22LR Ammo recall

[AJMD429]

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https://www.americanrifleman.org/conten ... ty-recall/

Subsonic Remington

[gamekeeper]

I have found Remington sub sonics to be inconsistent in the past, I would only buy them if nothing else was available.

[GunnyMack]

The Remington 'thunderbolt ' has been the most inconsistent stuff I've run across. And of course I have 8 or 10 bricks of it! Hey I got it for next to nothing

[Paladin]

As stated Remington is my least favorite rimfire ammo and like many here may have fired a few hundred 1000 of them from different manufactures.

[elmo123]

Forty years ago I exclusively used Remington 37 grain HP ammunition to squirrel hunt with because it was very accurate out of my 10/22. All of the bullets were wax coated and crimped well, no loose bullets.
I recently bought a 100 round plastic tray of the 37 gr HP's and they were very inconsistent with many flyers. I noticed that some bullets were out of round and some were loose in the case.

I can only assume that the tooling that Remington uses is worn out or they just don't care about quality.

[stretch]

Remington rimfire is the worst.

Lotsa misfires, not all that accurate, etc.

I'll buy anything else available before I buy that stuff.

-Stretch

[Tycer]

Remington rimfire is the worst.

Lotsa misfires, not all that accurate, etc.

I'll buy anything else available before I buy that stuff.

-Stretch

I’ve got one 22 that absolutely loves Thunderbolt. Crunchy wax and all.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Each gun is a different story but I seem to never get misfires with Federal or CCI ammo. Armscorps is pretty good too.

But I seem to get misfires with Remington

[GunnyMack]

I had some federal that no matter what gun I tried them in they would not go off. I sent them back to federal and they replaced them. Then one day months later I heard metal bouncing around in the dryer.
Yup it was a single federal .22. Seems I washed close to a box of those 22s in a pocket and not knowing any better I sent federal ammo that was clean!

[jnyork]

Friends don't let friends buy Remington .22 ammo.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I bought 10,000 rounds of Armscorps .22 Long Rifle standard velocity ammo a few months back. I’ve fired over 2,500 rounds so far without a single malfunction. Good stuff.

[samsi]

Remington Thunderbolt, as mentioned, is pretty poor although the recent batches of Federal 325 packs in the blue boxes give it a run for defining bad ammo.

[AJMD429]

Remington Thunderbolt, as mentioned, is pretty poor although the recent batches of Federal 325 packs in the blue boxes give it a run for defining bad ammo.

Well that's disappointing, as I'd come to think the Federal stuff was ok. I guess things 'evolve' over time.

I try to buy a box or two of 50 every time I am at the farm store, and the brand varies, so I guess whatever the state of affairs is, I'll not have all my eggs in one basket.

[Bill in Oregon]

Anything "Golden" raises my suspicion. Remington even sold round balls for muzzleloaders coated with their tacky gold wash.

[Rockrat]

I have had good luck with Aquila and most anything CCI. My Federal was bought in bulk packs at least 20 years ago--good stuff!! Subsonic is usually CCI subsonic hp or Norma match

[samsi]

Remington Thunderbolt, as mentioned, is pretty poor although the recent batches of Federal 325 packs in the blue boxes give it a run for defining bad ammo.

Well that's disappointing, as I'd come to think the Federal stuff was ok. I guess things 'evolve' over time.

I try to buy a box or two of 50 every time I am at the farm store, and the brand varies, so I guess whatever the state of affairs is, I'll not have all my eggs in one basket.

This was just the 325 round blue bulk packs from WalMart. FWIW the Federal AutoMatch .22 bulk packs have been good consistent ammo, and a couple bucks cheaper than the blue box.

[Ysabel Kid]

It's not just the bulk boxes either. I grabbed an older 50-count box of Remington subsonic to test my new-to-me Uberti in my basement range, and 1/4th the rounds would not load! I tried them in one of my Ruger 10/22's, and they jammed up the magazine! Worthless stuff.

I know it wasn't either gun; both worked fine with CCI's.

[Ysabel Kid]

My favorite general-plinking bulk ammo was Winchester Wildcats. Always had good luck with them. And I have boxes from K-Mart when they used to sell ammo and firearms (and used to be in business!) marked $7.98/brick of 500!

[Scott Tschirhart]

Isn’t it a shame that after all these years and millions or rounds that any ammunition company can screw up .22 shells?

[earlmck]

Friends don't let friends buy Remington .22 ammo.

Yep. If Remington did "recalls" for ammo with lotsa' duds there wouldn't be any Remington 22's left in the wild.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I just got out the fifth brick which means that I’ve fired 4,000 rounds without a single misfire.