.22 LR AMMO-ANYONE TRIED THIS BRAND?

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Trying to find some reasonably priced practice ammo for my GLOCK 44, stumbled up on this at Bass Pro Shop for $19.99 per box of 500. Picked up a thousand rounds.

Anyone had experience with it? I haven't been to the range yet but will let you all know how it went.
It would be nice to ween the 44 off of CCI, its expensive!

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I've used other caliber Herter's, I think it's currently Cabela's/Bass Pro house brand. The ammo came from several Eastern European countries, worked fine. Although brass cased, had Berdan priming, so wasn't reloadable.

I doubt Bass Pro owns their own ammo factories, since your box says made in USA, probably one of the larger US manufacturers is making it for them. Hopefully not a generic version of Remington Thunderduds. lol

For cheap .22, I buy Aguila or Armscor when AIM Surplus has them on sale for $17 or so a brick, both even come in individual 50 round boxes.
 
Curious why they label it as "Target".....most competitive target ammo is 40 grain, not 36.
They are in the business of selling things and adding target probably does not hurt their sales. Plated hollow points are usually not considered target ammo. Besides a tin can or a clump of dirt could be a target and that ammo is good for that for sure.
 
They are in the business of selling things and adding target probably does not hurt their sales. Plated hollow points are usually not considered target ammo. Besides a tin can or a clump of dirt could be a target and that ammo is good for that for sure.
I might still have box of .22s from the original herters that was loaded in Canada. I did try to trade it off to collectors at guns shows and ended up shooting most of it up since the collectors seemed to think they were doing me a favor to even consider it.
 
Curious why they label it as "Target".....most competitive target ammo is 40 grain, not 36.

I guess it depends on what you consider is a target. I shoot at paper long enough to get sighted in then my targets usually have four legs and are covered by fur. Or they are cans that have Coors written on them or little round white balls with words like "Titleist" stamped on them.

Buy I know what you are saying. Most true target ammo isn't plated either.
 
I might still have box of .22s from the original herters that was loaded in Canada. I did try to trade it off to collectors at guns shows and ended up shooting most of it up since the collectors seemed to think they were doing me a favor to even consider it.

The real original Herters was a wildly unique company. They are long gone, but some entirely different places have bought the name.
 
The real original Herters was a wildly unique company. They are long gone, but some entirely different places have bought the name.
I still have my herters hunting knife with wooden handle that I purchased from them and a commercial j-9 mauser rifle that I believe is the same as the yugo mark 10 mausers. The original herters would sell you just about anything including diamonds from the congo and they got in trouble once for a bunch of illegal bird feathers from some where up in canada intended for fly fishermen. They claimed belgium ancestry. I might still have their reloading manual. They also sold powders under their name and what were likely norma components for reloads. I still think I might have a box of their 'famous swedish banana peel 308 rounds.
 
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If it was made by Winchester it will not run in any of my semi autos. It's hard to close the bolt on my bolt guns, but it will work. The bullets are oversize. Now, maybe Winchester figured it out and made it right, but why take a chance? I will shoot the crappy Remington golden bullets before I will buy Winchester .22 lr.
 
Curious why they label it as "Target".....most competitive target ammo is 40 grain, not 36.
Most folks think of shooting at a paper target as target shooting...so usage of the word has changed a bit.

What many older folks remember as target shooting is referred to a "Match ammo"...often broken into Competition and Club.
 
I still have my herters hunting knife with wooden handle that I purchased from them and a commercial j-9 mauser rifle that I believe is the same as the yugo mark 10 mausers. The original herters would sell you just about anything including diamonds from the congo and they got in trouble once for a bunch of illegal bird feathers from some where up in canada intended for fly fishermen. They claimed belgium ancestry. I might still have their reloading manual. They also sold powders under their name and what were likely norma components for reloads. I still think I might have a box of their 'famous swedish banana peel 308 rounds.


Did you have their crazy catalogue? Everything was advertised as the world's best by far. And then there were George and Berthe Herter's incredible cookbooks! I still have one.

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/food/a30044/manliest-cookbook-ever/
 
I think the best place youre going to find good prices is going to be on the web.

I got a case (5000 rounds) of CCI Blazers from Target Sports for $170, free shipping. Works great in my 44 too by the way. It was about the cheapest I found using the "ammo seek" site awhile back.

Right now, they have basically the same deal 5250 rounds for $180 free shipping.

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/cci-blazer-22-lr-ammo-40-grain-lrn-value-pack-10021-p-1453.aspx

Another fan of TargetSportsUSA; get my 9mm and .22lr from them in bulk delivered to my door.
 
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Run! It's Winchester in sheep's clothing. Be prepared for a plethora of duds. That's assuming they even chamber.
 
I think my brother still has their catalogue. I have some pages copied from it. I can post them here if you like.
 
If Herters 36gr is really Winchester 36gr CPHP in the number boxes (that is 222, 333, 525, 555), I wouldn't have a lot of faith that the ammo will be a repeat purchase.

If you have a semi-auto that is somewhat finicky, it is possible that the ledge between the conical nose and the driving band of the bullet gets caught on feeding. I'm not saying that it will, but it is not a fun experience to have problems every mag. 22LR pistols can experience this more than rifles, due to the angle of the magazine and feed ramp. That could be a reason why 40gr round nose and 38gr HP's work extremely well in a G44, while the 36gr ammo doesn't work as well. The 38gr and 40gr still has a rounded profile, while the 36gr usually has the conical nose profile. If you have a finicky pistol and want low cost plinking, a high velocity round nose is usually the best bet, whether that is Fed 510, Blazer, Automatch, Golden Bullet, Thunderbolt, CCI MM/SV/AR tactical, etc.

Btw, words like "target" and "match" do mean something if it's on a higher grade of ammo, with target being low tier practice ammo, match being mid grade, and marquee names like Midas, Tenex, and R50 as top of the line. On bulk ammo, target and match are just marketing terms to get someone to think cheap bulk ammo ammo is better than it is. There are rationalizations, like "It is for shooting at targets." "The ammo is a match for semi-auto function." And other garbage like that to put those terms on the box.
 
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