Prime brand 22lr

[ddavis]

Has anyone tried it? I took advantage of their moving sale, because $30/500 is a decent deal match ammo or not. I get terrible flyers with it. I'll have 3-4 rounds go into a decent group (1/2-3/4" at 50) then one or two rounds will be 1-2" off, mostly low like the charge weights are very inconsistent. I really need to chrono it to see if it correlates with velocity. It feels like it has noticeably less recoil than the SK that my rifle shoots very well.

-Dan

 

[lash]

It seems that you were not the only person to have this experience. Here's a thread from a couple weeks ago showing similar experiences:
https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/thoughts-on-prime-subsonic-22.6898099/unread

 

[deltawiskey]

Has anyone tried it? I took advantage of their moving sale, because $30/500 is a decent deal match ammo or not. I get terrible flyers with it. I'll have 3-4 rounds go into a decent group (1/2-3/4" at 50) then one or two rounds will be 1-2" off, mostly low like the charge weights are very inconsistent. I really need to chrono it to see if it correlates with velocity. It feels like it has noticeably less recoil than the SK that my rifle shoots very well.

-Dan

pretty much the same thing I'm getting with it... glad I didn't pay full price.
DW

 

[DownhillFromHere]

It seems that you were not the only person to have this experience. Here's a thread from a couple weeks ago showing similar experiences:
https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/thoughts-on-prime-subsonic-22.6898099/unread

^^^ This. I will probably sell a few bricks of mine.

 

[Sixfivesavage]

I bought a case of it but I don't plan to run it in a precision setup. Mostly a takedown 10-22 with a rmr or two Henry lever guns for my boys. I had heard so so reviews about it before hand so I planned accordingly. Sorry for the news, seems a lot of people say the same things about it. Their 6.5 creed never shot well for me from two different rifles.

 

[ddavis]

I bought a case of it but I don't plan to run it in a precision setup. Mostly a takedown 10-22 with a rmr or two Henry lever guns for my boys. I had heard so so reviews about it before hand so I planned accordingly. Sorry for the news, seems a lot of people say the same things about it. Their 6.5 creed never shot well for me from two different rifles.

Their centerfire ammo seems to have great reviews, and given the normal price of their .22 ammo, I thought it would be top shelf stuff. Really too bad. I would be pissed if I had paid full price for it.

 

[lcd5280]

I bought a case of it during their moving sale and found them to group bigger than the Wolf Match Target. I chrono'd them and found the velocity to be around 950 fps compared to the Wolf at 1075 fps. I shot them out of a Ruger American Rimfire and 10/22 w/ Kidd barrel.

 

[ZY100]

We had some older stuff that shot great....the newer stuff seems to have a few more flyers.

But it is noticeably QUIET, even compared to other SV/subsonic...especially suppressed. Certainly minute of rodent stuff....and more than adequate for casual pinking. $30 for 500 was a steal for thunderbolts a year ago...times have changed.

ZY

 

[TimK]

It sure is quiet. Useless for precision work, but great for impressing friends with how quiet your suppressed .22 can be.