Where Can I Buy ELEY Ammunition and Who Is My Nearest Dealer?
ELEY .22LR is sold through firearms retailers and distributors in each market, and the fastest way to find your nearest one is ELEY’s own stockist information.
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What this article can do is make sure that when you reach a dealer, you ask for the right product. In .22LR the grade and the batch matter more than the shop.
Know Which Product to Ask For
| Discipline | ELEY recommendation |
|---|---|
| ARA Unlimited, WRABF, IR 50/50, PSL, UKBR22 | ELEY tenex |
| ARA Factory | ELEY tenex (ELEY match as alternative) |
| ISSF and Olympic smallbore rifle, 50 m prone and three-position | ELEY tenex (ELEY match as alternative) |
| National and club target rifle | ELEY club (ELEY team and ELEY sport as alternatives) |
| Semi-automatic rifles | Round-nose products |
The full range spans entry level to Olympic grade, separated by published maximum Radial Standard Deviation (RSD): ELEY sport / target is the absolute entry-level cartridge at 7.00 mm; ELEY club, “the natural progression for shooters who are ready to advance their performance”, and ELEY team, “ELEY’s entry-level premium cartridge”, both sit at 5.50 mm; ELEY match at 4.74 mm and ELEY tenex at 3.75 mm sit above them. Note that ELEY sport is marketed as ELEY target in some regions, so if your dealer lists one and not the other, it is the same cartridge.
Try Before You Commit to a Case
ELEY produces trial packs, available from participating retailers and described in the brochure as “Discover your perfect ELEY round.” They exist because of the central fact of rimfire accuracy: every barrel has its own characteristics and every batch performs differently, so what performs flawlessly in one rifle may not in another. Buying a case of a grade you have never fired in your barrel is the expensive way to learn that. Ask your dealer whether they stock trial packs.
Check the Batch Before You Buy
Every premium ELEY box carries a batch code and, beneath it, a four-digit figure giving the mean velocity recorded across four barrels during proofing. A code reading 10 26-04 244 over 1045 means loaded product, made in 2026, loader 04, batch 244 for that loader, mean velocity 1045.
That batch number is a key. Enter it free at eleyxshot.com and the ELEY Lot Analyser will show you the full 200-shot proof group for that batch: X and Y coordinates for every shot, velocity, group size, shot distribution, ballistic coefficient and radial dispersion across four barrel types, for every batch in the covered products. If a dealer can tell you which batch they hold, you can research it before you pay.
Going Direct to ELEY
Whatever the purchase route in your market, one thing you can arrange directly with ELEY is testing. Batch testing is open to anyone, at five centres in the United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, the United States and Canada. You bring your own rifle, shoot up to 20 batches, and leave knowing which lot your barrel prefers. Booking is at eley.co.uk/vip.
The Bottom Line
ELEY is bought through retailers and distributors, and the stockist details above will point you to your nearest. Before you go, decide the grade your discipline needs, ask about trial packs rather than committing to a case blind, and note the batch code on whatever you buy so you can check its proof data at eleyxshot.com. The best ammunition is not the one your nearest dealer has most of. It is the production lot that performs best in your rifle.