Eley Force in Bolt action .22LR? High Velocity

[quikcolin]

Hey guys,

Has anyone tested Eley’s high velocity “Force” ammo in a bolt action .22? My Tikka T1x enjoys CCI SV at 50m, but when pushed to 100M it suffers (more than it should). My local shop told me some guys are using these with great success at distance - 100m, 200m etc. I bought 2 boxes to try.

I know this ammo is for semi autos, but has anyone in the bolt action world tried these at long range?

 

[justin amateur]

Yep, 50 at 200 yards, results same as Eley Contact.
Expect 6 inches at 200 yards
2 inches at 100 yards
0.7 inches at 50 yards.

 

[quikcolin]

Yep, 50 at 200 yards, results same as Eley Contact.
Expect 6 inches at 200 yards
2 inches at 100 yards
0.7 inches at 50 yards.

You like it? Or you're saying its the same as Eley Contact and to just stick with the standard velocity Contact ammo?

 

[justin amateur]

It's a decent midgrade 22lr.
42 grain bullet that will produce 6 inches of vertical at 200 yards due to MV spread.
Practice or hunting ammo, not benchrest quality.


Link to 200 yards results
Scroll down the page to the Eley section

50 at 200

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[MDrimfirerookie]

i've used it for about a year and half competing in nrl22 style matches. i've also contributed to the 50 at 200 thread with it as well. @justin amateur is right on, mine groups just about the same. i get an ES that is a little high for my liking but i'm willing to trade that off for the velocity and 42gr bullet in the wind with the size of the targets we shoot at 200 and 300 yards.




its going to boil down to whether or not your rifle likes it was well. it could should great in mine and crappy in yours.

 

[Eoddave27]

My 10/22 loves the stuff. My bolt action, not so much. It shoots really well at 50 but once you go beyond that the groups opened up. I was getting 1 1/2” groups with it at 100. Most of the quality subsonic ammo I shoot gives me sub MOA at 100 yards out of my Tikka.

 

[justin amateur]

Ya' know, I've never had a rifle or pistol that liked a particular brand of ammunition.
Not one. I've had particular bricks of rimfire that did well, but what was interesting
that if a brick shot well in one rifle, it shot well in all the rifles, no favoritism.
If it shot lousy, it shot lousy in all of them. It all related to the quality of that batch of rimfire,
not the brand or the label. After trying all the flavors of rimfire ammo I could get my hands on,
over 200 different brands/types, shooting across a chronograph, I've found that the quality of the ammo
is everything when it comes to results. A visual inspection of the cartridges will provide you with
a very good indication of what to expect before you even chamber a round.
If the bullet looks like it was dropped on the floor, stepped on, kicked around, swept up
then boxed and shipped, you aren't going to get predictable trajectories.
There is no like/dislike involved, just crappy ammo that doesn't produce satisfactory results,
no matter who's name is on the box or how much it cost.

Either the cartridges were made properly or they weren't.
There is no in between, when it gets down to the results on target.
Unless y'er satisfied with minute of berm accuracy, eh?