Remington .22 Problem

[slowr1der]

I bought a 525 round box of Golden Bullets against my better judgement as did a friend when we saw them at Dicks. I knew this stuff was junk from past experiences but a buddy had given me a box of 225 for Christmas and surprisingly it shot really well. I had very few if any duds and it was reasonably accurate. Not what I expected for sure but it gave me hope that maybe Remington had improved so when I saw this box I jumped on it especially with 22 being so hard to find.

Anyway, my friend and I went to the range today and I wanted to shoot it in a friends Buckmark which I have shot quite a lot in the past. Upon attempting to shoot it I kept feeling hot gasses on my arm. I've never experienced this with this gun not with this ammo in the past. It's usually just duds and poor accuracy with this ammo. The cases didn't appear split or anything else. Initially thinking something may have happened to the gun we tried it in my 10/22 and it was horrible in that as well. My buddy who was left handed could barely shoot it it was so bad and he normally loves shooting it. I could shoot it but I kept occasionally feeling powder hit me in the hand and face. Anyone else experienced this with the ammo? What could be going on since the cases don't seem to be splitting or anything? I've seen a case split in bulk ammo and do this, but this ammo wasn't doing that.

 

[Reloadron]

There can be any number of reasons for burning powder blow back. However, since you mention the ammunition was used in two guns with similar results I would guess a light charge in the cases. The priming ignites the powder charge and the case "should" expand against the chamber wall forming a seal. If a powder charge is light the case may not expand forming the necessary seal resulting in some hot gas and burning powder blowing back at the shooter. That would be my guess based on what you tried using two different guns. Since both guns gave similar results I would rule out other causes like chamber problems.

The ideal situation would call for shooting some other ammunition. I guess also a few bullets could be pulled and the powder charges weighed for uniformity. Not sure what the Remington Golden Bullet powder charge should weigh though. Best guess about 1.5 grains.

Just My Guess.....
Ron

 

[moxie]

Call Remington customer service.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I complained for decades to Remington about their ammo. It never did any good.

 

[DrDyno]

Call Remington customer service.

+1. That's the smartest way to handle this problem.

 

[SleazyRider]

Remington customer service will likely ship you a pre-paid mailer and request that you return the ammunition in question. They will analyze it and send you back a report. My crystal ball says the report will read "ammunition was found to be within specifications."

At least that's how they handled my ammunition complaint with .30-06 rounds that didn't fire. And they were right---the problem was a weak firing pin spring in my S&W i-bolt rifle.