For short range offhand use, it works.
Never intended for precision shooting.
Visibly beat up cartridges, bulk carton,
hefty velocity differences and low cost,
are all indicators of minimal quality control.

I use it in my revolvers.
Semiauto pistols show rapid lead fouling.

 

That's funny because I just have been using it for plinking and my Colt king Cobra "target".Which doesn't shoot anything very well actually.

 

Using my revolvers, the problem is me,
not my use of bulk rimfire cartridges.

 

Federal Automatch was tied with CCI SV as 2nd place compared to Norma TAC-22/MATCH-22 for my go to range rounds at our club until I experienced FTF's in both of my CZ 457 Varmint MTRs. Both times the unfired round wouldn't eject and I had to use a rod with a muzzle guard to carefully knock out them out, no more Fed Am from my CZs. I still shoot it from my Rugers with non match chambers.

 

That is plinkin and playin around and break-in ammo for me. I Know that whatever groups I get a 50yd will be bettered by any ammo the next step up.
And I LIKE plinking and playin around these days

 

I sold the few bricks I had. Wouldn't work well in my Ruger MKII pistols among others. Life's too short to deal with bad ammo.

 

Auto Match is our go to for the dueling tree at camp. Not the most accurate, but cycles like a dream and its cheap.

 

10 rounds 50 yards from my Shaw barreled 10/22 with federal auto match. My kimber k22 loves the stuff too

 

My CZ rifles love the stuff and they don't know the different between any of Fed. Hi-V'S other variety.
Just shot some last weekend in the fun 25 Y match here on RFC.
Now I haven't been shooting or buying Fed. Hi-V as of late for the last few years
when I could buy Norma Tac for cheaper and I did stack it deep when Tac was selling cheep.
CZ rifles just flat out shoot a wide variety of ammo....just you all joint the CZ club. 🫶🫵🏻

 

Well, since I have a case of it I hope it does pretty well in a few rifles. I have plenty of bulk handgun ammo!

 

My cz 457 American loves it.

 

None of my semiautos like it. Fair in my Henry and RAR but misfires don't eject. Get a 10 shot group going and the there will be that one underpowered dropper. Stopped buying it. Federal Small Game is proving to be very good.

 

Since I no longer shoot bullseye pistol (nor am I any longer capable of doing so), I shoot it in my pistols for fun. It shoots and cycles perfectly in the few rimfire pistols I still own.

 

Hit or miss, pun intended. A number of years ago one of our local shooters bought cases of it because it shot so good. A fried gave me about 20 rounds to try last year. Ftf for four or five and scattered at 25 yards the rest. I can buy Aguila SE for less and it goes bang every time and gives nice groups in all my guns.

 

Price roll-back at our local Wal-Mart, central Arkansas, $19.88.

 

Nice. It's 50 bucks (Canadian) where I live.

 

It works great in my CZ 457.

 

X2 ! Will shoot 1" groups from my CZ @50 yards all day. Since I can only shoot 5" groups offhand it's perfect ammo why spend more?

 

I am just a plinker but no problems in my Ruger mk ll’s as well as my revolvers and my 39a. no issues with any I have shot. Have a great day

 

I shot Bullseye with it in my MarkII some years ago. Worked well. Don't know about current ammo. Fed. has been rather inconsistent over the years.

 

Hi.

Here is an informal comparison of Federal AutoMatch and SK Long Range match. YMMV
This is through a 28" bbl CZ 452 Ultra Lux.


Created: 05-08-2025 18:09:15
Description: CZ 452 Federal Auto Match 40gr.
Notes 1:
Notes 2:
Distance to Chrono (FT): 10.00
Ballistic Coefficient: 1.000
Bullet Weight (gr): 40.000
Altitude (FT): 0.0
Temp: N/A
BP: N/A
Shots
# FPS FT-LBS PF
10 1174 122.44 46.96
9 1202 128.35 48.08
8 1189 125.59 47.56
7 1200 127.92 48.00
6 1187 125.16 47.48
5 1189 125.59 47.56
4 1185 124.74 47.40
3 1186 124.95 47.44
2 1183 124.32 47.32
1 1212 130.49 48.48
Average: 1190.70
StdDev: 10.95
Min: 1174
Max: 1212
Spread: 38
True MV: 1192.05
Shots/sec: 0.11
Group Size (IN): 0.00


Created: 05-08-2025 18:13:54
Description: CZ 452 SK long range match
Notes 1:
Notes 2:
Distance to Chrono (FT): 10.00
Ballistic Coefficient: 1.000
Bullet Weight (gr): 40.000
Altitude (FT): 0.0
Temp: N/A
BP: N/A
Shots
# FPS FT-LBS PF
10 1031 94.43 41.24
9 1044 96.82 41.76
8 1043 96.64 41.72
7 1029 94.06 41.16
6 1052 98.31 42.08
5 1014 91.34 40.56
4 1023 92.97 40.92
3 1043 96.64 41.72
2 1034 94.98 41.36
1 1055 98.87 42.20
Average: 1036.80
StdDev: 12.93
Min: 1014
Max: 1055
Spread: 41
True MV: 1037.98
Shots/sec: 0.12
Group Size (IN): 0.00

 

Hi.

Here is an informal comparison of Federal AutoMatch and SK Long Range match. YMMV
This is through a 28" bbl CZ 452 Ultra Lux.


Created: 05-08-2025 18:09:15
Description: CZ 452 Federal Auto Match 40gr.
Notes 1:
Notes 2:
Distance to Chrono (FT): 10.00
Ballistic Coefficient: 1.000
Bullet Weight (gr): 40.000
Altitude (FT): 0.0
Temp: N/A
BP: N/A
Shots
# FPS FT-LBS PF
10 1174 122.44 46.96
9 1202 128.35 48.08
8 1189 125.59 47.56
7 1200 127.92 48.00
6 1187 125.16 47.48
5 1189 125.59 47.56
4 1185 124.74 47.40
3 1186 124.95 47.44
2 1183 124.32 47.32
1 1212 130.49 48.48
Average: 1190.70
StdDev: 10.95
Min: 1174
Max: 1212
Spread: 38
True MV: 1192.05
Shots/sec: 0.11
Group Size (IN): 0.00


Created: 05-08-2025 18:13:54
Description: CZ 452 SK long range match
Notes 1:
Notes 2:
Distance to Chrono (FT): 10.00
Ballistic Coefficient: 1.000
Bullet Weight (gr): 40.000
Altitude (FT): 0.0
Temp: N/A
BP: N/A
Shots
# FPS FT-LBS PF
10 1031 94.43 41.24
9 1044 96.82 41.76
8 1043 96.64 41.72
7 1029 94.06 41.16
6 1052 98.31 42.08
5 1014 91.34 40.56
4 1023 92.97 40.92
3 1043 96.64 41.72
2 1034 94.98 41.36
1 1055 98.87 42.20
Average: 1036.80
StdDev: 12.93
Min: 1014
Max: 1055
Spread: 41
True MV: 1037.98
Shots/sec: 0.12
Group Size (IN): 0.00

So the cheap Federal is more consistent that day than the more expensive SK. But the proof is on paper which was better?

 

I've been using Federal Auto Match in my plinkers for years now,,,
I've never experienced the FTF's some complain about.

I also like the fact that it's HV ammo,,,
It runs all of my semi-auto fiery-arms very nicely

In my two long range rifles,,,
There's a noticeable difference between it and CCI-SV.

With CCI my CZ-457 Varmint is shooting MOA groups at 100 yards,,,
When I use Auto Match in that same rifle,,,
The groups grow to 1.5" to 2".

But in my CZ-512 Carbine which is my Paper Plate Challenge rifle,,,
I can't tell any difference between it and CCI-SV at 50 yards.

CCI is running 10 cents/round in 50 round boxes at Wal Mart,,,
If I order 500 round bricks from sgammo it's 8 cents/round.

Fed Auto Match is 6 cents/round ($19.95/box) at Walmart,,,
It's just cheap enough to keep me using it.

I have over 15,000 rounds of it stockpiled,,,
Same for bricks of CCI-SV.

That was just shameless bragging

Aarond

.

 

Took some Federals to the range with two other brands to shoot in a High Standard HD Military semi-auto pistol. The Federal bulk pack rounds would "stove-pipe' the fired upon ejecting cartridges about every 5th shot. Definitely not my top pick~!

 

I've shot close to 20 bricks of it in my S&W Victory and only had a single failure to fire,last week. Shoots real well too.

 

one failure in over 6k rounds is pretty impressive for any autoloader .22 LR ammunition or gun!

 

I had seen it mentioned that Automatch may be a decent, cheap ammo and my local Dunham's had it for sale for about $22/box so I bought a bunch. I've found it to be accurate and reliable in quite a few of my rifles old and new- far better than standard Federal HV, S&B Club, Blazer, or any of the other cheaper ammo.

 

$22 a box~???? That's pretty darned high in my view~! I just paid $6 a box out the door for CCI Quiets, and $39 per brick of CCI Standard Velocity at a gun show on 8/9/2025. His Norma TAC-22 was $39 per brick~! My experience with Automatch was never too good so I didn't even look at what the guy was selling his for~!! This guy is at almost every show and always has tons of ammo, even cases of RF~!!

 

maybe they just need to name it "Autoplink" .It's about like Blazer accuracy wise in the guns I've tried.
I wasn't bashing it in my thread, just wondering how it shot for others.

 

Hi.

I just got through trying it again through my CZ 452 LUX. At 150yds I can keep all five shots in a 4" circle with no wind. This is from a bag rest. Since I don't punch paper very often, this is good enough for me. I've taken it to 175yds once and had similar results.
I'm shooting off my side porch. I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains so finding long shots here is a real challenge, Lucky we have pastures for our horses...

Allan