Riomouse911
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I do my best to shoot every other week, with rimfire handguns and rifles being the guns I bring and shoot the most.
I've had hit and miss rimfire quality, with a noticeable improvement in reliability in more recent production.... until last Friday.
I took out a newly purchased Model 48-4 .22 WMR to shoot alongside my Model 17-2 .22 LR and my 6.5” Ruger MK II Govt Target Model. I brought along CCI Mini Mag 40 gr PRN and CCI Blazer 40 gr LRN for the LR guns and Winchester 40 gr FMJ and a 150 count box of “Universal” 45 gr Dynapoint HP.
The Blazer had one FTF and one FTE in 200 rounds in the MK II. All fired without issue in the Model 17.
I fired at B-27 targets at 15 yards, 100 rounds, 50 of the Blazer and 50 of Mini mags at the targets. All were shot standing two handed (the Model 17 fired DA) and we’re fired at a one shot per second pace.
All the flyers were my fault trying to keep the pace of fire up
.
Then the .22 mag came out. Man, did I learn that Winchester “Universal” ammo at Wal Mart is absolute crap. I had at least two failures to fire in each cylinder. Didn’t just happen in one chamber and even when rotated to strike the rim in another place they still didn’t fire. Sometimes the cases would stick in the chambers, other times not. I’ve read that Universal 12 gauge shells cause issues, now it seems that anything made for the Universal label is total garbage.
Thinking that a switch of ammo might be better I tried the FMJ ammo. Again the ammo was junk. I found some bullets were cannelured, others not, the cases would sometimes stick in the chambers making the rims drag on the recoil shield in DA and the final straw after exactly 50 shots was a pierced rim that completely tied up the gun. (I had to head home and use a plastic tipped hammer to tap the cylinder open
).
I am amazed at how crappy these products were. I shoot a lot of Winchester ammo, but with the .22 WMR, never again.
After only 50 shots it was tied up with the pierced rim. With the occasional dragging rim from the oversized cartridge cases I threw a few:
Here is the Universal ammo. (Sorry it’s a bit out of focus). It looks like cheap plating on a lead HP.
These are the mish-mosh of bullets in the same FMJ box:
And the pierced rim that ended my day at the range:
And the crap ammo on the shelves at Wal mart. Stay away from this junk!
...and the FMJ as well:
Hopefully you all will have better luck than I did if you try this stuff!
Stay safe.
I've had hit and miss rimfire quality, with a noticeable improvement in reliability in more recent production.... until last Friday.
I took out a newly purchased Model 48-4 .22 WMR to shoot alongside my Model 17-2 .22 LR and my 6.5” Ruger MK II Govt Target Model. I brought along CCI Mini Mag 40 gr PRN and CCI Blazer 40 gr LRN for the LR guns and Winchester 40 gr FMJ and a 150 count box of “Universal” 45 gr Dynapoint HP.
The Blazer had one FTF and one FTE in 200 rounds in the MK II. All fired without issue in the Model 17.
I fired at B-27 targets at 15 yards, 100 rounds, 50 of the Blazer and 50 of Mini mags at the targets. All were shot standing two handed (the Model 17 fired DA) and we’re fired at a one shot per second pace.
All the flyers were my fault trying to keep the pace of fire up
.Then the .22 mag came out. Man, did I learn that Winchester “Universal” ammo at Wal Mart is absolute crap. I had at least two failures to fire in each cylinder. Didn’t just happen in one chamber and even when rotated to strike the rim in another place they still didn’t fire. Sometimes the cases would stick in the chambers, other times not. I’ve read that Universal 12 gauge shells cause issues, now it seems that anything made for the Universal label is total garbage.
Thinking that a switch of ammo might be better I tried the FMJ ammo. Again the ammo was junk. I found some bullets were cannelured, others not, the cases would sometimes stick in the chambers making the rims drag on the recoil shield in DA and the final straw after exactly 50 shots was a pierced rim that completely tied up the gun. (I had to head home and use a plastic tipped hammer to tap the cylinder open
).I am amazed at how crappy these products were. I shoot a lot of Winchester ammo, but with the .22 WMR, never again.
After only 50 shots it was tied up with the pierced rim. With the occasional dragging rim from the oversized cartridge cases I threw a few:
Here is the Universal ammo. (Sorry it’s a bit out of focus). It looks like cheap plating on a lead HP.
These are the mish-mosh of bullets in the same FMJ box:
And the pierced rim that ended my day at the range:
And the crap ammo on the shelves at Wal mart. Stay away from this junk!
...and the FMJ as well:
Hopefully you all will have better luck than I did if you try this stuff!
Stay safe.
