Aguila ammo is made in Mexico, where if you are caught with one round of their .22LR, you go to jail.
.22LR loadings...meh...If I had to write a new article about a single subject 5 days a week continuously, I’d probably run out of interesting things to write about too...
Thanks, Dean. We shoot quite a bit of .22LR.
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This just reminds me of how foolish I was for not ordering another 5k rounds of CCI Mini-Mag 22LR when prices had come back down. Arggh.
I’m no Ph.D+, but my CZ452 Trainer hits gongs at 200 yards like candy with my standard load.
I haven’t tried the ammo listed. The only high-vel stuff I’ve tried are Stingers. They worked well enough, but weren’t as accurate as my standard load, which is Federal American Eagle 38g HP. Obviously, I can get better accuracy with match loads, but I found the Fed-Am to be at the sweet spot of accuracy, price, and ease of use (match loads can be tight to chamber) across most of my .22’s. A few prefer Winchester White Box 36g HPCP, so I keep some on hand.
Reloading them is a pain. :-) Thanks for a little distraction on a Tuesday morning. I’ve got some velocitors but no Aguila. Need to go out in the desert and pop off a few rounds.
It’s important to try several types of ammunition, in any firearm you own - one may be more accurate (or reliable) than the rest. That’s particularly true (in my experience) with .22 rimfire ammunition. Years ago, I owned a .22 target rifle that I tried out with 15-20 different types/brands of ammunition. It initially performed the best with CCI Green Tag. When I swapped the laminated wood stock out and replaced it with a carbon fiber stock, I retested it - and it shot more accurately with Winchester T22 ammo. And don’t just assume that your firearm will be reliable with every factory load, just because it’s not an auto-loader; my wife’s S&W .22 revolver has trouble ejecting some fired PMC rimfire cases, but is 100% reliable with the Remington ammunition we’ve tried...
I use the CCI Stinger 1640FPS. I wonder why he didn’t mention this round?
I haven’t tried the Mexican loads but the CCI Velocity rounds. They are a little energetic for my Rugar pistol but they work great in my modified 10-22 Rugar rifle.
My upgraded barrel has “No Stingers” warnings stamped all over it.