Remington Ammo SUX

[Steve N]

Kris,

Just curious: How many .22-making machines does your plant have? How many rounds per minute can they produce? Are there any videos of the complete process, from forming brass and lead to filling the cartridge and pressing the bullet?

Not trying to steal trade secrets, but I'd love to see how ANY manufacturer can make that much ammo so fast and inexpensively.

Thank you

 

[skoro]

I can handle the bashing of Remington, thats fine. I post on Rimfire Central and a few of the AR forums as well. I understand all of the frustrations that everyone has, but if you just post it on here, and don't let us know about it, it doesn't get reported. We always want to keep improving our products, whether it is rimfire, centerfire, shotshell, industrial or guns.

As I stated before, if you have any Remington ammunition related concerns that you actually want to report and not just talk about on a chatboard. I can handle that for you.

Additionally, if you guys are looking for our date codes, they are printed/stamped on the inside tuck flaps. On the 550 boxes, the code is printed on the inside tuck flap (there are 2). You guys won't be able to decode it but, I would need that information for our database

Again the number is 501-676-4198

Thanks

Kris

Kris -

While I appreciate your concern, you're late to the party. This has been an on-going problem over a period of years. And it would be nice if Remington improved its process to minimize the problem, but they let it fester for far too long and the damage is done. As for calling you to inform you that you have a problem, I've never had to do that with any other maker's ammo. And I'm not going to bother to do it with yours. As you've stated, you've seen the repeated stories on multiple websites about the problems with the Golden Bullets.

But I (and probably some others) will not take a chance on purchasing Rem 22lr ammo in the future. There's no need to when other comparably priced products are readily available and they perform at a much higher level.

I will continue to buy your centerfire and 22WMR ammo, though.

 

[neededausername]

I always buy Remington bulk .22 for my Mark III, never had any problems with it.

 

[Remington-KC]

"Just curious: How many .22-making machines does your plant have? How many rounds per minute can they produce? Are there any videos of the complete process, from forming brass and lead to filling the cartridge and pressing the bullet?

Not trying to steal trade secrets, but I'd love to see how ANY manufacturer can make that much ammo so fast and inexpensively.

Thank you"

Steve:

In rimfire, we make several million rounds of rimfire every day. There aren't any production videos out there of ours or much of anybody elses either. While the processes may somewhat similiar, there are differences which separate everyone.


Skoro

I will not deny that there is banter on dedicated forums on our Rimfire issues. There have been a few changes made, including actions such as this, to try and keep a pulse as to what is going on in the field. Can we improve our rimfire product, absolutely. Are we trying to, you bet. The point I was trying to make was if you do let us know when the problems occured and the production code it only helps us more. Does this take time out of your day? Sure. However, I will make sure that you are fairly compensated for your time.

Kris

 

[lesterg3]

If Remington rimfire has always been crap; then why did you buy it?

Seems a bit strange to me That you say Rem rimfire is crap but you bought it anyway, oh well maybe I am getting too old and missed something.

I have used Remington since 1962 and have never had any problems with them, even bulk packed. I prefer Winchester, because of accuracy in my 22 rifles, but I am not going to stop buying Remington when the price is right.

 

[Kindrox]

Remington,

I prefer your .22 ammo. I have never had a bad experiance, going back 25+ years with your ammunition. Keep improving and keep up the good work.