.22 LR Ammo Test - Henry Lever Action

[u/EastRidgeOutdoors]

I tested four different .22 LR rounds in my Henry Lever Action to see which one it preferred.

Test setup

• Distance: 50 yards
• Front rest and rear bag
• 10-shot groups

Ammunition tested

• CCI Blazer (included because it won my bulk ammo test)
• CCI Mini-Mag
• Eley Club
• Eley Force

I was starting to lose hope in the Henry at 50 yards until I tried out the Eley Force

[u/EnggyAlex]

Try cci sv

[u/EastRidgeOutdoors → u/EnggyAlex]

Good call. I’ll grab a box or 2 of these and give them a go

[u/PteSoupSandwich → u/EastRidgeOutdoors]

SK Magazine, its more expensive but gah damn, my Henry like it

[u/EastRidgeOutdoors → u/PteSoupSandwich]

Good to know. They’re on the list.
Anytime I think a 22 round is expensive I compare it to shooting centerfire and get over it pretty quick

[u/Canadian-Footy-Fan → u/[deleted]]

And yet the test shows very clearly that some ammo is better than others and that one brand in particular is quite accurate.

[u/SpectreBallistics → u/[deleted]]

Even with premium ammo it's still cheaper than centerfire. In the $75 to $150 / brick range are a lot of choices for really really good ammo.

[u/SpectreBallistics → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, bulk ammo is not going to perform outside of 50m typically.

But when you start pushing 200m+ with a 22 buying good ammo is worth it. That or doing speed shooting like uspsa steel challenge where reliability is most important.

[u/EastRidgeOutdoors → u/[deleted]]

I know what you mean. I’m actually converting my CZ 457 from 22 WMR to 22 LR to test this out.
I’ll mostly use it as a 22 mag but figured it was worth a try for a couple hundred bucks

[u/bung_musk → u/[deleted]]

my 10/22 will put a full 10 rounds inside a 1” circle at 50 yards with cheap Aguila ammo..