I recently purchased some federal 22 rounds. They are round nose lead. Tried to sight them in and and I'm getting way to to many fliers. No consistency. I had been shooting Remington gold hollow points but I couldn't find them. Well yesterday I found some, got them home and all the bullets spin in the brass. Is that an issue? What is the best 22 round?

whatever shoots best in your rifle.

This, BUT Blazer runs for me in everything, and accurately too.

Cci shoots in all my guns. Hv or standard. I don't like the stingers or hyper velocity stuff.

they are a rebated base so spinning isn't an issue although it tells you you especially don't want those to get damp it will get to the powder

for targets I like CCI Standard Velocity , they are not the most consistent but they are much more consistent then most people can be at a decent enough price that you have to pay 2X as much to do really any better

now every gun may prefer something different
Use , Cost , consistency and need for consistency

for game CCI Mini Mags are what I buy

for dispatch only I have boxes of bulk 36gr hollow points and my dispatch gun set for those not shooting that far so cheap and plentiful and what was available

how long since you cleaned your gun , when a 22 that was known for making really good groups now patterns the barrel is often leaded up and a good scrubbing with brass brush and run some patches to clean it , then you need about 50 rounds of 22 to "foul"/ "season" the barrel before you get your best groups again but it should improve groups considerably after the cleaning if that was the issue.

I bought one Marlin 22 with a very dirty barrel I assume the guy thought the barrel was shot out because it made a pattern not a group, a good cleaning and it makes nice groups.
you basically can't shoot out a 22lr barrel , you can abuse them out but not really shoot them out too slow and too soft of a bullet


blazer is my go to for plinking , it cycles my 10/22s and my Ruger semi auto pistols well and is a little less consistent than SV but also less cost and more around at about 40 a brick where SV is more like 55 a brick.

if we are just banging steel for fun or shooting cans or having fun Blazer comes out of the range bag

CCI makes Blazer same company it is their bulk budget line of ammo

What end use?

I like Remington CeeBees for low noise dispatch.

The CCI high velocity quikshok seems to be preferred for lunging coyotes.

If I had hogs to deal with I'd look hard at Aguila's interceptor.

No single best round just the best for the task at hand that performs best in your gun.

CCI Stingers when you can get them.

I liked cci shorts for coyote dispatch before I got a deathray

Whatever is cheapest for me. But I rarely shoot anything more than 3 feet away

The round you can find in stock on the store shelf !!

walleyed

Depends on the gun, I have a couple that will run anything with acceptable accuracy but then I also have an ATI Firefly which i bought because it was cheap, at the time 185 dollars and I wasn’t disappointed it was a jamomatic with everything I tried in it, but because I bought it just to use for dispatch and to bouncy around on the fooorboards of the truck I didn’t really care, it was surprisingly accurate though, but then I tried a box of Agulla standard velocity 40g lead and it runs that like a sewing machine and will stack those bullets in one ragged hole at 25 yards and is even more accurate with them then my Ruger mark 3 with its heavy bull barrel

I have noticed that there is a lot of questionable 22 ammo hitting the shelves lately even from what many would consider good MFGs, probably because their rushing to profit from the buying frenzy of the last few years

Did clean the barrel after i ran out of shells. I do believe i shot at least fifty rounds trying to sight in. I use it to hunt squirrels. When it warms up I'll try these new rounds to sight in.

Thru the years, CCI mini-mags for me.

Yep CCI mini-mags here too.

Aquila is good stuff

This. All take the bullet that lets me put it wherever I want over the best ultra expandeding thing I can control.

From some testing I did the other day

Each rifle is different my best shooting .22 is my .22 mag with solid bullets as mentioned with a normal .22 most of my shots are close .

I have found several pistols prefer 40gr standard velocity ammo

the high velocity stuff may need a longer barrel to burn the powder while the fast and consistent burn of the SV ammo behind 40gr seems to cycle the shorter barreled guns better

Best ones are in the console when you are running your dumpster line and you realize you forgot to fill your pocket back up before leaving the shed.

Eley