Never seen Hornady branded .22LR ammo. I believe their other rimfire offerings (.22WMR and .17HMR) are actually manufactured by CCI.

 

Im with you. If Hornady is getting into the 22LR game. It will be made by CCI, much like the 17HMR/HM2 is.

I do yearn for a 22LR that can keep pace with the low end Eley/Lapua offerings.

 

never heard of any .22 LR

I shoot their .22 magnum ,V-MAX , all the time in my Winchester 275 pump.

 

Yep nothing on their website, Google shows nothing etc - but somehow I managed to get some a couple days ago ?!?!

 

Here is a pic!

 

Can we see a photo of the bullet, and the plastic holder inside the box? It probably says on the back of the box who makes it.

 

Rebranded CCI SV? FPS is the same...hmmmm...

Edit to ask what the little plastic bullet holder thingy looks like.

 

Here's another one, the bullets are in there solid and don't wiggle around so assuming quality is ok.
I can get a pic with CCI SV beside and see if ya figure.

I will shoot a few when it warms up a little here, kinda got a real early storm here and had some snow and below freezing, and some wind too.

 

2 Hornady , 2 CCI cv and one Blazer for comparison, the blazer are the CCI/Speer ones with the clear tray.

 

What are the markings on the base? Thanks!

Brittman

 

Yep has the H on it lie the box with the 2 little bullets in it!

 

I ll put my money on rebranded CCI SV

 

I haven’t heard, did CCI go south on us?

 

I haven't heard, did CCI go south on us?

No. CCI's North in Lewiston Idaho. Hornady's South in Grand Island Nebraska. CCI has been loading Hornady's Varmint Express WMR's, HMR's and HM2's for years.

 

I had a box of CCI SV that sounded like it was a mix of SV, Mini-Mags, and Stingers. Pop, Bang, Boom! Just a single box though, and all of that came out of the same lot. For the most part though, I haven't had much of a hitch out of anything CCI makes.

 

I hear that he prefers Eley Tenex or Remington Thunderbolts. I know they are in the same league so I would have the same problem deciding which one to use.

 

Hah! Very funny!

signed...The Ammo Snob

CMP has it boxed and IHMSA80x80 has found some from an outside source that is bulk packed. The CMP stuff is fairly priced. I don't know who sells the bulk packs or whot price it is, but expect it would be perhaps a bit less than boxed.

Palmetto State Armory sells individual bulk boxes of the CMP Standard, $38.99, should you want to try some without having to buy a whole case from the CMP. Shoots every bit as well as Eley Target and Club.

 

It looks as if nowadays EVERYONE wants to get into the ammo game...Browning, Hornady, Sig? Not to mention companies we have never heard of. The solution remains the same...shoot it and see what your guns tell you! :bthumb:

What's next? The Chinese? Hmmmm...ChiCom Gold Medal One-Hole Biathlon Match has sort of a ring to it, no?

 

Anyone else get their hands on some of this Hornady 22lr? I have seen any on the shelf yet.

 

I too was unaware of that Hornady was making 22 LR I would be curious how it would perform I will be on the lookout.

 

If the definition of brand snobs means those buying the best ammunition that their rifles prefer, definitely count me in as a snob, as in 7 no-trump, doubled and re-doubled. I shoot them all but when it comes to wanting to shoot my best, I go for the gold standard for each of my Walther and Anschutz rifles, and none of it is bulk.

 

Hornady

Hello all, I also picked up 5 boxes at a Walmart in a small city in central Aberta, Canada. But, I haven't been able to try it either because of our early snow and otherwise lousy wet weather for the last couple of weeks. And like the op, I came here to see what I can find out about it as the web has nothing yet.

Trevor

 

Hello all, I also picked up 5 boxes at a Walmart in a small city in central Aberta, Canada. But, I haven't been able to try it either because of our early snow and otherwise lousy wet weather for the last couple of weeks. And like the op, I came here to see what I can find out about it as the web has nothing yet.

Trevor

Well it's a bit above freezing today and not to windy! Snow is gone :bthumb: I'll go shoot some and post target.

 

OTTO, what you mean SNOW. Yikes!

 

I see a CCI/Speer box and tray, with a Hornady label.
Same as the Fiocchi Standard Velocity.
Easy check, look at the inside of the end flaps for the CCI date code.
That will tell you who made it.

 

Here's what in flap, not ink stamped like others. But the bottom code leads to CCI me thinks.

 

C0021 is CCI
Let me double check the stash.
That is CCI Blazer code
C0035 is CCI SV

On rebranded CCI products, the date code is embossed
into the bottom of the box. Had to make a rubbing to find it.
Sneaky devil's, ain't they?

 

Debossed Lot Numbers on Blazer

jaia,

My Blazer has Debossed (pressed into) Lot Numbers. If I am understanding this correctly the ink code "C0021" for Blazer is printed on the flap of the Hornady 22's.

It then figures that the Hornady 22's are being loaded @ 1070 FPS but run on the Blazer line. :bthumb:

Some deductive reasoning you rimfire Watson's

 

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh!
So emboss is pressed from the back to be read from the front
and deboss is pressed in from the side it is to be read from.
Sorry, it wasn't in my word for the day calendar.

I feel much more edumacated now.

Regarding the machines ID numbers, that's way too logical.
Y'er probably right.

 

Ok got some shooting in, since you guys like cz a bit here are my test mules.
Conditions not great, 3 degrees above freezing and wind 15-20 quartering towards me. My tailgate was my bench with portable bags.So it's more of a field test comparing ammo instead of a bench accuracy test.

 

Here the targets, shot 10 foulers each change and went to the paper. Nothing real fancy, I did do one of the fouler groups was .365 though.
Better conditions would probably improve results a bit as I know I can shoot better than these!!!