A 100 yard indoor range. What a luxury!

The box of Federal range I bought approximately 8 months ago had two big strikes going against it-it was ridiculously expensive and the most unreliable box of 22 ammo I ever bought. I never went more than two magazines in my rifles and pistols without a failure of some kind. They run 100% with all the other ammo I use. It was so bad I gave half a box (400 rounds) to a guy at the range but warned him of the issues. He was shooting it as I left and I heard him swearing as I got in my vehicle-I yelled “told ya” as I drove away. 😎

Thanks for the video. Plenty of naysayers out there running down Federal blue box but between all my pistols and rifles, I've burned through over 1000 rounds without any significant issues no different than what I encounter with other brands. Nothing is completely perfect all the time. A few months ago I was working up a D.O.P.E. sheet for my Savage Mark II with the Federal blue box loads. I had a 50 yard zero and was wanting to figure true bullet drop at 200 yards on my 6 foot tall paper target. I shot a 9 shot group of 3.77" which was 1.8 MOA. But since then I've just added a 40 MOA rail and up'd my scope to a 4-12x50mm to start working up a new sheet for 500 yard steel. With the optics and rail most of the HiVel brands will give me a Crosshair zero at 500 yards. Now it will be just a matter of finding a round stable enough to produce acceptable consistency on my 12"x24" plate. 1 out of 10 is no fun. I'll take 5/10 though. :-)

I only shoot CCI Standard Velocity in my CZ457. Shoots very well and my local Walmarts carry it. You can buy it if you happen to be there when the designated employee who is authorized to sell ammo is there.

Hi! Thanks for your cool content, especially for testing and measurements. Hearsay does not help if we have a technical sport.

I have watched 35/45 videos on the 22-caliber cartridge and rifle to see what is out there, and to see, why all the excitement over the 22-caliber round? What I have determined is, that an accurate 22-caliber rifle does not mean an accurate rifle combination. Costly ammunition will not equate to accuracy. It is all about what your rifle likes that can change from lot to lot. Pursuit of Accuracy YT video.

The Federal 800 round Range Pack works great in my Savage MKII bolt action rifle. Because of its lack of lubrication, it is one of the few rounds that will not gum up the breach and cause extraction issues in the rifle.

In my CZ 457 Jaguar I have had amazing results shooting the Federal Range Pack ammo at 100 yards. For an HV bulk packaged round it produces impressive groups. But the Federal Gold Medal Match and the SK Rifle Match are by far the more accurate, and much more expensive too than the Range Pack ammo. This ammo is not readily available at local stores. I have to keep my eyes open for it, and when I see it, snatch up a box (800 rounds). Last box I paid $69.

I just tested 8 different types of ammo the other day in my CZ 457 Pro Varmint. I pull a bore snake (with the brush removed), shoot 20 foulers, shoot six 5-shot groups at 50yds, then pull the bore snake again and repeat. I use the best 5 groups for an average. Norma Tac-22 averaged .52" at 50yds in the wind. My best group was .22". I had three 4-shot groups that were .3" or less. The fouling rounds are important IMO. Just from my testing that day, it seems the groups started tightening up between the 5th and 10th shot with most brands. I shoot 20 to be on the safe side as I want my results to be as accurate as possible. I just wish I had a 50yd indoor range near me to eliminate wind as a variable. I will definitely have to give federal blue pack a try...

Occasionally, one of the best groups of the session will be my first five shots from a clean, cold barrel.

Interesting, I have been shooting norma tac at 100 yards through a cz 457 LRP . I'll be giving the Federal Champion a whirl just to see if it shoots any better.

Big fan of your channel Dog. Thanks! Federal Range Pack / Auto-match are not the same as Federal Champion. Champion and Range Pack are both blue boxes. However, Champion is rated at 1240 fps but Range Pack / Auto-match are 1200fps. It appears to me you are shooting the Range Pack.

Good vid, I enjoyed that buddy.👍

I've bought the Normas really cheap here in Germany. I can just confirm the grouping. The weird thing is that after a while they're getting really accurate. Until I cleaned the barrel 😢 I switched to s&b

Yes Moondog I thought Norman would have done a lot better considering who made it but then you can`t tell till you try it so thank you .

I have never tried this ammo as i still have a vomit taste in my mouth from that blue box champion garbage! I am going to grab some and give this a try. Would love to see this same test @50 for sure! Thanks for the video

My cz457 is the complete opposite, it loves norma tac-22..

Interesting results.

That is very surprising to me.

Thanks

Dang sorry I told you to get Norma thanks for doing it tho I really was wondering what it was going to do my savage guns shoot Norma honestly the best I have tried over 20 different types of ammo but I only have savage .22s and they love Norma tac22- cci standard velocity- aguila standard velocity those shoot the best sorry that was heart breaking more Norma for me tho I just got another 2k rounds of it when it was on sale at palmetto state army I kid you not it shoots better then me

Norma TAC-22 has in fact a 41.4 grains projectile, not 40 grains.

shocking!

I’m shooting blue box on PRS matches w a 10/22 and it’s fine

Not the same gun,but my hk 416 22 gives best accuracy cold barrel.then again its a pencil barrel and once those heat up your groups are toast

Tac 22 did well in a Ruger, try them in yours.

1:42 kind of funny that you say Norma is one of the more expensive ammo. Just bought some online for $3.80 per box from AB guns and locally for $6.00, I'm in the bay area too. At 50 yards it's pretty good but at 100 yards I also don't get good results but then again every time I shoot 100 yards it's really windy.

Go Fed

Not a fair comparison cause you are taking a cheap bulk ammo and comparing to a match like ammo. No matter the result cheap ammo is at a disadvantage

Does TAC-22 have lot #s ?

That test is totaly misleading. The federal ammo is over1240 fps and the norma is only 1100 fps it is going to shoot lower at a hundred yards.