DownRange&Upwind
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Ok, So usualy my 15 22 runs through cci and Federal with zero issues. With that being said, I went for my usual Knob Creek weekend range trip. I ran threw a few hundred rounds in the mags that I had pre loaded the night before. Once I opened a new 550 bulk pack of federal, I had the occasional FTF, or stovepipe issues. This was new to me,well after I ran through the remington .22 ammo I had when I first purchashed my rifle.
Anyway, upon further inspection of the ammo, I noticed a darker than usual black ring around some of the ammo. Some deep, some not so much, but still had the tip of the bullet at a slight angle. Below I have posted a picture of one of my FTF's. On the left is a pic of a FTF/FTE, on the right is a bullet that came directly out of the bulk box, and had never been loaded into a mag at all. Has any one else seen this kind of problems before, regardless of ammo branding? If you notice the deep rings are not inthe usual place for the bullet to fly from the casing during the firing procedure. They are actualy at a angle as well. Instead of straight across the ammo.
After finding this out, I grabbed a hadfull of ammo out of the box, and there were around 20-25% give or take out of the handfull that had this issue on all of them. I closed the box top, gave the box a shake to mix up the ammo, and did the same test. It provided about the same results as before. The total of ammo fired from the freshly opened bulk pack of Federal was about 150 rounds out of 550. Any info/experiences would be appreciated. I have since went through the rest of the box, and found "at least" 25% or more to have this issue. I have removed them and will continue to fire the rest that appear to be in firing condition. The picture I took is slightly crooked. But if you look at the bullet onthe left, you can see a "slight" angle to the tip of the bullet. Where as the other one is fine.
EDIT: Well it seems it gets worse. I was going threw the same box more carefully, now that I am home, and not at the range. The 2nd and 3rd pictures are of ammo from the same box as the deep grooved bullets. In the 2nd picture yoiu can see the bullet has not only MASSIVE corrosion, but it continues down the side of the ammo. I know this is a bad box of ammo, but the corroson aside, what caused the deep grooves in the majority of the defective ones? The SAD part is I bought this particular box AS it was jsut coming off the pallet and about to be loaded/restocked at the sporting goods section. Ive seen 10 year old+ ammo that wasnt as bad as this.
Anyway, upon further inspection of the ammo, I noticed a darker than usual black ring around some of the ammo. Some deep, some not so much, but still had the tip of the bullet at a slight angle. Below I have posted a picture of one of my FTF's. On the left is a pic of a FTF/FTE, on the right is a bullet that came directly out of the bulk box, and had never been loaded into a mag at all. Has any one else seen this kind of problems before, regardless of ammo branding? If you notice the deep rings are not inthe usual place for the bullet to fly from the casing during the firing procedure. They are actualy at a angle as well. Instead of straight across the ammo.
After finding this out, I grabbed a hadfull of ammo out of the box, and there were around 20-25% give or take out of the handfull that had this issue on all of them. I closed the box top, gave the box a shake to mix up the ammo, and did the same test. It provided about the same results as before. The total of ammo fired from the freshly opened bulk pack of Federal was about 150 rounds out of 550. Any info/experiences would be appreciated. I have since went through the rest of the box, and found "at least" 25% or more to have this issue. I have removed them and will continue to fire the rest that appear to be in firing condition. The picture I took is slightly crooked. But if you look at the bullet onthe left, you can see a "slight" angle to the tip of the bullet. Where as the other one is fine.
EDIT: Well it seems it gets worse. I was going threw the same box more carefully, now that I am home, and not at the range. The 2nd and 3rd pictures are of ammo from the same box as the deep grooved bullets. In the 2nd picture yoiu can see the bullet has not only MASSIVE corrosion, but it continues down the side of the ammo. I know this is a bad box of ammo, but the corroson aside, what caused the deep grooves in the majority of the defective ones? The SAD part is I bought this particular box AS it was jsut coming off the pallet and about to be loaded/restocked at the sporting goods section. Ive seen 10 year old+ ammo that wasnt as bad as this.
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