I just picked up a few boxes of Wolf Match Target and wow, this stuff is seriously accurate! For the price point, I'm genuinely impressed. My groups tightened up noticeably at 50 yards. Is anyone else shooting this ammo, what's been your experience with it?
Is anyone else hooked on wolf match target .22?
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I have used it in the past... good stuff. I haven't seen it around lately. I did some playing around with German made 22Lr and was impressed with Wolf Match and Geco Rifle both from my rifle shot every bit as good as Eley 10X. The Geco was 1/4 the price of the 10x so I bought a couple bricks.
I tried Wolf Match Target a few range sessions ago and had the same reaction. I shot it from a bench with a front rest and rear bag and my 50 yard groups tightened up from about an inch and a half to under an inch. At 100 yards it stayed consistent once the barrel warmed up, and it fed cleanly through my bolt action...for the price, it makes great practice ammo. What rifle and setup are you running it through?
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Years back I bought an old Stevens Model 56. I wanted a 22Lr bolt gun to play with and it was at the right price. Low and behold it turned out to be quite accurate. I had it D&T'd so I could mount a scope on it. I found a used budget scope 5-20x50 AO with a 30 day warrantee that has held up much longer than I expected. It is more accurate than I had ever dreamed.
Good to know the Wolf holds up against Eley. I'll have to try that Geco Rifle if I can find it...quarter the price sounds like a steal for comparable accuracy
That sub-inch performance at 50 yards is exactly what I'm seeing too. I'm running it through a CZ 457 with a Vortex scope...pretty basic setup. What's your rifle?
Those old Stevens rifles can really shoot, sometimes the best finds are the ones you don't expect
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Where did you find it? I'm working on a 300 or 400 yard .22. Tried a lot of different ammo. Wolf and SK have been hard to come by.
Just for any and all's information. Each and every rifle has ammo that it prefers and others that have groups that look like a shotgun pattern at 40 yards. The box of ammo that just fired 5 rounds touching in Joe's rifle might not stay in the scoring rings in someone else's rifle. Ammo from one lot may shoot fantastic while the next lot of the same exact ammo is only mediocre. That is how I managed to accumulate over 7000 rounds of 22 LR during my competitive shooting career. One brick shoots one hole 5 shot size groups, while the next brick has issues staying in the scoring rings. When I buy 22 ammo for competition I buy it by the brick, hoping that it shoots well, if it doesn't in any of my 22s it ends up donated to various gun clubs that conduct junior training, the boy scouts or other organizations that train or compete at short distances, indoor 50 feet for example. Most decent ammo is good at 50 feet, while maybe not so good at 25, 50 or 100 yards. Think of it as your rifle barrel being you, and your ammo being ice cream. You have your favorites that are tasty to you, while others are only OK or even maybe even terrible tasting. It works the same way with ammo.
Wolf Match is currently being made by Eley. The older stuff was made by RWS and shot better for me.
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That's good to know. Aguila is primed by Eley. Has that same smell when you shoot it. I have a 541T that really likes the Eley 10X ,will do OK with Eley target. If memory serves me correctly, Remington had what they called a Eley chamber for a couple of years. I think that I have one. I know ammo changes from lot to lot. But some ammo just shoots better than others.
