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Old 06-06-2010, 09:08 AM
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Went to the range yesterday to zero out my new sights and shooting 5 shot groupings. Little Jr. was not liking the Thunderbolts. I couldn't get through the clip. Put the 333s in and zero jams. Definitely know now what to buy. I bought the bulk pack too. Now I have to try and sell them to brother in law for his shooting pleasure.
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Old 06-06-2010, 09:16 AM
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Thunderbolt is the worst .22 ammo I've ever shot...
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Old 06-06-2010, 09:25 AM
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yeah my wife was pissed too. Always about the money and she wanted to shoot uninterrupted too.
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Old 06-06-2010, 09:28 AM
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Yeh, I got lucky and my 10/22 ate it, but I had more FTF's than any other ammo I've bought.. I got lucky though, it wasn't as bad as some others have picked up.. I had 1,000 rounds and only had 10 FTF's..
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Old 06-06-2010, 10:31 AM
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To add insult to injury....the reliability of the Remington can
be very poor in freezing weather. My experience is that 1/3
of the rounds will not fire at freezing temp's. If you have a
choice, the best hi-speed bulk ammo is the Winchester white
box pack. It has great priming reliability, less velocity variation
and more consistent dimensional quality. I know of testing
between the hi-speed ammo brands (Federal, Winchester, and
Remington) that will bear out these facts. As for accuracy, my
model 41 wil shoot 5/8" at 25 yards in a ransom rest with
Winchester 36 gr. hollow point bulk ammo. It works for me.
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Old 06-06-2010, 11:21 AM
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Straight from the 15-22 manual:


Aprroved 15-22 ammo

Aguila Super Extra High Velocity
Aguila Super Extra Std. Velocity
CCI Standard Velocity
CCI Mini-Mag
CCI Stinger
Federal American Eagle
Federal GameShock
Winchester Super-X High Velocity

Not Recommended 15-22 ammo

Remington Golden Bullet
Remington Target 22
Remington Thunderbolt

Winchester Wildcat
any and all subsonic ammo

I'm not sure what the Remington 333 is, unless you mis-typed and meant Winchester 333, but NO Remington ammo should ever be used in your 15-22 unless you wish to have nothing but problems or worse.
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Old 06-06-2010, 11:56 AM
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I remember back in the 80's that thunderbolt being ****. Can't believe it hasn't improved over the years.
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My experience so far:

CCI Blazer: 8% FTE
Federal 550 bulk: 16% FTE
Remington Thunderbolt: 0 FTE

Rem Thunderbolt is the only ammo so far with no FTE's after ~600 rds. It was very inconsistent, with one round too weak to re-cock the hammer, but no FTE's.
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My experience so far:

CCI Blazer: 8% FTE
Federal 550 bulk: 16% FTE
Remington Thunderbolt: 0 FTE

Rem Thunderbolt is the only ammo so far with no FTE's after ~600 rds. It was very inconsistent, with one round too weak to re-cock the hammer, but no FTE's.
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Old 06-07-2010, 12:46 AM
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I have only shot federal 525 bulk, 36 gr. in the 15-22 and have had 0 FTE out of aprox. 4000 rds. So all I can share is my experience and my experience w/ federal bulk has been nothing but outstanding. @ the muzzle it delivers 1260 fps which is good enough for 150 yd shots.
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Old 06-08-2010, 11:32 AM
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My gun will eat Thunerbolts just fine.
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I don't like any ammo thats got the Remington name on it. Don
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I don't like any ammo thats got the Remington name on it. Don
same here. I have a CZ P01 9mm semi and Remington UMC ammo was the only ammo I tried that would have FTF in this gun. it eats up anything else
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