CCI Greentag Inconsistency: Am I Being To Critical Of CCI Greentag?

Mr.RevolverGuy · June 10, 2018, 11:05 AM

This video is best viewed in full screen mode. This footage has been edited to keep the video to respectable viewing times, I am not rapid firing.

I have tried CCI Greentag Competition ammunition in 6 different rifles and in each rifle this ammo produces inconsistent groups, mainly extreme flyers as demonstrated in this video. I have test much cheaper ammo not branded competition that produces much more consistent groups. I even sorted this ammo by headspace to achieve the best accuracy possible in an attempt to reduce these flyers but obviously something else is going on.

The Savage MKII TR actually does shoot it ok if you alleviate the flyer from the group.

So am I being to critical of CCI Greentag ammunition? Let me know what you think in the comments.

Stay Tuned for more 22LR testing at http://www.dayattherange.com

https://youtu.be/Urz3CwzYlfM

T. O'Heir · June 10, 2018, 11:36 AM

.22 ammo is like that. It's why you have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your rifle shoots best. And, in the case of a semi-auto, cycles the action.
CCI Green tag Competition is subsonic too. That may be the issue all by itself. Mind you, it's the same velocity as their "Target" Pistol Match ammo.

**JohnKSa** · June 10, 2018, 12:49 PM

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CCI Green tag Competition is subsonic too.

Most match .22LR ammo is going to fall into that category. There's no reason I can think of to expect poor accuracy from subsonic .22LR loadings.

Mr.RevolverGuy · June 10, 2018, 02:36 PM

Most match ammunition worth anything is subsonic so I am sure it is not that. Though you are right that with 22lr you most often find one brand or another that your rifle likes. Having said that we still should not over look the quality of ammunition.

44caliberkid · June 10, 2018, 06:17 PM

I ran one box of it and it didn't perform well in rifle or handgun.

Areoflyer09 · June 11, 2018, 07:21 AM

I didn’t have old luck with it either. All of mine* prefer standard CCIs over the Green Tag.

I can pick up Eley Target ammo for less than CCI Green Tag. The rifles I have that would be used for groups much prefer the Eley.

*I have one rifle that just doesn’t like CCI anything, it prefers Federal branded ammo.

NoSecondBest · June 11, 2018, 08:24 AM

I've been shooting rimfire competition for almost thirty years now. I've been shooting rimfire rifles and handguns for almost sixty years. At one time in my life I was shooting over 30,000 rounds of rimfire a year and I did that amount for over ten years. Yes, that is over 300,000 rounds of rimfire ammo. I own and have owned some very expensive rimfire rifles and have spent countless hours at the bench shooting groups using a LOT of different brands and types of target quality ammo. Green Tag was always in the mix to try out. Over that period of time I have NEVER found Green Tag to be any better than CCI's standard velocity ammo, and it NEVER even came close to the really good target ammo. It was always dead last when comparing it to anything from Eley, RWS, Lapua, etc. I recently tried it again (last week actually) when I took my new Anschutz and CZ rifles down to my personal range and shot groups for comparison. It came in at best comparable to the GECO ammo I just bought for under two bucks a box......around five shots into 3/4" at fifty yards. Some groups with it were over an inch. By comparison, Wolf, Eley, Norma, and Lapua were shooting groups that measured down to .130" center to center at the same distance. The better stuff as a group averaged around .4" for five shot groups (that's measuring the worst and the best excluding Green Tag). It's not very good, and back twenty years ago it wasn't much better. Don't waste your money on it. It shot like the GECO stuff that I got for $188 a case.

June 10, 2018, 11:05 AM	#1
Mr.RevolverGuy Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 988	CCI Greentag Inconsistency: Am I Being To Critical Of CCI Greentag? This video is best viewed in full screen mode. This footage has been edited to keep the video to respectable viewing times, I am not rapid firing. I have tried CCI Greentag Competition ammunition in 6 different rifles and in each rifle this ammo produces inconsistent groups, mainly extreme flyers as demonstrated in this video. I have test much cheaper ammo not branded competition that produces much more consistent groups. I even sorted this ammo by headspace to achieve the best accuracy possible in an attempt to reduce these flyers but obviously something else is going on. The Savage MKII TR actually does shoot it ok if you alleviate the flyer from the group. So am I being to critical of CCI Greentag ammunition? Let me know what you think in the comments. Stay Tuned for more 22LR testing at http://www.dayattherange.com https://youtu.be/Urz3CwzYlfM __________________ Mr.Revolverguy http://www.dayattherange.com Firearms Reviewed and Reported On: An unbiased opinion with real world use.

June 10, 2018, 11:36 AM	#2
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	.22 ammo is like that. It's why you have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your rifle shoots best. And, in the case of a semi-auto, cycles the action. CCI Green tag Competition is subsonic too. That may be the issue all by itself. Mind you, it's the same velocity as their "Target" Pistol Match ammo. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

June 10, 2018, 02:36 PM	#4
Mr.RevolverGuy Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 988	Most match ammunition worth anything is subsonic so I am sure it is not that. Though you are right that with 22lr you most often find one brand or another that your rifle likes. Having said that we still should not over look the quality of ammunition. __________________ Mr.Revolverguy http://www.dayattherange.com Firearms Reviewed and Reported On: An unbiased opinion with real world use.

June 10, 2018, 06:17 PM	#5
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,098	I ran one box of it and it didn't perform well in rifle or handgun.

June 11, 2018, 07:21 AM	#6
Areoflyer09 Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2017 Posts: 300	I didn’t have old luck with it either. All of mine* prefer standard CCIs over the Green Tag. I can pick up Eley Target ammo for less than CCI Green Tag. The rifles I have that would be used for groups much prefer the Eley. *I have one rifle that just doesn’t like CCI anything, it prefers Federal branded ammo.

June 11, 2018, 08:24 AM	#7
NoSecondBest Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2009 Location: Western New York Posts: 2,736	I've been shooting rimfire competition for almost thirty years now. I've been shooting rimfire rifles and handguns for almost sixty years. At one time in my life I was shooting over 30,000 rounds of rimfire a year and I did that amount for over ten years. Yes, that is over 300,000 rounds of rimfire ammo. I own and have owned some very expensive rimfire rifles and have spent countless hours at the bench shooting groups using a LOT of different brands and types of target quality ammo. Green Tag was always in the mix to try out. Over that period of time I have NEVER found Green Tag to be any better than CCI's standard velocity ammo, and it NEVER even came close to the really good target ammo. It was always dead last when comparing it to anything from Eley, RWS, Lapua, etc. I recently tried it again (last week actually) when I took my new Anschutz and CZ rifles down to my personal range and shot groups for comparison. It came in at best comparable to the GECO ammo I just bought for under two bucks a box......around five shots into 3/4" at fifty yards. Some groups with it were over an inch. By comparison, Wolf, Eley, Norma, and Lapua were shooting groups that measured down to .130" center to center at the same distance. The better stuff as a group averaged around .4" for five shot groups (that's measuring the worst and the best excluding Green Tag). It's not very good, and back twenty years ago it wasn't much better. Don't waste your money on it. It shot like the GECO stuff that I got for $188 a case.