You got lucky and got a good lot. I quit buying the stuff a few years ago, just like CrackerJacks there was a surprise in every box and usually 3-4.

 

That's pretty much how I remembered SK Match was 25 years ago. It would group great, but there were just a few flyers that made it unsuitable for competition. Since I no longer compete, a flyer here or there would not bother me and it was what I was expecting. I wouldn't be shocked if, as I go thru this ammo, there will be more flyers than I experienced today. However, it's plenty accurate enough for me to practice my wind doping. If a flyer pops up (like it did on target #11) I'll know it's not the rifle, me, or the conditions. I can live with that. Whether this is just a lucky lot (02559/20461), or, this is how this ammo shoots in my rifles, are questions I can't answer as my experience with this ammo is too limited.

 

The SK standard plus is generally pretty consistent from what I’ve seen out of it for the price it’s hard to beat

 

I had good luck with it in my CZ 452 and 457. Went back for more and it was gone and not seen it on the shelve again.

 

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Bruno’s shooting supply in Arizona has it in stock at 7.25 a box which is a pretty good price. Bruno’s in general is pretty competitive on match ammo pricing and doesn’t kill you on shipping either. They are sort of local to me, and support a lot of good causes with donated merchandise to charity events. A great place to deal with.

 

did you do any sorting or just bang it straight out of the box? Nice shootin!!

 

No sorting. Just opened up a box and shot. I didn't even need any scope adj from the Eley Match I last shot in the Turbo sporter. I had the 10/22 set up for 100 yds and so needed to sight that in on the sighters.

 

Shhhh, quit talking about it, the price will go up.

 

I paid $688 shipped for the case from Clint Swigert at Shooting For Perfection.

 

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I shot this ammo in my Cooper 57M today and the first target was good (248-14x). I ignored my best advice and tried a shot with a head wind and the shot went low. Another shot just barely missed the 10 ring. No flyers. The conditions were much more windy and switchy then they were on Monday. Then - - - on the second target with my Cooper and the 3rd box of SK Std + two real honest to gosh flyers raised their ugly head. Both were low left, one for an 8 and another for a 7 on the IR50/50 target. On both those targets I shot another shot in the same conditions and both times hit an X. This is why this is not trustworthy ammo to use in a match. When it is good, it's very good and when it is bad, well it can take you out of a match very quickly. Still for my informal shooting and for shooting in my .22 pistols, this ammo will do just nicely. I ended the range day shooting at a gong at an 8" gong at 150 yds and hit it every time (10 shots) by holding over.

 

Bought 2 boxes to test out in my Vudoo 360. Got great groups!!!

 

I gave a box to a friend last week who was having trouble getting any good groups out of his Savage Mark II. He would only shoot the cheapest of ammo and wanted to blame the rifle.

After shooting the SK Standard Plus he now knows what can be done and has ordered a brick of it. Let's see how long that last.

 

I got lucky with a couple bricks, after reading this im afraid to order a case

 

Last week I was shooting F Class for score, 5 shots on 8 bulls. I knew I had a clean so I kept going. I stacked the groups in OnTarget and I had 58 shots inside half an inch. The 59th was .017 out. That is the best I've had out of that case of SK Standard Plus.

 

It groups great at 50 yards but at 100 the Rifle Match is better 75% of the time.

 

Your experience matches mine. Very good ammo at its pricepoint and it is no more lot sensitive than any other rimfire ammo. I have seen Eley and Lapua show lot variation, so why wouldn't ammo that cost less than a third show it too. Test shoot a few boxs, and then load up on a lot the gun likes. It is how we have always bought our ammo. Trick is finding a vendor that will hold a large quantity for you for a few days, while you test shoot the first 200 rounds.

 

In my tests just the other day it did good. SK wants all the loads from that particular line to make it into Rifle Match boxes. But in their testing some lots just don't come up to that standard. They make it into other boxes, cost less, and the things that SK found can (will?) be seen on target. But the ammo I tested performed really good. Certainly better than any off the shelf ammo that I've bought and also tested. It was just as good as the groups from Rifle Match and Long Range. But it was only 2 groups of 10 rounds each. In 20 rounds will the anomalies that the lot had that were responsible for getting it put into Standard Plus boxes be seen? Maybe, maybe not. I know it shot good for me at 50 yards. According my velocity data I would expect to see the groups fall apart when the range is extended.

Lots of ammo is like that. Why shoot $20/box ammo at 50 yards when $8/box ammo is sufficient? For that matter, putting $20 ammo into a rifle that can't make use of it makes no sense to me either. OK to test it and find out but beyond that if the rifle system can't effectively use it, then back off the expense and put through it what is cost effective. Anyway, that's the way I see it. If I was made of money I might be tempted to shoot nothing but $20/box ammo but I don't have deep pockets so I'm not tempted. For now I'm content to see others shoot that expensive ammo in videos.

Right now I'm the weak link in my rifle system and until I learn more about distance shooting $20/box ammo would just be throwing $ away. From what I saw with the Standard Plus it'll be fine for now and I'll move to Rifle Match or Long Range when that's appropriate.

 

For 'casual' (meaning not in a match) I prefer CCI Std Velocity. Not necessarily because it shoots as well as SK Std +, but because where I am in SE PA it is much easier to get locally, and although I know shipping is included in the price when I buy over the counter, I still save about $20.00 a brick sometimes a bit more. But mostly it is available here.
It may or may not have more or less flyers per box than SK, but guys this is rimfire, and we all know, especially at the lower end all of them are a crap shoot. I just choose to shoot with less expensive, more available (to me) crap.
As to the whole idea of flyers, I embrace them in practice. Let me explain. As I am shooting ammo which I know will contain some number of flyers in a box or a brick I am more inclined to call them as they occur rather than accept a poor shot based on the idea that it was likely a flyer. If I blow a shot, I know it and I'll own up to it. Perhaps not happily but I will own it.
If on the other hand I have been paying attention and an actual flyer is fired, so what, move on shoot the next round.
Too many times we wrap ourselves around the axle of "that's just not fair" that we not only blew the last shot, but we have elevated the chance that we will blow the next one as well.
Once the gun goes bang your ranting and getting upset will not move the hole in the target.
Move on with composure, fire the next shot, get an 'x' and smile with the satisfaction as a winner who is sometimes imperfect.
Strive for perfection, but accept the fact that you "never want the perfect to be the enemy of the good enough"

 

It do appear you have a couple of keepers!

 

As I mentioned in another thread, my CZ 452 American with either its OEM stock or its Don Stith BR stock (shot from a BR rest setup) gives nearly identical results with either SK Standard Plus or Lapua Center X. This saves me a lot of cash, as I can shoot SK all day without breaking the bank. No other similarly priced ammo gives the same results as SK Standard Plus.

 

Shoots pretty good in my rifle as well