Kudos to Remington

[Steel Horse Rider]

We have done the refrigeration service work for a Boy Scout camp in the mountains near here for a number of years and I try to help them all I can. Prior to the great rimfire shortage I would donate several bricks of CCI Blazer LR ammo when I went up in the spring to start and check their equipment but I haven't been able to locate any for a number of years. The director called me today to schedule the equipment start up so I asked him if they have been able to find enough .22 LR to operate the shooting range. He told me that they received a full pallet of Remington .22 LR last week that the scouts purchased directly from Remington. He didn't know what the price was but I salute Remington for actually shipping them a pallet.

 

[Sniper66]

Ahh, some good news for a change.

 

[22-rimfire]

That is good news and great PR. People put down Remington Golden Bullets, but I always found them to be fairly accurate. Yeah, there were duds; perhaps too many duds...7% is a number I have read. I never counted. The newer stuff is better or more consistant. But I still read about duds. I haven't seen any Remington ammo in a couple years. So, the Scouts did well and Remington came through for them.

 

[Candyman87]

Golden Bullets might be cheap and somewhat unreliable, but in the bolt guns that the BSA uses, they're perfect! I won't put them in my P22 but my 10/22 or a .22 bolt? Absolutely!

Kudos to Remington for shipping them ammo, and kudos to you for helping with the scouts!

 

[Jackal]

People trash talk Remmy rimfire ammo, but I've put thousands through my Remington 510 without issue. They go bang and hit stuff at 50m with irons. Whats to complain about?

 

[Dframe]

I've had nothing but good luck with the remington ammo I've used.

 

[thewillweeks]

Remington is fine for plinking, for some of us that use our .22's for things we maybe shouldn't like dropping badgers and coyotes, having misfires is kind of an issue we don't have time to deal with. Growing up it was a .22 or a 12 gauge, and the 12 didn't carry as far so usually the .22 took the cake and we might only get one chance at the right shot so for the price difference it made sense to go with CCI or Federal, something we'd never had a problem with.

But, as noted, Remington redid their primers to be more reliable, and for plinking they've never been bad and doing this for the BSA is great. Good on them.