CCI SV

CCI Standard Velocity .22LR – The $5 Savior of Rimfire

Let’s cut the nonsense—most .22LR ammo out there is either a dumpster fire in brass form or priced like it thinks it's shooting Olympic gold. You load up some of those bargain bin brands and suddenly your gun runs like it just got outta county jail—jamming, misfiring, coughing out half-burnt powder like it’s got black lung.

Then there’s CCI Standard Velocity. No hype. No BS. Just a box of 1070 feet-per-second, subsonic bliss that actually does what ammo’s supposed to do: go bang, hit the target, and not make you rage-clean your rifle afterward.

Subsonic and Suppressor-Approved

At 1070 FPS, this ammo stays subsonic—which means it doesn’t break the sound barrier and make that annoying crack. Perfect for suppressors. You know, for those of us who like to train without announcing it to the entire zip code.

Run this stuff through a suppressed 10/22 or pistol and you’ll be asking yourself, “Did that even fire?” It’s that quiet. And more importantly—it’s consistent. No weird velocity swings, no “Is this one gonna sound like a .22 or a .410?” moments. Just smooth cycling, soft recoil, and performance you can trust.

Accuracy That Doesn’t Require a Trust Fund

Here’s where CCI SV really flexes. Most ammo in this price range has the groupings of a toddler with a paintball gun. You’ll get flyers, weird holes, and the occasional sideways bullet punching paper like it lost a fight on the way out of the barrel.

But CCI SV? It punches clean, tight groups. Whether you’re running it in a bolt gun, semi-auto, or some backyard Frankenbuild, it actually performs. You can run drills, tighten fundamentals, or make your kid feel like a sniper—all without breaking the bank or suffering through malfunctions.

It’s not “match ammo,” and it doesn’t pretend to be. But it sure shoots like it wants a seat at that table.

Reliability – Because We’re Not Out Here Playing Ammo Roulette

Let’s talk function. This stuff feeds and cycles like a champ. No stovepipes, no failures to fire, no “tap-rack-pray” nonsense. It doesn’t care what you feed it through—suppressed or unsuppressed, pistol or rifle—it just runs.

Compare that to the garbage-tier ammo out there:

• Remington Thunderbolt? More like Thunder-dud.
  
  

• Winchester bulk packs? Feeding issues like you’re using rocks.
  
  

• Armscor? You might as well throw the rounds at the target and hope.
  
  

CCI SV doesn’t play those games. It just works, box after box. And if you’ve ever spent time on the range clearing a stovepipe every mag, you know how rare that is.

Cleaner Than Most, No Carbon Party in Your Can

Here’s another win—it burns clean. You’re not getting buckets of unburnt powder or carbon buildup like you just ran diesel in a leaf blower. It’s not magic, it’s just quality control, something the clowns making “value pack” rimfire forgot existed.

For those of us who run suppressed and don’t want to spend 45 minutes cleaning gunk out of every nook and cranny, this stuff is a gift.

The Real Kicker: You Can Actually Afford It

Now here’s the punchline that slaps the hardest:
You can grab this stuff for around $5 a box at Brownells.com.

Yeah. Five bucks.

For ammo that feeds, fires, cycles, and shoots better than the overpriced trash trying to cosplay as match-grade.

You don’t have to buy sketchy “bulk buckets” from some back-alley gun show dude in a trench coat. Just hit up Brownells—solid company, solid shipping—and use code DGAINZ while you’re at it. That’s the Mayhem Mafia hookup right there.

Final Verdict

CCI Standard Velocity is the blue-collar MVP of rimfire ammo. It’s not sexy, but it delivers.
It doesn’t lie on the label.
It doesn’t promise “hyper velocity ninja elite” performance—it just works.
And in a world full of overpriced garbage, that alone makes it a unicorn.

Whether you’re teaching your kid, zeroing optics, running suppressed drills, or just laying waste to steel targets for fun, this is the ammo that shows up, shuts up, and gets the job done.

So skip the drama, ditch the unreliable bricks, and stop pretending garbage ammo is “good enough.” CCI SV is proof that you don’t need to spend big to shoot smart.

And for five bucks a box? You’d be dumb not to.