It depends, Tac-22 (and other rimfire ammo) has been really hard to find lately, but a few months ago it was not that uncommon to see a couple places selling it for $3 a box or a bit less by the brick. Vance Outdoors and Sportsmans Outdoor Superstore are two that I've bought it at for less than $3 a box in the last few months, both are of course out of stock. I'd say $5 is closer to the "going price" looking at reported prices at the ammo seek sites, but when a certain brand/caliber etc. ammo hits a dry spot for awhile in the market, usually the more expensive places are the last to have it in stock, so that might be what's happening here. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what it sold for a month ago when it's not in stock. Also have to watch shipping, especially with ammo some places post really low ammo prices, but the shipping costs are insane.

Norma, the manufacturer (also out of stock) their price is $5.39, that's probably pretty close to what it should be at most stores. A good way to search is find a site that gives the product UPC and search on that #.

That said if it's local, you don't pay shipping so that can easily making paying an extra $2 a box well worth it overall.

 

A year ago $320 a case including shipping. A few days ago at a sportsman warehouse in Mesa Az they were asking 9.99 a box. Personally I wouldn’t pay 6.97 a box. I’d tap out on anything over $4.

 

Rural King has it once in a while. I’ve seen it on sale for $3.49-$3.99 for a box of 50 In the past 6 months. Haven’t seen it lately. Prices do vary!

 

I'll stick to cci sv at 4 a box delivered.

 

I like TAC, but CCI is in the same ballpark. I would buy the least expensive, and accept that either is good, but not very good stuff.

 

I generally shoot CCI Subsonic, but it doesn't seem as precise as it was in the past, and I'm looking for locally-available higher-grade ammo to try.

If CCI SV and TAC-22 are roughly equal, I'll have to keep looking.

 

Local gun shop has CCI SV for $43.00 per brick. That's my everyday practice ammo or when the winds blowin.

 

I found it in the black box recently for $5. It was dusty and had just been found in the back room.

 

I’ve tried CCI numerous times in my Tikka, CZ Silhouette , and Anschitz and wasn’t even close to TAC in accuracy. It’s over rated.

 

I agree. CCI SV is good ammo, but TAC is far more accurate in my rifles.

 

I found some TAC-22 for $6.97/50, and the tag says "clearance." This store, however, is famous for its tags that say "clearance." For example, the pre-"clearance" price on this ammo is $9.99/50.

I bought a couple boxes to try in my Savage, and will buy more if this is, indeed, a decent price for this ammo. I suspect that the $6.97 price is actually the going rate and the $9.99 is inflated.

This is a local store, so there's no shipping involved.

Thanks!

Is the store Dunhams? If so, they have a ton of it near me - same price. I'm hoping the price will drop as it does shoot pretty well in my CZ. One thing to watch - make sure you open each box and ensure the rounds are black/dark grey and oily looking. I bought some off an online vendor and it had a grayish oxidation on the bullets. The vendor ended up refunding my money for the brick as it didn't shoot for $hit.

 

I snuck a peek at my dealers house and cost is under 4.50 a box right now. It was a buck cheaper a year ago. Someone is trying to pay for their kids bail.

 

SG has CCI SV $349 a case. I recently bought 2,500 rounds of Tac-22 for less than $3 a box. As everyone has said it’s all gone now.

 

$5.39/50 at Midway but OOS. $5.99 at Academy, OOS for shipping but some in one store semi-nearby, $6.99 at Mahoney's know nothing about them but came up in search.

 

6.99 makes it about the same price as Wolf Match Target.

 

Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore, back in November, had bricks for $27.99 for quite a long time. I picked up 5 to try and now wish I had purchased cases of it.

-WV

 

I’m interested in trying one of these dies, either waltz of grizzly. I have to wonder though, does it really improve accuracy of less expensive ammo? Or am I looking at purchasing a placebo?

 

My D Rock seemed to tighten things up a bit with bulk ammo. Blazer especially improved, but it's been a bit since I played with it. Lately, I'm into subsonic stuff, both for my ears and because the noise just isn't worth it for shorter range. Additionally, I've never enjoyed dealing with transonics.

I'm moving into match-type ammo, and hunting ammo is rare in that category. Either this will tighten up CCI Subsonic groups, or it'll let me hollowpoint match ammo -- which may actually help by shifting the center-of-gravity (a la centerfire SMKs.) It's something I've wanted to play with, anyway.

We'll see.

 

Hope I never have to pay $6.99 for Tac-22

 

I will never pay 6.99 for tac-22 period.

 

Transonics? Are you speaking of HV ammo at distance losing accuracy? I’m a know nothing but I haven’t found it to be the case. I guess cheap ammo is cheap ammo. IE. I get just as many hits at 300 yards with Cci Mini mag RN as I do with Norma tac 22. The large cardboard I place behind my 8 and 6” gong shows the pattern spread to be about the same horizontally. Now mini mag HP for me has not been nearly as good at 300. Of course when I step it up to SK plus and Sk rifle match that’s all much better in comparison.

I guess I don’t quite buy into the HV ammo losing accuracy as it transitions to a lower velocity. With CF Bullet configurations I’m sure it does, Not convinced with 22. I’m much more convinced you get what you pay for, to a certain extent anyway.

 

I'm still playing catch-up after years of mostly concentrating on milsurps, but one concept I'm researching is exactly what you state: that .22LR doesn't lose as much accuracy on the way back through the transonic barrier as do centerfire bullets. It has to do with the shape and low BC from what little I've read thus far.

I can tell you that, in my experience, high velocity does fall off in accuracy and precision after about 75 yards, at least CCI did for me. I could about predict the group size to 75yds, but not after.

On the other hand, looking through my old notes, I had some ammo that really surprised me. I think I mostly stopped rimfire to concentrate on building my business before I could really explain what was going on. Fifteen years later, people are starting to hypothesize.

One of the targets that mystified me:

As you can see, this was American Eagle that I sorted by rim thickness and sized using the D Rock tool.

 

I realize every gun barrel is different in what it favors for ammo accuracy but I pulled out the last brick of some older CCI Blazer 40 grain and shot some rounds @ 50 & 100 yards, what surprised me was they were every bit as accurate at TAC-22 at the same distances. They were much more accurate the CCI SV and Federal Automatch shot from the same 457 Varmint MTR.

 

Lucky day on the assembly line! I’ve got more ammo than I need. Aside though if I find some blazer 40 or more Cci RN mini M at decent prices I’ll pick some up. If for nothing else but shooting with my pistols.

 

I find cci sv shoots right with ammo costing 2x as much in my 20x scoped Kimber sa.( Spec. Ely target and SK st+) The small difference if any doesn't justify the price for punching paper for fun. The last purchase of cci sv from sg ammo cost me 3.24 a box including shipping+tax when purchasing 5k.

 

I find tac 22 far superior to tac for cheap ammo but I have both. Maybe I got lucky in the last couple cases, dunno. I get Sk standard plus for 7.20 a box buying in case lots (sometimes less) and I find it shoots far more than twice the value of Cci or tac 22. For my Cz American, 10/22 and 77/22’s Cci and tac is fine. Sk plus does better in all of them. For my better rifles shooting at 2 and 3 hundred yards I like Sk rifle match and long range match. Still only a mid range ammo but is better than I need not being a competitor.

 

A quick check with Ammoseek only found one vendor that matched "TAC-22". Their price was $7 per box of 50.

 

I stocked up on Tac 22 when it was $279 a case. Last week I bought CCI std for 335 a case. I like the Tac better than the CCI but its relatively close.

 

I'd agree that Tac-22 in recent lots seems to do much better than CCI standard and it's been my new go-to for cheap but good ammo. I feel like CCI standard has fallen way off the last few years. It used to be an incredibly good value for a fairly accurate round and was my go-to cheap but good option for a long time. I've tried getting some of the newer CCI stuff a couple times in the last 5 years it seems like it's just another "junk" ammo now. My older stuff shoots much better than the newer stuff, but I'd say the same for my old Wolf ammo too, old bricks of that do way better than the newer stuff does.

 

I shot the stuff today without cleaning the barrel first:

Ten rounds, 25 yards. Not terribly good, but decent for not being well-stabilized and having a bore seasoned to different ammo.

I shot three and shifted my position. That's why there are two groups. Totally my fault.

I feel like I'm trying to shoot to this ammo's ability, not vice-versa like with the CCI Subsonic. Honestly, the TAC-22 shoots like I remember CCI shooting 20+ years ago.

The powder smoke smells like the CCI of my childhood, as well. CCI hasn't smelled right for years.

I then cleaned the barrel with what ChatGPT says is pre-1980 Hoppe's:

I have no idea where I got this stuff, but it still works!

After cleaning, I shot ten rounds to season the bore while roughly sighting for this ammo.

It'll be fun to play with this ammo over the next few weeks 👍

 

In my area, Tac-22 runs anywhere from $7-10/box if you can get it. The indoor range/gun shop I shoot at for the time being has it on for about $75/brick. These are Kanuckistani Kopeks, of course.