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Is anyone here using Midas, if so is it in a bolt gun or a S/A and how is it for accuracy at distance?

I don't use it, but it is touted as their best ammunition - I can state from my experience batch testing with the Lapua Technition at Bisley, it faired worse accuracy wise in my Anschutz at 50m than Centre-x, by a long margin - whether that was just the batches that were left at that time, I'm not sure, but I definitely came away with better ammo in Centre-x than midas.

http://blog.stegough.com/batch-testing- ... re-bisley/

Tested over 30 different brands of .22lr at 100 yards in my Lilja barrelled CZ455.

Lapua Midas came fourth behind Tenex, Lapua Centre-X, and RWS100. It was the most expensive ammo I tried at £230 per 1000, roughly £10 more per 1000 than Tenex, and £65 per 1000 more than Centre-X.
In my rifle it just wasn’t worth the premium.

I use R50 or Tenex for my benchrest shooting although the difference between Match and Tenex from Eley is hard to discern.

When I went round the Eley factory about 20 years ago. they talked about ammo "making" Tenex. The production process for Match and Tenex was different - batch production rather thana flow process --- and when a batch was completed it was sampled and tested for consistency. If up to standard, it "made" Tenex. If not, it became Match. All ammunition is batch / process sensitive and Eley bought in large quantities of competitor ammo to test. They explained that Lapua, RWS stc often came up to Tenex standard. but not always, and not always Match. I was invited to take boxes of lapua and RWS at random off the shelf in the test facility and fire them, then do the same thing with, again, a randomly selected box of Tenex. The Tenex group was better---not by much, but maybe enough to make a difference in a competition.
Fred

dodgyrog wrote:I use R50 or Tenex for my benchrest shooting although the difference between Match and Tenex from Eley is hard to discern.

Unsurprising really, as they come off the same production line...

I am genuinely intrigued, would a few years of sitting in a shelf make any real difference to the consistency of the ammo?

I am still far less consistent any ammo I use, so it doesn't make much difference yet

Plumose wrote:I am genuinely intrigued, would a few years of sitting in a shelf make any real difference to the consistency of the ammo?

I am still far less consistent any ammo I use, so it doesn't make much difference yet

I bought 1400 rounds of Match at Scotarms auction. There is a little white on the bullet lube which I wipe off between finger and thumb. They are quite old I'd guess, but they still knock the centre out of the target at 15 yards.