Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
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Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
As the subject, has anyone tried Eley Sport for 50m stuff? I am looking for ammunition for LSR and prefer sub 1100fps stuff for my BSA. As I am shooting a 100 year old rifle at 50m offhand I am just looking for a low recoiling fairly accurate round. I have been shooting Club up until now.
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
Not Eley, but I have found I get amazing results with SK Standard+ (or SK Magazine if you buy the tins). It is incredibly accurate and consistent as well as being just subsonic out of a standard CBC MagTech bolt gun - not the most refined of rifles and still at 35-40 yards this combination is capable of one hole groups without being expensive.
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
I have tried Eley Sport, however, the most consistent I have tried is Eley Match.
https://eley.co.uk/eley-match/
https://eley.co.uk/eley-match/
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
The county level small bore shooters in my club use Sport. The National level use Match. As a note, the gallery guys use the cheapest, currently Blazer, and shoot it by the brick!
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
Can't go wrong. £58 /1000 Blazer. That's two range visits sorted for less than £30 a go....Sim G wrote:The county level small bore shooters in my club use Sport. The National level use Match. As a note, the gallery guys use the cheapest, currently Blazer, and shoot it by the brick!
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
I'm using Eley Sport in my CZ452 for my club's 50 yard monthly sporting rifle competition and was using the same in a 50 yard bench rest competition and I've no complaints. I have also used SK magazine (500 round ring pull can) in the past and now I have a decent target rifle I'm using SK Match in it.
Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
Shooting 50m offhand is more about technique that theoretical accuracy. If shooting your rifle from sandbags off a solid bench with tenex at £22 a hundred gives you a half inch group at 50m, shooting Eley club, sport or even HP's will probably give an inch group or less. On a good day, whats a good group offhand at 50m, 3" or so? A good shot with mediocre ammunition will always outshoot a mediocre shot with perfect ammunition when shooting offhand.
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
I've shot 50m off sling with Sport and Club on the same day and found zero difference. Stepping up to Match a few weeks later did see a small improvement but it could be down to me or conditions on the day.
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
Sorry Dave, I seemed to have completely missed out the Eley Sport bit I wanted to write.
I have found Eley Sport to be very good in general. I did have a batch last year that was a little variable with a few FTFs and a few 'pops', but since then (and even before) the consistency was great.
I found the energy was a little low when trying to cycle a couple of our heavier semi-autos but that won't bother you in your LSR I doubt, and the case was a little on the thin side with one old 22 conversion getting sticky cases as the rear bulged slightly into the extractor cut-out, again shouldn't bother you.
Many found they could get a one hole group at 35yds (just like the SK stuff) when rested and we only really changed from the Sport to the SK because we wanted one type for all the rifles, even the stiff semi-autos and fussy extractors.
I have found Eley Sport to be very good in general. I did have a batch last year that was a little variable with a few FTFs and a few 'pops', but since then (and even before) the consistency was great.
I found the energy was a little low when trying to cycle a couple of our heavier semi-autos but that won't bother you in your LSR I doubt, and the case was a little on the thin side with one old 22 conversion getting sticky cases as the rear bulged slightly into the extractor cut-out, again shouldn't bother you.
Many found they could get a one hole group at 35yds (just like the SK stuff) when rested and we only really changed from the Sport to the SK because we wanted one type for all the rifles, even the stiff semi-autos and fussy extractors.
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Good deals with Paul101, Charlotte the flyer, majordisorder, Charlie Muggins, among others. Thanks everybody.
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Re: Eley Sport .22LR ammunition, thoughts anyone?
I found Match came into its own when shooting at 200 and 300.Pippin89 wrote:I've shot 50m off sling with Sport and Club on the same day and found zero difference. Stepping up to Match a few weeks later did see a small improvement but it could be down to me or conditions on the day.
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