Well, last weekend I burned up the last of my Armscor 22LR. It was the HVHP plated stuff at 36 grains. I purchased and shot 3 (maybe 4?) bricks of it in the last 6 months or so. Though I overpaid as is the norm lately, at regular prices this ammo is cheap.... many online sites show it selling at bulk prices, even if purchased by the box. That puts it in the 7-8 cents per round range, even in small quantities.
The good
The vast majority of them go bang on the first strike.
It's bulk price cheap.
It has a projectile that goes forward and hits the target much of the time.
The box has a target on the inside.
The waxy coating is firm enough to not leave your fingers greasy like some ammo will.
The bad
Really dirty, both outside the case and the propellant. Extra cleaning after shooting.
The waxy surface and lack of quality resulted in some stovepipes and extraction issues in two of two rimfires I shot it in (Ruger Mark II and Rossi RS22) both of which are usually rare to jam/malfunction even with cheap ammo. I cleaned some of the rounds and that helped things, but the stuff is thick and a pain to wipe off.
Accuracy is fairly dismal. It's enough for plinking, and now and then you can get a tight 5 or so group. But I experiences some fliers that were beyond horrid, and the consistency is lacking. Jaia's 50 at 200 thread results confirmed that at least it wasn't all me.
Jaia's result
Jaia's result round two
The target in the box is stated as a 25 meter target, but would be better used at 10 or 15 yards if you want all the rounds to impact the target!
Conclusion
It's cheap ammo that performs like cheap ammo. Despite the title of my thread (which is true since all mine is gone) I'd buy it again if I needed cheap plinking ammo. Here and there I had targets that were respectable given the setups and my skillset, but often stringing together more than 5-10 decent shots in a row just won't happen often..... the stuff is inconsistent. All that I used was purchased from the same source, and I didn't check any lot numbers, so YMMV.
With the current madness in pricing, I've seen this stuff for stupid prices, along with every other ammo made. If you have to pay stupid pricing, remember this is along the lines of cheap bulk ammo. If you have a better option, choose it. But in terms of value... well you get what you pay for, and it does fill a void for value priced ammo. As a note I've also fired a couple boxes of 9mm Armscor that was value priced, and found that overall it was similar, but had no waxy coating and much more in line with any other inexpensive centerfire pistol round.
I'm still deciding when and what/how I'm going to shoot today, and was bored. With the current run on ammo, I thought someone might appreciate the scoop on a low cost option.
The good
The vast majority of them go bang on the first strike.
It's bulk price cheap.
It has a projectile that goes forward and hits the target much of the time.
The box has a target on the inside.
The waxy coating is firm enough to not leave your fingers greasy like some ammo will.
The bad
Really dirty, both outside the case and the propellant. Extra cleaning after shooting.
The waxy surface and lack of quality resulted in some stovepipes and extraction issues in two of two rimfires I shot it in (Ruger Mark II and Rossi RS22) both of which are usually rare to jam/malfunction even with cheap ammo. I cleaned some of the rounds and that helped things, but the stuff is thick and a pain to wipe off.
Accuracy is fairly dismal. It's enough for plinking, and now and then you can get a tight 5 or so group. But I experiences some fliers that were beyond horrid, and the consistency is lacking. Jaia's 50 at 200 thread results confirmed that at least it wasn't all me.
Jaia's result
Jaia's result round two
The target in the box is stated as a 25 meter target, but would be better used at 10 or 15 yards if you want all the rounds to impact the target!
Conclusion
It's cheap ammo that performs like cheap ammo. Despite the title of my thread (which is true since all mine is gone) I'd buy it again if I needed cheap plinking ammo. Here and there I had targets that were respectable given the setups and my skillset, but often stringing together more than 5-10 decent shots in a row just won't happen often..... the stuff is inconsistent. All that I used was purchased from the same source, and I didn't check any lot numbers, so YMMV.
With the current madness in pricing, I've seen this stuff for stupid prices, along with every other ammo made. If you have to pay stupid pricing, remember this is along the lines of cheap bulk ammo. If you have a better option, choose it. But in terms of value... well you get what you pay for, and it does fill a void for value priced ammo. As a note I've also fired a couple boxes of 9mm Armscor that was value priced, and found that overall it was similar, but had no waxy coating and much more in line with any other inexpensive centerfire pistol round.
I'm still deciding when and what/how I'm going to shoot today, and was bored. With the current run on ammo, I thought someone might appreciate the scoop on a low cost option.
