Vern Humphrey
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When you finish the whole carton, tell us how many misfires you got.
.22 LR ammo question
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CraigC
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Maybe you missed the first post where I stated that I go through 2000-3000rds of the stuff every month??? If it didn't work, I wouldn't buy it.
Vern Humphrey
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Obviously you've got into a different lot of Remington bulk ammo than the rest of us.
CraigC
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Dude, I didn't just start using the stuff this morning.
Here's a post I made back in October after a heavy shooting week. I reported one misfire out of 2000rds.
"More grumbling about Remington ammo. You simply have to try everything to see what works best, period. I use more Remington than any other kind and burned up 2000rds of it last week alone. I had a single, read that ONE misfire, which did fire on the second try. I can't think of a single rimfire in my collection of over two dozen that doesn't do well with the stuff. Which is why I use up 2000-3000rds of it per month."
Here's a post I made back in October after a heavy shooting week. I reported one misfire out of 2000rds.
"More grumbling about Remington ammo. You simply have to try everything to see what works best, period. I use more Remington than any other kind and burned up 2000rds of it last week alone. I had a single, read that ONE misfire, which did fire on the second try. I can't think of a single rimfire in my collection of over two dozen that doesn't do well with the stuff. Which is why I use up 2000-3000rds of it per month."
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RimfireChris
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I like the Federal bulk stuff from Walmart, as well as CCI Blazer. The Federal Lightning is good too, it averages out to the same price as the bulk stuff, but I wiah they sold it in a big pack.
Zach S
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Best bang for the buck, IMO, would be the Federal Bulk. Runs well in all of my rimfires.
Remington GBs would have different results for different lots in my guns. Seems to work alright in my GSG5, but nothing else will eat it.
Wichester XPert just sucked. I came to the conclusion it was left at the range, not forgotten...
Remington GBs would have different results for different lots in my guns. Seems to work alright in my GSG5, but nothing else will eat it.
Wichester XPert just sucked. I came to the conclusion it was left at the range, not forgotten...
teetertotter
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CCI Blazer for both my rifle and pistol which I shoot competitively. It is $17.99 a brick. Cheap stuff that is consistant and pretty accurate in both my firearms. Some CZ shooters found pretty good for practice. My .02
jcwit
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From the orginal post. If you want to spray the hill ingeneral then I guess the Remington Golden bullets are OK.
However if you like to practice with a fairly good medium that gives fair accuracy, CCI or Federal Std Velocity is the way to go, you'll get dime sized groups at 50 yds or better, depending on the equipment.
If you're after accuracy at a medium cost with a flyer now and then and wish one hole groups to be the standard, Wolf or SK target ammo is the way to go. We're now talking $70 to $80 bucks a brick.
Finally if you wish to win matches and see one hole groups all the time you're looking at Eley Ten-X Ultimate at $180.00 a brick, or Midas X by Lapua at $150.00 a brick, or RWS R-50 at $150.00 a brick.
All depends what you wish to do and how accurate you want to shoot.
Also what your equipment is, a Ruger 10/22 isnt going to cut it, in the high category range.
I didn't reread the entire post...
I mostly shoot WallyWorld Federal 550 packs. They're not 100% for sure, but for the price they're good enough for plinking. The last 550 box I bought was on par with the worst batch of ammo I've ever shot. One in 15-20 FTF with a solid strike. "Lots" of FTE. I'll check tommorrow and post the lot number.
Honestly though, I'm going to keep buying these Federal rounds for plinkin'. Remington bulk is consistently bad enough that I'll NEVER buy any more.
I mostly shoot WallyWorld Federal 550 packs. They're not 100% for sure, but for the price they're good enough for plinking. The last 550 box I bought was on par with the worst batch of ammo I've ever shot. One in 15-20 FTF with a solid strike. "Lots" of FTE. I'll check tommorrow and post the lot number.
Honestly though, I'm going to keep buying these Federal rounds for plinkin'. Remington bulk is consistently bad enough that I'll NEVER buy any more.
[email protected]
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Just jumped in here and have not read the previous pages... but 22lr is always a compromise.... I've had good success with all of the bulk packs mentioned.... a fail to eject or fire every 50 -100 rounds seems normal.. but for accuracy none of them come close to Federal Champion game shot or such... followed by CCI mini mag or standard stuff. I've never tried the really high end (price) stuff mentioned. the closest I've come is CCI green tag and it's about the same as the Fed. Champion... I shoot Ruger 10/22s with target barrels pretty exclusively... dime size groups at 50 yards is the standard I strive for.
jcwit
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Not assuming anything as I also have no idea what kind of equipment you have.
I shoot Federal bulk pack, or Aguila if I'm shooting subsonics. The Federal works well in everything I shoot, consistent and accurate.
I used to shoot nothing but Remington bulk pack, it was the cheapest and accurate enough for plinking. I even had a Marlin HB that was more accurate with it than a lot of really good ammo I tried. Then I got a couple of bricks that were horrible...a very high number of misfires. It didn't trust it enough for racoon hunting. I tried some since when I couldn't find any ammo and they were back to their old performance. Remington bulk won't chamber in my Spikes Tactical 22LR AR conversion.
I used to shoot nothing but Remington bulk pack, it was the cheapest and accurate enough for plinking. I even had a Marlin HB that was more accurate with it than a lot of really good ammo I tried. Then I got a couple of bricks that were horrible...a very high number of misfires. It didn't trust it enough for racoon hunting. I tried some since when I couldn't find any ammo and they were back to their old performance. Remington bulk won't chamber in my Spikes Tactical 22LR AR conversion.
Bonesinium
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Just shot through an entire 525 round box of Remington Golden Bullet Bulk pack. 1 dud. That was all.
CraigC
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I don't think I ever have more than one or two duds in a whole pack of GB's.
It does seem to very from box to box. I have good ones and one time about two years ago I have a box that about every tenth shell was a dud. I don't normally buy them (because of the dirty burning powder) but I have an old model 60, that seems to prefer them. Go figure.
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PMC/Aguila
After extensive testing in my and others .22s I settled on PMC Zappers and PMC Target. I bought and shot a LOT of both over the years. NEVER had a dud. Very accurate in my .22s. Alas I started to run low a couple of years ago and actually ran out of the target so I started hunting again. After hearing that Aguila is now making the PMC ammo, I bought a selection of their high velocity (Super Extra) and all of their Match and Target loads. I haven't really had the time to do a thourough test yet but the results after a few hundred of each is promising. No failures of any kind and the accuracy is showing to be close to Ely Tenex in my .22s, not as good but close. The PMC Target load was also almost as good as Tenex in my .22s.
When the weather gets good in the spring, I plan to make sure my initial results are valid and stock up on at least a couple of the Aguila loads.
After extensive testing in my and others .22s I settled on PMC Zappers and PMC Target. I bought and shot a LOT of both over the years. NEVER had a dud. Very accurate in my .22s. Alas I started to run low a couple of years ago and actually ran out of the target so I started hunting again. After hearing that Aguila is now making the PMC ammo, I bought a selection of their high velocity (Super Extra) and all of their Match and Target loads. I haven't really had the time to do a thourough test yet but the results after a few hundred of each is promising. No failures of any kind and the accuracy is showing to be close to Ely Tenex in my .22s, not as good but close. The PMC Target load was also almost as good as Tenex in my .22s.
When the weather gets good in the spring, I plan to make sure my initial results are valid and stock up on at least a couple of the Aguila loads.
bradystrib
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well fired about 250 rounds out of a box of a bulk remington golden bullets today. 1 fail to fire. Fired with second attempt. Ran through a 10/22, marlin 981ts, and romanian 1969 trainer.
also fired 100 rounds of cci minimags through a m&p 15-22. zero issues....man i need some more .22 guns
also fired 100 rounds of cci minimags through a m&p 15-22. zero issues....man i need some more .22 guns
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rromeo
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I never had an absolute dud from Remington. I just had quite a few that failed to cycle my semi auto.
braceyourself07
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I use CCI Blazer in my Ruger 22/45 pistol. After 2500 rounds, no duds, but I have an occasional misfeed. For its low price, I'm willing to put up with that. On a separate note, I picked up a 22LR conversion kit for my Sig P220 and was curious if any of you guys with 22 conversion kits (e.g. for a 1911 or other full sized pistol) perform better with high or hyper velocity 22 ammo as opposed to standard?
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