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Looking for opinions or suggestions.

769 views 13 replies 13 participants last post by  Barrelhorses  
#1 ·
I have an opportunity to purchase a couple of bricks of Norma TAC 22 ammo in the black boxes. They're dated 2015. I've never shot this ammo before, but have read it shoots pretty good and the black box is "supposed" to shoot as good or better than the red box. The guy wants $55 a brick. I have shot CCI Standard Velocity before and it shoots really well in my firearms. I'll also mention that I'm not a benchrest shooter just a guy that hangs out with my friends and shoots paper and metal swingers. Is this deal worth pursuing? Thanks in advance.
 
#3 ·
I have three CZ455 rifles:
Training Rifle 24.9"
UltraLux 28.66"
Varmint 20.9"
I have tested three lots of black-box Norma TAC 22 and one lot of white-box Norma Match-22 (boxes of 50) through each rifle with the following results:
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Abbreviations:
Tfps = Training Rifle muzzle velocity (fps) through my Shooting Chrony Beta
Udev = UltraLux Standard Deviation (fps)
Vspr = Varmint Extreme Spread (fps)
MOA values are composites at 25, 50, 75, and 100 yards
 
#5 ·
The ammo you asked about is a decent SV round.
If your standard has been CCI SV and you are pleased with it, what's your total per brick cost for it? If it's in the same ballpark, what is you expect from the Norma-Tac?
Given the choice at a roughly equal price, I'd be tempted to stay with the CCI SV. For me, year to year and lot to lot, it's proven a very reasonable performer at its price.
I've shot some Norma Tac, both black and red, and it's been OK, but it's nothing that knocks me out of my socks.
 
#7 ·
If you arent chasing that last bit of accuracy from budget ammo, just stick with the cci sv. It'll hit your targets just as good for less money and easier to acquire. If you are trying to shoot the tightest groups, the tac22 "might" be a little more accurate... then again, it might not. Chance you'll take...for more money at that.
 
#8 ·
I would want to see pictures of some of the bullets themselves.. problem with old a.mo like that is the lube on the bullets dry out and become crusty and abrasive feeling.. a friend gave me a box of rws r50 awhile back that he had for a few years and the lube had dried out .. for plinking in a gun you didn't care about would be fine maybe but I wouldn't shoot these in any of my good rifles..