever. I now have a good tune for two different brand of ammunition and both are super accurate in my rifle.

 

[FNSafari]

I haven’t seen an empty box of R50 that had been used at a BR match for at least 15 years and very few shot it even back then.

Great stuff if your rifle likes it, but that's the way .22 RF ammo selection is...if your rifle likes it.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Great stuff if your rifle likes it, but that's the way .22 RF ammo selection is...if your rifle likes it.

100% If your Rifle likes it ! I had 1413 and 1913 ,1413 loved it,1913 very picky .Sold the 1913

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Precision Reloading, HAS,. Wolf Match and SK Standard Plus AT Reasonable Prices ( Reasonable FOR,TODAY ! )
Both Types of, Ammo, shoot "Well", in my 20" Green Mountain Barrel.
SUB 1/2 inch group's, at 50 Yards,.. Day in,. Day Out

 

[alamo_308]

Seven bricks of R50 available here in Canada for $268 per brick and 9 bricks available of R100 for $274 per brick. I want to try them but wow.......

Similar here in Texas. Found some for $259/brick incl S&H.

 

[xswanted]

It is excellent ammo especially at 100 yards where i shoot Rimfire F-class. The other good thing about it is that it tolerates cold weather the best of anything. I have shot matches with it in high 20’s to low 30’s. Eley is the worst cold. I won’t shoot it below 50 degrees. Center -x is good to high 30’s

David

This is interesting.

This past winter my Dad and I did some pretty extensive testing on ammo in cold weather.

-17 Degrees was as cold as we went I believe. We also played with the same testing up to the mid thirties as days provided.

We would test the following ways:

Cold Ammo, Cold Gun (meaning both had been left in the elements for a minimum of 30 minutes)

Cold Ammo, Warm gun (meaning the ammo had been left in the cold to acclimate, the gun kept at room temp)

Warm Ammo, Warm Gun (both at room temp)

Cold Gun, Warm Ammo

I tested in a Bergara B14r my Dad in a Tikka T1x

He tested Tenex, Match from Eley and then a ton of other ammo from SK to CCI variants. He found that for the most part his rifle/ammo combination was minimally affected by the changing temps. In warm conditions the lot of Tenex he shoots will average .4s. In the cold weather (-10 or below) the group average would open up slightly to .5s-.6s

In my B14r using all the same ammo and procedures nothing would shoot in it once the barrel cooled off below 20 degrees. It would go from a sub MOA rifle to 11-12 MOA at 50 yards with all the ammo I had available to test. If I kept the barrel warm, I would see minimal changes in group size no matter the temp of the ammo.

What I did find was in in cold weather with either the barrel at ambient temp or warm, much of the ammo I shot would not extract reliably from my gun, a problem that did not occur at temps above 35 degrees.

SK Biathlon was the best for reliability and shot very well in temps down to 20, past that it became like the others if the barrel cooled off.


We figured it’s possible that because the B14r is a “match” chamber and the Tikka is not it may have had something to do with the sever accuracy decline in the cold.


It’s interesting reading others experiences with rimfire ammo in extreme temps, I’m starting to believe there isn’t a constant in this situation and the internal temp of the barrel has more to do with it than the ammo itself in many cases.