SK RIFLE MATCH .22 LR 40 Grain Lead Round Nose – 50 Rounds (Box) 420108

SK Rifle Match .22 LR is the everyday match load a great many precision rimfire shooters build their season around, and for good reason. It is a 40 grain lead round nose cartridge, 50 rounds to the box, listed under catalog number 420108. It is match ammunition at a price you can actually afford to practice with.

SK loads this .22 LR to the same spec box after box, and it shows on the target. Consistency is the only thing separating match ammunition from ordinary ammunition, and this is where SK spends its effort.

What SK Rifle Match Is and Who Should Shoot It

This is the training and club competition tier of the match world. It is genuinely better than plinking ammunition without carrying the price of top shelf competition loads, which makes it the ammunition you can shoot in volume.

Benchrest shooters, silhouette competitors, club level position shooters and precision rimfire series shooters all use it. It is also the right choice for anyone with a good .22 bolt gun who has never fed it decent ammunition and wants to see what the rifle can really do.

The rifle match designation means the load is tuned around a rifle length barrel. The powder charge is chosen to burn fully in a long tube, which is where you get the velocity consistency that tight groups depend on.

Key Features

• 50 rounds per box, the standard match packaging
• .22 LR chambering, the classic low cost training round
• 40 grain lead round nose, the standard match projectile
• Loaded and tuned specifically for rifle length barrels
• Feeds smoothly and prints consistent groups
• Manufacturer model 420108 for easy reordering

Specifications Translated

Forty grain is the universal match weight for .22 Long Rifle. The heavier projectile holds velocity and fights wind better than the light hyper velocity bullets, and every serious competition load in the caliber uses it.

Lead round nose construction is deliberate. Unplated lead deforms into the rifling in a uniform way, and decades of competition results have kept the plain lead round nose as the match standard rather than anything more exotic.

The rifle specific tuning that gives SK Rifle Match its name shows up as lower velocity spread out of a long barrel. Lower spread means less vertical dispersion, and less vertical dispersion means smaller groups at any distance.

Fifty rounds per box is the count every match shooter works in. It maps cleanly onto typical course of fire round counts and makes tracking your lot usage straightforward across a season.

Practical Use, Care and Compatibility

Every .22 Long Rifle chamber will take this ammunition. It gives its best in a rifle, particularly a bolt action with a quality barrel, but it will also run cleanly in a semi automatic if your action likes standard velocity loads.

Test before you commit. Buy a few boxes, shoot five shot groups against whatever else you have, and let the target decide. Rimfire barrels are individuals and there is no substitute for real testing in your own gun.

Manage your fouling deliberately. Establish a cleaning interval, shoot a couple of fouling shots after every scrub, and keep the routine identical so your rifle behaves the same way every match day.

Store boxes cool, dry and off bare concrete, and handle the cartridges gently. The soft lubricated lead bullets used in match ammunition will not shoot to the same place if a nose gets dented rattling around in a range bag.

When you find a lot that shoots, buy deep. Our ammunition selection carries the alternatives worth testing against it so you can settle the question properly.

SK Rifle Match is the sensible middle of the rimfire match world and a load that has earned its reputation on paper. Order enough to practice as well as compete. This ammunition ships straight to your door wherever state and local law allows.