Remington Ammo SUX

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I recently purchased a box of the same at Sportsman's Warehouse in Coon Rapids, MN. No kidding, one in three failed to fire. I gave the bulk of them to a friend to see if he would have any luck with them in his pistol. I have since purchased a bulk box of Federal 525 and haven't had one failure.

How much you want to bet someone had that box, put the FTF's back and returned it somehow.
 
I don't see what SUXs so bad, the offered to make it right.
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What SUX is the the fact that they are supposed to be a name brand manufacturer with a quality control dept. I guess the QC people fell asleep that day.
 
what I don't understand is why you bought another box in the first place.......

No, half the box is like this. It is not a matter of "perfection", but a matter of quality control. As I said, Remcrap rimfire has always been garbage IMO. Usually 1/3 misfires or FTF. This is ridiculous, and yet one more example of why the rest of the manufacturing world is kicking our azz(the USA).
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I stopped buying Remington rimfire years ago when I was experiencing something like 3 or 4 misfires, failure to feed, or failure to eject every 10 rounds. It didn't matter if they were Goldens, Vipers, Thunderbolts, Cyclones, or Yellow Jackets. To add further insult to injury, they were at their worst in my sons Remington rifle. I would say that I have never seen anything like what the OP found in his bulk pack. It almost looks like they grabbed the rejects bin and mixed them in with the "good" ones. Though based on my past experience with Remington rimfire ammo, that's not always something that can be determined just by visual appearances.
 
Well i had this trouble a few years ago, with the bulk golden bullets, some wouldnt fire, and they all had a differnt sound, they werent acurate at all, i e mailed remington, they told me to send it back, i didnt, i shouldnt have to! I threw the crap away and now i buy winchester or fedrald, i have had issues with centerfire remington ammo too, i just dont buy it any more, they make it to sell thats all! There qc must need a big overhaul! Csa
 
Hmmmm.

I've been shooting Remington .22s for the last four years exclusively. I've noticed that my Ruger Mk Is, IIs, 22-45, and 10-22s get a misfire every two magazines or so, and my 10-22s especially have some FTF issues that I don't remember having in my youth.

I thought it was my weapons.

I just bought a case of Federal from ChinaMart. I'll have to go out today and see if there's a difference.

I will say that I've never seen a damaged round in my Remington bulk packs. I don't know about the overall quality of their rounds, but that amount of obvious physical damage is atypical, and I don't believe it would come from a crushed box--just a gut feeling. Looks like a manufacturing issue, and Remington needs to know about it. I like the idea of the damaged rounds digital picture with the container. Send it to 'em.
 
Years ago, a couple of friends split a case of Remington Standard Velocity to shoot in their S&W Model 41s. It was AWFUL, not even as reliable as the then available Russian steel cased match ammo. There were AT LEAST 20% misfires. They ended up sending the thing back for a refund.

I would NEVER buy Remington .22lr ammunition.
 
Yeah

I'll pile on too.

In my experience Remington Ammo does in fact suck

22lr Bulk pack :barf:

"Match" 22 (T22 is it?) :barf: Would shoot some nice groups, and then you'd get one stinker (like one in 5). Finally put it over a chrono and yeah, definitely the ammo.

UMC pistol ammo. Generally functions the guns, but has never been accurate in any caliber I've ever bought.

Never noticed a problem with the Corelokt deer hunting ammo. Then again, with a 270, if it hits the deer...dead deer. Did get one with a bullet loaded backwards. The brass sure is crappy though. Necks with visibly uneven thickness.

Never really thought about it, but I do avoid remington ammo. Trying to remember the last time I bought any.
 
Like Sixtigers, I grew up shooting Remington .22, and thought it was just normal for every mag or two to have a few duds in it. I never bought much .22 anyways, so never figured it was worth it to buy anything else. I just took it to mean that .22s were somehow, by nature, less reliable guns.

Just this past year, though, my local range required that I shoot no exposed-lead bullets. I bought a few boxes of American Eagle (manufactured by Federal Cartridge Company), and suddenly I had shot an entire brick with 0 FTF.

"Weird!" I thought. "Must be the new gun." Well, it wasn't. I went to a different range to finish off the few boxes and <b>immediately</b> could distinguish between the American Eagle and the Remington. The Remington was extremely dirty, inconsistent (I could feel the recoil difference between some "pop" shots and other "BANG" shots), and unreliable (8 FTF in 100 rounds). The American Eagle was much cleaner, extremely consistent, and perfectly reliable. Suddenly, I saw the light...

I'll never, EVER buy Remington .22 ammo again. There most certainly is a difference between .22 ammo, and I'm convinced that Remington is a gigantic waste of money.
 
UPS ground, or Fed Ex ground them to remington, they will send you a new box... If they dont, they are a bunch of tools
 
Sounds like the OP should switch to Federal. I've used Remington GB in the past and they are the worst. Some rounds were quieter than others, very incosistent. I threw the rest away out of fear of getting a bullet stuck in the barrel.
 
That seems kinda strange.
All I ever really feed my Marlin60 is Remingtons and they don't have many more defects than any other sort of bulk stuff.

It could be that they screwed up shipping the stuff or something. Either that or just chalk it up as a fluke
 
I could feel the recoil difference between some "pop" shots and other "BANG" shots), and unreliable (8 FTF in 100 rounds). I had the same problem. I was wondering outloud, "What's going on here". This isn't firing right. This was a Ruger .Never had this problem with any other 22lr ammo. I loaded my son's CZ single shot bolt rifle with this stuff and it confirmed it had to be the Thunderdud. Weird stuff.
 
I went shooting today, took one of my 7 bricks of federal, one of 5 bricks of winchester, and the "good" part of the box of remcrap. Not one single problem with the Winchester, or Federal. 1 in 5 misfired out of the remcrap. This was done with a Marlin model 60, a Ruger 10/22 and a davey cricket. I had to use a screwdriver to extract the remcrap from the cricket, but the rest worked fine. I must add, that the box the remcrap came in was undamaged in any way, and the smashed rounds all seem to have damage in the same spot. This leads me to believe it was a problem with the machine that makes them. Oh, and about the cor-lokt, yes, that's what I use in my deer rifle, 30-06 180grain cor-lokt. Always have. Never a problem with that, but at the current price of 30-40 bucks for a box of 20, it better friggin' work!
 
Or switch to Centurion (Aguila) that's generally in stock these days and $175 for ten bricks (5000).
After buying a brick to see how they function, I found them to be absolutely reliable from all my .22LR firearmds and reasonably accurate, as much as I found Winchester Wildcats to be (my previous "stockpile" that's running thin). They're bare-bones like Wildcats and perhaps a bit smokey, but again, reliable. I found them surprisingly accurate from the most inexpensive of .22s, a Savage MKII and Marlin Model 60.
I personally plan on a 10K purchase and just be done with scrounging for Walmart .22LR for a while, at least until this "shortage" hoopla blows over.
 
Went to the range yesterday and shot half a small box of remington thunderbolt. 3 rounds just would not go off. I tried each round several times on different parts of the rim. I guess they just forgot to prime those. 3/25 being duds is pretty lame, IMO.
 
I'm going to be the lone dissenter here I guess.

"Did those rounds come out of the box like that or did your gun do that to them?"
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NO, THIS IS HOW THEY CAME OUT OF THE BOX.
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Frankly, I don't believe that ANY factory would allow that ammo to pass ANY QC inspection. The fact that the ammo has been hit or crushed with a sharp "edge" (you can see sharp creases on the sides of cases in the pic) would mean that the machines are crushing the ammo (which could cause a discharge during the loading process = VERY bad thing) or that someone is running around the warehouse smacking things with a crowbar (again, reasonably unlikely due to the risk of an AD not to mention the other workers would have to notice something was going on.)

So, the mfg is most likely not responsible. (which I would believe as I shoot A LOT of Remington ammo and have had ZERO problems over the last 35 years.) So, that leaves the shipper as the place to lay the blame. Or the OP. (Take your pick.) But it's probably not Remington's fault in this case.

My 2 cents.
 
Well Rob P. thanx for your .02, that and a $5 bill will get you a cup of coffee at a California Starbucks! Every round had marks about half way up the brass from where the machine grabs them and MANY were smashed in that same spot. The box was undamaged and untampered with. It is CLEARLY a manufacturing issue. I have shown these to several "experts" since opening the box, and this is the way it is.
 
Ammo isn't an explosive...
Gunpowder burns, not explodes.

fyi, I've bought Remington before, and never seen that much messed up ammo.
Maybe one or two shells a box. I prefer Winchester myself.. their wildcat ammo seems awfully dirty though.
 
How does it cost more than a brick to mail it out to Remington? Just send them a copy of the receipt and ask if they could provide you with a coupon to cover your costs...

Dunno, I typically buy Rem for our rimfire, but.... Never had those issues. That's kinda amusing though...
 
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