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Old 11-14-2012, 09:00 PM
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Anybody have experience with this Remington ammo? Cabela's: Remington® .22 LR HV Ammo Bucket
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Old 11-14-2012, 09:28 PM
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Those are the "Golden Bullets" the S&W Owners Manual says not to use.
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Those are the "Golden Bullets" the S&W Owners Manual says not to use.
Uh, that's not quite what S&W says. The manual says not recommended. Lots of folks are shooting Remingtons with no problems.

Is there anyone who seriously believes S&W actually tested all the ammo listed? Not me.

My advice is to try it; either it will work just fine or it won't.
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Son in law bought a bucket at a local gun show for $40; guy said he paid $30 each
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As of late, Remington's 22 golden bullet ammo is of very poor quality. I bought 10,000 rounds when I was a dealer back in the 90's. I bought 5,000 two or three years ago on sale at Big 5 for $10 per 500. The older stuff shoots every time no matter what gun I use. The newer stuff fails to fire about one in 15 or 20. I'm going to give the newer stuff as Christmas presents to people I don't like. My .02, Rod
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:06 PM
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It has been my experience over the years to avoid Remington rimfire ammo like the plague. It is highly unreliable and inconsistent.
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:18 PM
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I tried a box of the golds. One box was enough. Maybe it was a bad batch but I looked today and the golds have " new and improved" on the box, so I guess the old stuff was problematic enough to change.
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:22 PM
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Sounds like sixty bucks for a bucket of "bad luck"...

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I see an awful lot of Remington ammo being shot at our range without any major problems. The only way to know for sure is to try it in one's own firearm(s).
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I see an awful lot of Remington ammo being shot at our range without any major problems. The only way to know for sure is to try it in one's own firearm(s).
Yea but a good idea would be to try 50 or 100 first... not sixty bucks worth... just an idea...
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Yea but a good idea would be to try 50 or 100 first... not sixty bucks worth... just an idea...
Of course!!!!!!

Because 10 pounds of unused ammo isn't heavy enough to make a doorstop. Paperweight, maybe ...
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I primarily use federal bulk in my 15-22 but sometimes the gun shop is out so I've ended up using a few boxes of the rem golden bullet and I haven't had any problems with the ammo other than your typical primer problems with .22lr ammo. My 15-22 isn't very picky when comes to ammo
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Out of the 45 or so guys who shoot our tac match twice a month, the majority shooting the 15-22, I don't believe I've seen 5 boxes of REM ammo. The ones I have seen using it have had the most malfunctions. Federal, CCI and Blazer is what I see used most. Hey Major, 10 pounds of unusable should hold a door open.
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Sounds like sixty bucks for a bucket of "bad luck"...
Got a line on a sixty dollar bucket of good luck? I could use one...lol
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It has been my experience over the years to avoid Remington rimfire ammo like the plague. It is highly unreliable and inconsistent.
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i've had good luck with the " golden bullets." over the years. shot them in many different firearms. maybe just lucky ? .22's are famous for being finicky about ammo. hth.
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Worst 22 ammo I have ever used. Here were my issues

1. Ridiculously dirty
2. Highly inconsistent loads
3. Fail to fire even after 2 or 3 strikes
4. Fail to feed because the bullet was to wide and over the brass casing
5. Fail to eject on my marlin only bullet ever fail to eject.

Other things I notice the bullets were inconsistent in shape and many were very loose in the case. When I shot them I could hear and fell the massive differences in powder loads.

Now if you talk to Remington they have admitted that those bullets suck and they have released "new and improved" golden bullets, I have not tried them I will stick to federal, cci and Winchester 555 for now.
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At my local Walmart(s), this is $18.97:

So, let's assume that sales tax and shipping will cancel each other out. For $56.91 I can buy 1650 rounds of ammunition that I know will work well in my rifle, or I can pay $3.08 more for 250 fewer rounds of a brand that many people have problems with.
Sounds like a basic math test to me.
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The Federal 550 is the stuff I usually buy.
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It has been my experience over the years to avoid Remington rimfire ammo like the plague. It is highly unreliable and inconsistent.
Dug some GB out of my stash a year or so ago. Bang-click-bang-phfftt-click-bang.
Called Rem. got a return tag. They replied they tested a sample of the remainer of the brick and it met their specs and worked OK. '
Sent a check for $30 to buy more ammo............I bought Federal Bulk.
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They replied they tested a sample of the remainder of the brick and it met their specs.
The essence of the problem.
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Folks, it's like any other ammo ...

I think a lot of "good" AND "Bad" ammo posts are just repeats of what someone has read on some Internet forum from a guy who shot a 50-round box and became an instant ammo expert, and not based on any actual experience with the product. If any ammo was truly as bad as what some people post on the Internet, it would have disappeared long ago and the company either stops making it or simply goes out of business. Remington makes some of the most highly regarded centerfire ammo around, both pistol and rifle (including their Golden Saber SD line) and it's illogical to think they would deliberately make junk .22s.

Try it and see if it runs in YOUR rifle.

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Dirtiest ammo I have ever used. Also, too many FTF
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For one, why didn't Rem put a full 3 bricks in the bucket ?
Everyone knows .22lr shooters count in bricks....
I bought a bunch of the goldens back around 2001-02
because F&F sold them for $6+ a box[525]. Shoot some of
them these days intertwined with other stuff.
Rare to have a dud BUT....about 10% have oversized
projectiles [diameter].
They work OK in most arms we shoot....Mark II, GSG, Smith 63,
Taurus 94......but mostly won't insert in the Bearcat or a
50yr old Single-Six. It just depends which handful I grab
at the time from the ammo can.
We don't depend on them.....just trying to use them up...
and replace them with other as we go.
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They SUCK.

Not accurate, FTF and they SMELL!
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I bought two bulk boxes of Remington Golden Bullets about a year ago and my 15-22 hates them. Misfires and FTE's all over the place. In fact, the first round I ever tried out in my 15-22 was a misfire. The blue box Federal 525's however work great in it. That being said, I have several of the old Springfield(Savage/Stevens) single shot .22's along with a Remington Model 33. These are the hand cock type rifles and it seems the Golden Bullets work fine in all of those (harder firing pin strike plus bolt action ejection?). They also work fine in my Mossberg 702 Plinkster, Marlin Model 60 and Henry Golden Boy. However, when I run out of them, I won't be buying anymore.

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Anybody have experience with this Remington ammo? Cabela's: Remington® .22 LR HV Ammo Bucket
Check out the reviews listed in the website. See the Nov 3rd listing? That's what my bucket looked like when I tried some for my Henry. And I bought mine for only a little over $50 when I bought it. I'm all about Wal-Mart's boxes of Federal bulk now. The Goldens were cheap fodder for the Henry but the Federal works in everything.
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Uh, that's not quite what S&W says. The manual says not recommended.
To me, "not recommended" means "do not use"

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Maybe not, but I'll bet many people that work at S&W own 15-22's, and have compared notes and figured out which ones to stay away from.
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Ive been useing the Rem Golden in my wifes Ruger Mk3 and we might have 2 or 3 failure to fire out of the 550 round box.
The we have a few that get jammed on chambering and the heads all bent.The heads dont appear to held all that tightly in the case on some of the rounds
I think they are fine for general pinking duty in semi autos.
But,come match day? I need something more reliable. Im new to rim fire so Im still sorting thru what else is available.
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Is there a bridge in your neighborhood that runs over a long deep river? If so, dump it out. Watching the "splash" will be more fun that shooting that ****.

PS - don't take that as a real recommendation. It's merely a dramatic way to say that anything with the word "Remington" on it is not worth keeping. (unless it was made 40 years ago)
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