Remington 22 LR 36 gr Golden Bullet Plated HP

[rcmodel]

I gave up on them after the last go around.

I bought one of the bulk packs of Rem Golden Bullet promo ammo a few years ago at Dicks Sporting Goods.

Come to find out, they were practically unusable in a Win 06 pump, a Win 62A pump, and a Browning SA22 rifle. And these three guns are among the most reliable .22 rifles ever made by anyone, anywhere.

They even gave problems in a very early Ruger 10/22 that had previously never failed to function with any other brand of ammo in near 40+ years.

It seems a certain percentage of the Rem ammo had egg shaped rims that were too big to go though the mag tube holes in the receivers of three different rifles.
And the rotary Ruger mag didn't care for them either..

I ended up shooting them up in Colt Woodsman, a S&W Model 41 pistol, and a S&W revolver.

Then some of them went 'Crack', some of them went 'Pop' and smoked like crazy, and some of them wouldn't fire at all.

I have never bought another carton of Remington .22 ammo since.

To be fair, 20-50 years ago, Remington and Win Super-X were my preferred brands of ammo.
Now it's CCI Mini-Mags, when I can get it.

rc

 

[pinehtr]

I had a golden bullet explode in my S&W 22 causing a lot of damage, Cracked grips.
Bent ejector. Remington wasn't interested in talking to me about it.

 

[TonyT]

I have used Remington Golden Bullets for some time and the only issue I have experienced is ignition failures in some of my guns. It is totally gun related and not uncommon with 22RF ammo. In terms of accuracy I cannot complain about the Remington Golden as they are at least as accurate as the Federal bulk ack ammo.

 

[doubleh]

I have been shooting the GBs for many years with very few problems. Just a dud now and then but not nearly as many as I get with Fed bulk. Get better groups also in most guns, not all, but most.

I have a Colt M4 22 and it will not feed GBs reliably. On the other hand I have a Marlin/Glenfield Mod. 40 that shoots them just as fast as you want to pull the trigger with no problem but the rifle will not feed Blasers.

 

[MCgunner]

I really prefer Federal bulk, but in this day in time, I shoot what I can get. With all my .22s, chances are SOMEthing will shoot it. My .22 revolver and my old Remington bolt gun have been getting Remington shorts for the last few months. I bought out the hardware store, 1100 rounds of it.

Desperation drives my .22 purchasing now days. Can't afford to be too picky.

 

[Cokeman]

For those who don't like it, don't buy it. More for me. The 225 packs are the first 22 ammo I look for. I've never had a dud or any other problem with it. It's not under powered. I shoot it out of my P22 because some Federal is under powered and can't cycle the slide back far enough to pick up the next round. That's the only problem that I have had with any of my 22s with any ammo except for 4 stove pipes in 2713 rounds out of my Walther which were all Federal.

My Henry likes the shorts. I bought all 750 rounds that Walmart had two weeks ago. I got Subsonics there tonight.

 

[random_gun]

Just an update, Remington sent me a prepaid shipping label to return some fired and unfired rounds for factory inspection. Upton receiving my package they sent me a new box right away and I didn't experience the same issue with the new box.. I guess that was a defective batch (probably the ammo is shorter than it should be).
Kudos for their c/s.. It took about 3 days to receive the shipping label and they sent the replacement about a week after receiving my package

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

All my .22LR's are bolt action, either tube fed or detachable magazine. Never had any problems to speak of with this ammo at all.

 

[Deaf Smith]

I use Remington 'Golden' Bullets all the time in my Glock AACK .22 unit.

Works fine.

Deaf

 

[CraigC]

Personally, I think people pile on Remington because apparently it's the thing to do. It's never the gun's fault. It's never the magazine. It's never a dirty chamber, weak firing pin strike or filthy action. It's never simply because the gun prefers something else. It's always because Remington is junk. Well, leave them on the shelves, more for me.

When I could actually find it, I was burning up 2000-3000rds of the stuff every month. That is not an exaggeration. When you work from home and shoot on your own property, you do a lot of shooting. This is not through one or two guns but TWO DOZEN rimfire guns of various types. Revolvers, automatics, boltguns, leverguns and pumps. Misfires are a rare thing and although my shooting has been greatly curtailed due to shortages, I can't remember the last one.

As far as accuracy, I'll take MOA every time. The average of these five consecutive (not cherry-picked) five-shot groups at 50yds is a hair under a half inch. Shot with a centerfire 1-4x, not a big target scope. By all means, STOP buying Remington ammo, my supply is dwindling.

 

[22-rimfire]

To be fair, 20-50 years ago, Remington and Win Super-X were my preferred brands of ammo.
Now it's CCI Mini-Mags, when I can get it.

The Remington's were my preferred 22 ammo for years too. I also liked the copper washed "plated" bullets back in the day as they had less lub on them and tended to feed easier into semi-auto pistols.

Now my cheap 22 ammo tends to be Federal Lightning/Champion (510's) typically purchased from Walmart in 50-ct boxes. I still prefer the 50-ct boxes over any other packaging. CCI Blazers are pretty good too.

ATK owns both Federal and CCI in case some folks don't know. Hence there are similarities.

I haven't had as much trouble with golden bullets as most here have had. The 225 packs tend to be pretty good. Accuracy was always pretty good with golden bullets as well. Nice looking rifle Craig!

 

[Fishslayer]

Since those golden bullets are so bad I'll help y'all out and take them off your hands. I'll shoot just about anything as long as I'm not competing! lol

I'll get in line if you don't mind. The GB and Blazer solids are the only bulk we've found that cycles my wife's Mosquito reliably. And I found them to be as accurate as Remington Target & Fed Auto Match in my 10/22.

We get some duds, sure but the wife went 300+ rounds in a row without one single malf.

 

[pinehtr]

I had multiple failures with the golden bullet Including a case exploded in the chamber of my S&W 22A making a mess of my gun. Bent ejector ,cracked grips. Sent them back to rem. thy replaced them with golden bullets new and improved .Still crappy rounds.

 

[mdauben]

I had multiple failures with the golden bullet Including a case exploded in the chamber of my S&W 22A making a mess of my gun. Bent ejector ,cracked grips. Sent them back to rem. thy replaced them with golden bullets new and improved .Still crappy rounds.

While I've never suffered such a catastrophic failure with Remington .22's I have been generally dissatisfied with their quality and now just avoid them all together.

 

[Drail]

Avoid all Remington ammunition and reloading components. It is high speed mass produced junk. It didn't used to be but it has been for quite a few years now. All rimfire ammo will have a number of "duds" in every box because of the priming system used. My experience has been that Federal is better quality in every way. Even with Federal there will be a few duds in a brick but Remington has always been much worse.

 

[Speedo66]

I had way too many fail to fires and differing "bangs" indicating inconsistent powder charges with Remington Thunderbolts. I sold off all I had and won't buy Remington ammo again.

I've had no such experiences with Federal bulk packs.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Avoid all Remington ammunition and reloading components. It is high speed mass produced junk. It didn't used to be but it has been for quite a few years now. All rimfire ammo will have a number of "duds" in every box because of the priming system used. My experience has been that Federal is better quality in every way. Even with Federal there will be a few duds in a brick but Remington has always been much worse.

Really? EVERY box? Including the 4 bulk boxes of 550 I bought and shot up with my wife and kids without a single failure? And all the other Remington .22LR I've shot over the years with so few failures that I can't remember when the last one occurred?

And what, pray tell, is this defective "priming system" you are speaking of? In fact, what "priming systems" do all the various companies out there use and how do they differ from company to company?

 

[Cokeman]

I've still never had a dud with any brand or type of .22 ammo.

 

[Cokeman]

Personally, I think people pile on Remington because apparently it's the thing to do. It's never the gun's fault. It's never the magazine. It's never a dirty chamber, weak firing pin strike or filthy action. It's never simply because the gun prefers something else. It's always because Remington is junk. Well, leave them on the shelves, more for me.

When I could actually find it, I was burning up 2000-3000rds of the stuff every month. That is not an exaggeration. When you work from home and shoot on your own property, you do a lot of shooting. This is not through one or two guns but TWO DOZEN rimfire guns of various types. Revolvers, automatics, boltguns, leverguns and pumps. Misfires are a rare thing and although my shooting has been greatly curtailed due to shortages, I can't remember the last one.

As far as accuracy, I'll take MOA every time. The average of these five consecutive (not cherry-picked) five-shot groups at 50yds is a hair under a half inch. Shot with a centerfire 1-4x, not a big target scope. By all means, STOP buying Remington ammo, my supply is dwindling.

CZ? Lux or Special?

 

[CraigC]

CZ 452FS.

Avoid all Remington ammunition and reloading components. It is high speed mass produced junk. It didn't used to be but it has been for quite a few years now. All rimfire ammo will have a number of "duds" in every box because of the priming system used. My experience has been that Federal is better quality in every way. Even with Federal there will be a few duds in a brick but Remington has always been much worse.

I've never found this to be the case whatsoever. But what do I know, after only shooting about 50-60,000rds of it in the last several years, maybe I'm wrong.

I do, however, have a couple semi-autos that do not like Federal. They don't have enough gusto to cycle my Ciener conversion but it runs flawlessly on Remington. Federal's "hollowpoint" is a token dimple in the nose of the bullet. They do not expand at all but the Remington GB makes an excellent game load. No telling how many rabbits, squirrels, coons, possums, foxes, skunks, feral cats, etc. I've taken with the stuff. Federal sucks as a game bullet. The difference being that I don't get on the internet and berate Federal at every opportunity. Nor Winchester after having trouble with their X-Pert and 333 bulk packs. Some folks just don't understand that rimfire guns will always show a preference for certain loads and will sometimes have a strong aversion to others. Lack of perspective, I reckon.

One shot with a 36gr Golden Bullet HP was all it took for this fox trotting through the woods at 35yds.

 

[aka108]

Back in the 50's and 60's Remington was the best low priced ammo on the market. Then something went wrong. Maybe the bean counters or someone. Anyhow the Remington gold bullets are now pure crap in my opinion. Accuracy way of the the number of failures to fire at excessive. At the range I find a number of them with firm striker marks but complete duds.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I shot a lot of .22 ammo in the late 60's up until about 1980. I had lots of money and lots of time. I shot nothing buy Remingtons golden bullet until cci brought out the stingers in 74 or so. Up until I shot the stingers I thought it normal that .22 ammo should have duds, misfires, & weak loads. Bar none I cannot recall a single issue with any other brand of .22 ammo except Remington.

I will give them this - they are consistent.

 

[Gordon]

Craig C that CZ is beautifula and well set up, kudos.

 

[heeler]

I have generally by happenstance bought Federal,Winchester,and CCI mostly and have relatively little experience with Remington .22 rim fire.
But I find it striking the amount of people who pretty much condemn it to the people who seem to have almost zero issues with it.
And not on just this gun forum.

 

[CraigC]

But I find it striking the amount of people who pretty much condemn it to the people who seem to have almost zero issues with it.

What I find striking is the number of people who tell you to avoid it but have never tried it themselves. Present company excluded.......I think.