I found this on another forum. You'll find it interesting or appalling.
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve ... 9871088921
Do YOU do your own tests?
.22 testing...interesting
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.22 testing...interesting
Last edited by Rover on Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:29 am, edited 1 time in total.
Testing 22LR ammo
Havng been to the Eley Customer Range, I absolutely believe the results of testing ammunition yields results that are only valid for that particular barrel/ammo lot combination, and no other.
That's why Eley and Lapua have customer ranges:-)
That's why Eley and Lapua have customer ranges:-)
Re: Testing 22LR ammo
Totally agree.GOVTMODEL wrote:Havng been to the Eley Customer Range, I absolutely believe the results of testing ammunition yields results that are only valid for that particular barrel/ammo lot combination, and no other.
That's why Eley and Lapua have customer ranges:-)
Rob.
Not necessarily and in any case it's not worth buying the "best" unless you are going to batch test it beforehand. If you intend to buy a random batch of ammunition without testing it would probably be just as worthwhile buying the grade below the "best". It would be cheaper and just as likely to perform as well as the untested "best" batch.Some say, just buy the"best" and it'll work.
if you are going to test grades as well as batches, the manufacturers would have us believe that the "best" is manufactured to more stringent tolerances and therefore likely to be more consistent. If you use a much cheaper grade of ammunition then you pays your money and takes your chance. I have seen very good groups from cheap ammunition but I've seen the same batches produce fliers as well.
Rutty
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I've found that careful weight testing of every single round you're going to shoot for record score will result in execellent recurring groupings. This would allow you to use cheaper ammo, but utilizing your own quality assurance. I would group ammo in 0.5 grain tolerances. The cheaper the ammo, the wider the sample quantities. I randomly tested a box of 50 SK Match and found that 36 of the rounds matched a certain weight. When shot, the groups were tight. I'll test some Eley Tenex and see what those numbers look like. I recently shot a match using Tenex where I had 2 or 3 unexplainable fliers, so in my opinion everything needs to get tested. Then I would/should have been only 11 shots down, but still just under master, grr.
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Telecomtodd +1
Ive heard a lot of complaints about the Tenex lately, about other Eley cartridges aswell btw. In my club they stopped selling Eley a few months ago, because we rated them too instable.Telecomtodd wrote:I've found that careful weight testing of every single round you're going to shoot for record score will result in execellent recurring groupings. This would allow you to use cheaper ammo, but utilizing your own quality assurance. I would group ammo in 0.5 grain tolerances. The cheaper the ammo, the wider the sample quantities. I randomly tested a box of 50 SK Match and found that 36 of the rounds matched a certain weight. When shot, the groups were tight. I'll test some Eley Tenex and see what those numbers look like. I recently shot a match using Tenex where I had 2 or 3 unexplainable fliers, so in my opinion everything needs to get tested. Then I would/should have been only 11 shots down, but still just under master, grr.
In fact, at least at the Eley works, the ammunition is manufactured, then QA tested to see what label goes on the box. TENEX, Match, and Match pistol are all grades of the same product.Rutty wrote:Not necessarily and in any case it's not worth buying the "best" unless you are going to batch test it beforehand.Some say, just buy the"best" and it'll work.
if you are going to test grades as well as batches, the manufacturers would have us believe that the "best" is manufactured to more stringent tolerances and therefore likely to be more consistent.
Rutty
I think you mean Tenex, Match and Team are all grades of the same product?!GOVTMODEL wrote:In fact, at least at the Eley works, the ammunition is manufactured, then QA tested to see what label goes on the box. TENEX, Match, and Match pistol are all grades of the same product.
Match Pistol is a softer round than the others and can therefore not be a grade of the same product as Tenex etc.!
You're probably correct. Is it a white or a black bullet?TB wrote:I think you mean Tenex, Match and Team are all grades of the same product?!GOVTMODEL wrote:In fact, at least at the Eley works, the ammunition is manufactured, then QA tested to see what label goes on the box. TENEX, Match, and Match pistol are all grades of the same product.
Match Pistol is a softer round than the others and can therefore not be a grade of the same product as Tenex etc.!
I don't understand the question, but you can see the properties of the Eley line here on page 4 http://www.eley.co.uk/media/386468/2010 ... 0guide.pdfGOVTMODEL wrote:You're probably correct. Is it a white or a black bullet?TB wrote:I think you mean Tenex, Match and Team are all grades of the same product?!GOVTMODEL wrote:In fact, at least at the Eley works, the ammunition is manufactured, then QA tested to see what label goes on the box. TENEX, Match, and Match pistol are all grades of the same product.
Match Pistol is a softer round than the others and can therefore not be a grade of the same product as Tenex etc.!
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dhurt