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Federal Premium Gold Medal Target Ammunition 22 Long Rifle 40 Grain Lead Round Nose Box of 50

Product #: 802266
| Manufacturer #: 711B (50)
   Date Expected In-Stock: 2/12/2010
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Federal engineers spent years developing this "blueprint round," which delivered superb accuracy, enabling the USA Olympic Team to bring home Gold medals from Barcelona in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. The solid bullet makes this round great for training and pest hunting. This ammunition is new production and non-corrosive.

Technical Information:

  • Muzzle Velocity: 1080 fps
  • Muzzle Energy: 105 ft. lbs.

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    Overall Rating:
    4.1 out of 5
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    5 stars
    Michael Elder of Highlands, TX
    Date posted: 1/25/2010
    Excellent. As accurate as Tenex, and a lot cleaner, also fewer unexplained flyers. In my match rifles this product performs on-par with CCI Select, another excellent performer. I would shoot this ammunition in ANY match with no worries.
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    5 stars
    Mike Gilbert of Aurora, OR
    Date posted: 3/8/2007
    I usually shoot Eley Club Xtra or Match Xtra, but this was the only ammo available before a match. I shot some sighter targets before the match at 100 yds with my Anchutz 54 Silhouette rifle and this ammo printed 5 shot groups in the 3's. I was very impressed considering the modest price.
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    5 stars
    Justin Creasser of Overland park, KS
    Date posted: 9/21/2006
    Look. Reviews on ammunition should be taken with a grain of salt. Each gun will behave differently with different ammo. My CZ 452 shoots this ammo better than any other ammo I have tried -- inexpensive or expensive.
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    5 stars
    GARY YAGER of RICHLAND, WA
    Date posted: 6/25/2009
    I tried this ammo in a Rem. 541-T HB target rifle and it really seems to like it. Got one five shot group under a half inch at 50 yards even with about a 5 m.p.h. wind. Still learning how to shoot the rifle, but I'll buy this ammo whenever I see it.
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    5 stars
    Monty Kimball of Alpine, Tx
    Date posted: 1/5/2009
    I coach a 4-H shooting team on the 50' target. This is the ammunition used for practice and matches. I have tested several other brands of ammunition and this is consistently competitive with all comers in a variety of target rifles at that range. Occasionally, we shoot the one hundred yard small bore target, to break the mold, and this ammunition is competitive there as well.
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    5 stars
    Blase Kissinger of Somerville, Al
    Date posted: 1/8/2008
    Have found this to be load of choice for CZ542 Varmint. Five-shot groups are 1" at 100 yds, and under 1/2" at 50 yds consistently. Does better for me than most of the expensive match ammo. Only Lapua Midas did well enough to justify the extra expense for my money. Five stars for accuracy and value.
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    5 stars
    J D of Yorba Linda, CA
    Date posted: 1/17/2009
    This is the best ammo I have found for my Savage mark II.. The ammo produces sub 1/2 inch groups at 50 yards and it affordable... It's very clean too.. What's not to love???
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    5 stars
    Chris Bonner of Easton, PA
    Date posted: 3/12/2007
    I tried two boxes of this today at the range to compare it to the older white and blue box Federal Gold Medal 711B target ammo. The old white and blue box 711B would shoot 5/8 x 3/4" 10 shot groups at 58 yards in my 10/22 with target barrel. The 711B in the new box consistently shot 1/2 x 5/8" 10 shot groups. The 1/2x5/8" 10 shot groups are the same size I get with $7/box 22 target ammo such as the Fiocchi SM 340. I'll be buying a few 500 round bricks of this soon!
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    5 stars
    Charles Stephens of Caballo, NM
    Date posted: 4/5/2007
    Comparing the accuracy of several brands of rimfire ammo at 50 and 100 meters, Federal Gold Medal Premium out performed all of the others. The "others" included some very pricey Eley, SKJAGD, Wolf, CCI, Aguila and Remington. Out of my new heavy target barreled Savage rifle, the best group fired at 100 meters measured .168 inch. Rather incredible for both the ammo and the rifle. This particular lot of Federal 711B even beat out my all-time best at 100 meters fired with the old Federal Ultra Match UM1. Needless to say, I purchased all of this particular lot that I could afford to buy, which was also all I could find for sale. You can find me, my Savage rifle, and my Federal 711B ammunition on the firing line at the 2007 NRA smallbore rifle silhouette nationals.
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    4 stars
    Brian Booth of El mirage, AZ
    Date posted: 2/8/2006
    Performed amazingly at 50yds through my Kimber Hunter with a Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14x scope. Just getting into .22 rifle shooting. Got sighted in and it was great! Much better than the CCI Green Tag I was using before.
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    4 stars
    Bob Cloninger of Fort Smith, AR
    Date posted: 3/20/2007
    Federal 711B is a good, predictable, moderately priced target round in my Anschutz 1712 Silhouette. Sight in groups are good and fliers have been my fault. I didn't give it five stars because because there has been a dud for every 150-200 rounds. I will probably still buy a case of this stuff for the silhouette season because it performs so well and costs about 25% less than the Eley Practice and about 35% less than the Eley Silhouex I've been using.
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    4 stars
    James Russell of Houston, TX
    Date posted: 11/26/2004
    Pretty good round for the money. I Haven't gotten into the high end ammo yet but this is the best that I've tried other than the wolf ammo. I'm shooting 50 yards right now and this will get you 8 out of 10 shots in a quarter size hole with a couple of fliers per 10 rounds. I'm comparing brands at the moment and this one is in second from what I've tried. Great for the price.
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    4 stars
    Jeff Kuehl of Rome, IL
    Date posted: 11/30/2008
    711b, I have found it to be one of the highest performing cartridges for my Savage MKII. I have used it from 25 yards out to 130 yards in our local Buffalo shoot matches. If your rifle likes Wolf or SK it should do well with this round as well. I use this now due to its availability and reasonable price compared to Wolf brand. I have been stocking up on it for next year’s competition. See you at the range!
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    4 stars
    Eric Jamois of San Marcos, CA
    Date posted: 11/19/2003
    Accurate and consistent performance for a moderately priced ammunition. Note: Federal WEB site has ballistic trajectory information. Quite useful.
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    4 stars
    Charles Nice of Chardon, OH
    Date posted: 10/4/2005
    Used Gold medal in my Cooper LVT today. This ammo shot very well at 50yds. One group down to .125 and a couple right at 1/4". It out shot my wolf Mt and My Rem eley. It did have a couple of flyers though. For ammo that is no all that expensive I would give these a try.
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    4 stars
    Barry Fitzgerald of Honolulu, HI
    Date posted: 6/28/2005
    very accurate ammunition shoots quite clean too. groups just under 1" in my remington 504. also tried it in a dpms .22 ar-15 upper functioned action well. good value.
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    3 stars
    Darryl Paulson of Modesto, CA
    Date posted: 5/13/2006
    This is the only ammunition that was not powerful enough to cycle the action of my Ruger MK III (hunter) pistol. About 60% did not eject or partially ejected! The Ruger Company just suggested that I switch ammunitions. The ammunition was accurate, but was not as good as Winchester Super X.
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    3 stars
    Rick M of Milwaukee, WI
    Date posted: 11/10/2006
    This ammo is what it is for $3.59 a box. Don't expect match grade accuracy, for that your gonna have to flip for the more expensive stuff. If you have a match grade rifle then you should expect to pay for match grade ammo. I find it better or eqaul to Wolf MT in the majority of my rifles. It does have some fliers, but not as many as Wolf MT. Also, this ammo is subsonic. If your gonna try to get it to cycle reliably in your auto loaders expect failures, most people with auto loaders should know this. Use the proper products for your equipment and you will have less complaints.
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    3 stars
    Corey Allen of Petoskey, MI
    Date posted: 12/25/2007
    Function is good but ammo has more report and flash than others I am currently using (SK, Lapua, Fiocchi). Accuracy from my Pardini SP from Ransom rest was marginal at best with consistent flyers from each group - 'almost' OK for practice but certainly not for a match. Of course these results are from my gun and this particular lot of 711B.
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    3 stars
    cody fleenor of liberty, mo
    Date posted: 6/8/2007
    i shot this in my savage MKII BV and it shot over 1" groups at 50 yards, although it did chamber well and there were no misfires.
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    3 stars
    Terrance Batts of Bay City, Tx
    Date posted: 6/23/2004
    I mistakenly purchased this based on the packaging, thinking it was the Gold Medal ammunition I have previously used. In a match chamber there is a definite difference in round to round diameter and chambering ease. Firing results were not match competitive, but for general plinking they were reasonable. So... for my purposes the ammunition is not what I expect, but for relaxed shooting or squirrel/rabbit popping it should provide acceptable results.
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    2 stars
    Ward Gibbons of Stone Mountain, Ga
    Date posted: 10/15/2005
    I compete in 50' slow fire pistol bullseye events on a very frequent basis. Frequently my scores are the highest in our league.My competition unit is a UltraDot scoped precision tuned Volquartsen Ruger match gun. I have been disappointed in the number of failures to ignite when the firing pin made a very distinct hit on the rim of the cartridge. I have had numerous feeding issues involving inconsistent cycling due to short stroking. My better groups with the GOLD MATCH run 1.25 to 1.75 which does not compare with those shot with CCI Green Tag or several of the Eley products. I have had VERY few problems with the two cartridges mentioned above. I will stick with the Eley in the future. Someone else can have my GOLD MATCH.
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    1 stars
    Richard Vitek of Raleigh, NC
    Date posted: 3/30/2004
    Made direct comparison between this Federal Gold Medal, Eley Standard and Winchester Super-X. Same rifle shooting 5 shot strings alternating between types at random. 100 rounds of each type. Eley shot .75" groups consistently. Federal shot 1.5" groups consistently. Winchester shot 1.5" groups consistently. Winchester is a higher velocity small game type round but grouped as well as the Federal "target" ammo.
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    1 stars
    LEE BLACKMAN of SAN MARCOS, TX
    Date posted: 12/22/2009
    I've benched the new production 711B in several of my 22's, and it has no difference in group size than regular federal champion. The old production 711B with the dimpled case heads shows significant differences in accuracy in those same rifles. Federal really dropped the quality if the 711B with the new production. I honestly believe its exactly the same as the federal champion ammo just in a different box and a marked up price. I do NOT recommend this product.
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    1 stars
    William Gifford of Everett, WA
    Date posted: 10/10/2004
    Federal has changed more than the packaging of this ammo. I have shot many hundreds of rounds using the old Federal Gold Medal Target {711B} with 50 yard 10 shot bench rest groups from my heavy barrel target rifle well under one inch. This new production and name change to Federal Premium Gold Medal Target {711B} is pure junk. The best 10 shot group that I have been able to shoot with it was 1.75 inches. As well, I encountered several misfires.
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    1 stars
    Gene Norman of Murray, ky
    Date posted: 9/2/2008
    I bought a carton of this ammo (Federal part # 711B) because I am a constant test, retest freak always trying to find something that shoots better than what I have been using. I shot this Federal 711B in 9 different rifles. All my rimfire serious testing is done at 50 yards and 3 strings of 10 shots each. If it works in your rifle, great. Personally I would not carry a case of it from the store to the parking lot if it were free.
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    1 stars
    Jim Gebhard of Fairbanks, AK
    Date posted: 11/22/2004
    I purchased a brick of this thinking it was the same as the Gold Medal Target in new packaging. The Gold Medal Target was the most reliable of all the ammunition I tried in my FWB 93 pistol and tied for the tightest groups of 8 varieties of ammunition I tried. I would rate it as five stars and irreplaceable in its price range. This new "Premium" Gold Medal Target is definitely not the same. While it still functioned as reliably (no failures to feed, no stovepipes, no stuck casings and no failures to fire in 500 rounds) the accuracy was no longer there. It now shoots the worst bench rest groups of any ammunition I've tried - including Federal's own bulk copper plated hollow point. I'm deeply disappointed with Federal and that I will now have to start anew on a search for a accurate and reliable target ammunition to replace it.
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