I went to play today with my match chambered T/C Encore pistol with a selection of sub-sonic .22's from lower price to very expensive to see how well I could shoot with it. I'm a bit out of practice shooting pistol off a rest, but nothing like 35 5-shot-groups to knock some rust off.
Firearm was a t/c Encore with a match chambered Bullberry 16-1/4" barrel topped with a Sightron 8x32 scope. All shot at 50 yards.
In the order shot....
CCI Standard Velocity (paper box) Average of 5 - 5-shot groups.
.5" Average
SK Standard Plus Average of 5 - 5-shot groups
.412" Average
Wolf Match Extra - Average of 5 - 5-shot groups
.466" Average
Norma Match - Average of 5 - 5-shot groups (I was getting a lot of vertical and much of it was me)
.554" Average (Repeated the ammo over again later)
Eley Match Black Box - Average of 3 - 5-shot groups
.37" Average
Lapua Midas+ - Average of 2 - 5-shot groups
.56" Average (If I took away one badly placed shot the average was more like .4")
Eley Tenex (Only shot one group as this stuff is over $20/box)
.3"
Norma Match (Repeated) Average of 5 - 5-shot groups
.412" Average
My worst group spread .8" at 50 yards, while my best was .3" groups that I repeated three times over the session. Lots of times I was looking through the scope at little one hole groups after three shots, and even though I knew better, I always put to more down range to screw it up :D
My take on the above....
CCI Standard Velocity is pretty decent ammo for the buck. MOA in a .22 isn't bad at all.
SK Standard plus - That lot shoots REALLY well in that pistol. My best group ever was shot with it (not today) and was on the order of .1"
Wolf Match Extra - Supposed to be better than the above SK standard plus, but it hasn't been in the lots I've had.
Norma Match - This is the first I shot it, and the first series was hampered by my shooting. The .8" group was in this series. The second series was much better. Over all I'm pretty pleased, and I was able to shoot two .3" groups in the second try with the ammo.
All the above are less than $10, some quite a bit less.
The following are all north of $15
Lapua Midas+, I don't think I'll be buying another box. Expensive and in this gun it shoots alot like my $6 SK Standard plus.
This pistol LIKES the high buck Eley offerings. I'm not likely to shoot a lot of it because a case runs $1600 for the black box and over $2000 for the red box Tenex, but I like it none the less. Its fun, no doubt ;D
Greg