In honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of this great nation, I’m dedicating this .22 rimfire comparison to the good old US of A. I tested the best North America can offer. I’ll compare US-made CCI Standard versus Mexico-made Aguila Super Extra Standard velocity in my factory CZ457 VPC rifle with a Discovery Optics XED 6-36×56 precision scope.

Aguila Super Extra comes in two varieties: High Velocity a Copper Plate version, and Standard, a lead round nose. Likewise, CCI comes in Mini-Mag, a copper-plated, high-velocity round, and Standard, which is a sub-sonic lead round nose. Both of these rimfire bullets have a wax coating.

I expected CCI to group better at 100 yards, because ‘Merica! Actually its because Aguila’s stated muzzle velocity is slightly faster than the speed of sound, common wisdom states that it should be slightly unstable as the round slows down below the speed of sound.

CCI did end up with slightly smaller groups than Aguila, which wasn’t too far behind in performance. But Aguila does beat CCI in price, 30%-50% less than CCI Standard. And nothing is more ‘American’ than a good bargain.

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