A quick thought I had was that the word was the last year or so the rem's were improving. My thoguht was did you check the date on this pack? With the ammo shortege like it is, a lot of back shelves are getting cleaned off, and a lot of older ammo is going out on the floor to be sold. We all know that the Rem was pretty poor for a large number of years, maybe this is a old box? Or maybe they are still making sub par 22 ammo.