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22 LR Ammo

This section is for .22 Long Rifle ammo, also known as .22 LR or 22LR.  This is almost always what people are talking about when they just say 22 ammo.
Note, however, that .22 Long is different (and there's also .22 Short which is also different)!

Medium-grade (<16 cents per round), Standard Velocity .22 LR Ammo

Notes about 22 LR Ammo

• There are many 22 ammo choices that are cheaper than these, but they tend to have reliability issues, accuracy issues, or both. Only standard velocity 22 ammo is listed above, because it tends to be more accurate than high velocity 22 ammo, and accuracy matters most to me. There are many 22 ammo choices that are better than these, too, but price is an issue. The really good stuff (Eley Tenex, Lapua Center-X, Lapua Midas+, RWS R50, etc.) is 20-60 cents per round.  No big deal for a single box of 50, but if you're shooting 5000 rounds per year (~100/week), 6 cents per round costs $300/yr, and 13 cents per round costs $650/yr, but 42 cents per round costs $2,100/yr!  For my shooting budget, that's a big deal.


• 22 caliber guns are notoriously picky about ammo when it comes to accuracy.  One gun will shoot ammo A well and ammo B only average, and then another gun of the same make and model, will shoot ammo B well, and ammo A only average.  So, to find out what ammo your gun likes, you must shoot different types side-by-side.  Also note that when you get really serious, even for a particular type of ammo, it can vary a little bit from lot to lot, so serious competitors will find a particular lot of ammo that their gun likes, and buy several thousand rounds from that specific lot.

9mm Ammo

This section is for 9mm ammo, also known as 9mm Luger, 9x19mm Parabellum.  This is almost always what people are talking about when they refer to 9mm ammo.
Note, however, that there are many other 9mm cartridge types available.

Some of my favorite 9mm ammo

Match Grade 9mm Ammo

I'm actually pretty happy with the accuracy of Speer Lawman 124gr ammo, but there is match-grade 9mm out there.

Atlanta Arms - These guys make ammo for lots of professional competition shooters

    Atlanta Arms "Select" 9mm ammo - this is their remanufactured stuff, intended for pratice

    Atlanta Arms "Elite" 9mm ammo - this is their ammo intended for use in matches

NSK Sales - Makes both remanufactured and new ammo, primarily for Bullseye competition shooting.

    If you want to see prices, or to order this ammo, you have to send him an email ... there are links for this on his webpage.

38 Special Ammo

Some 38 Special ammo choices

357 Magnum Ammo

To be added later...

45 ACP Ammo

This section is for 45 ammo, also known as 45 Auto, 45 ACP.  This is almost always what people are talking about when they refer to 45 ammo.
Note, however, that there are other 45 caliber cartridge types, like 45 Auto Rim, 45 Colt, etc.

The "ACP" in 45 ACP is an abbreviation for "Automatic Colt Pistol".  The word "Automatic" in there means "auto-loading", which was as automatic as hand-held firearms got when this cartridge was invented in the early 1900's.  Today, we would describe an "auto-loading" gun as being "semi-automatic", because although ejection of the spent casing and loading of the next round are automatic, firing the next round is not (one bullet comes out for each trigger pull)  By contrast, "fully automatic" means that ejection, loading, and firing the next round are all automatic (as long as you keep holding the trigger back, bullets keep coming out, until it runs out of ammo (a.k.a. a machine gun)).

Bullseye .45 ACP Ammo

For Bullseye competition, most people use lightly-loaded semi-wad-cutter (SWC) or jacketed hollow-point (JHP) bullets with weights of 200 or 185 grains, for maximum accuracy.  Most competition shooters reload their own ammo, so that they can "work up" a load that works well in their particular gun.  However, there are places to buy either newly-manufactured or reloaded ammo that might be suitable for bullseye competition.

A wad-cutter is a shape of bullet, which cuts a nice, clean hole in a paper target (easy to score).  A semi-wad-cutter is a compromise between a wad-cutter and a normal, round-nose bullet, designed to cut a clean hole in paper, but with more reliable feeding from magazine to chamber.

LSWC = lead semi-wad-cutter    JHP = jacketed hollow-point    JSWC = jacketed semi-wad-cutter

Other 45ACP lead semi-wad-cutters (LSWC)

• Magtech makes some that is available from various retailers. But it's pricey and, at 900fps, is not a light target load.
• Ventura Munitions makes some remanufactured 200gr LSWC ammo. It's a light target load (810fps), but it's pricey at 35 cents per round. It's also moly-coated, in case that's an issue for you.
• Georgia Arms lists some 200gr LSWC ammo. But it's out of stock, and, at 900fps, is not a light target load.