I bought lots of Golden bullets years ago, and it all worked fine back then. Somewhere over the years the quality seems to have fallen off.
The last 5 Years:
We shoot lots of Semi-Auto Rimfire at our Sportsman's Club. We have a Rimfire Division in our Defensive Pistol Match, and we also have a Rimfire Division in 2 Gun.
The Club Secretary has been running Golden Bullets in a Remington Semi Auto Rifle, and doing fine. The majority of us were running 10-22's, and the Golden Bullets were not running well in them at all. Most all have went to Federal Bulk Pak. About everyone quit Remington rimfire ammo due to jams, and fail to fire issues.
In the last year or two:
Lots of us have been moving to AR Platform 22's. The Club Secretary has moved up to an M&P AR15-22. He is still shooting Remington, and doing fine. Most all others are running Federal or the CCI Tactical load at this time. The Golden Bullets are not being used, as about everyone has already wrote off Remington ammo from shooting problems in 10-22's, and MK III Rugers.
My thoughts.
If you have been shooting bolt actions, pumps, and lever guns, you have probably never had any issues with Remington Golden Bullets. Some semi auto's probably run the Remington ok also. If you shoot Revolvers and some semi auto pistols it might run ok for you.
Most of us shooting Action Matches with 10-22's and Ruger Mk III's gave up on Golden Bullets a long time ago. If it had improved, we might not have noticed. I have no idea how Golden Bullets run in my Tac Sol AR15-22, as I quit buying them several years ago.
I certainly hope the quality has improved with the price increase. I will give them another try.
Bob