AMMO TALK

[stavman11]

Essentially the color of the packaging and the quantity. You see the VP most often at WalMart.

Most folks have had poor results with all Winchester loads except the new M-22. And not to start an argument, but it's a magazine, not a clip. With a couple of specific exceptions no guns use clips - clips hold ammo to be inserted into magazines.

I'm glad your wife had a good time.

Great info Buddy..... and all my MAGAZINES are loaded again....LOL


Cool... i will grab me an AMMO CASE full of Federal for plunking.....

Like the CCI Rounds.... maybe keep a box or 3 for Hunting..... Lots ta SHOOT here in the desert of Arizona.........


Loving this Gun


Stav

 

[Majorlk]

I have been shooting for 40+ years and have had a half-dozen .22 rifles during that time. Besides the 15-22 I still have a Ruger 77/22 that I used for silhouette matches for several years. My plinking .22 is a Ruger 10/22. The 15-22 is the most addictive and fun .22 rifle I have ever gotten my hands on. Enjoy your new addiction.

BTW, where in Arizona? I was a kid in Phoenix '49-'51 and Tucson in '51-54. In those days Tucson was about 45,000 and Davis Monthan AFB was 10 miles out of town.

 

[stavman11]

back story on me....

I was SHOT in the head in 3rd Grade.... shooting .22 out back window.... dropped shells is closet... pushed Barrel away "DONT do that... it might go off"...... BAM!!!... Snake shot in my Head.....Told my MOM i fell outa a tree on my HEAD in gravel.... never did go to hospital....

Anyways........ Not a GUN fan..... am a VERY good Shot..... 2 Shots... 2 deer... over 200yd shots....

This has made GUNS fun..........


Oh and Live in Glendale........ Went to ASU in 84 and now am kinda retired... own a Hobby shop... race RC cars.... and LOVE the outdoors..

Sorry.... kinda got SIDE tracked a Bit




Stav

 

[photoracer]

Joined S&W Forum a few hours ago, hoping to find out what was wrong with my baby. You good folks told me. Rem HV ammo. UPS just delivered some CCI Stinger, so baby should be okay now.

Going to look again at the manual and see what else I missed.

Just remember that Stingers will be the least accurate rounds you can put through the AR15-22.

 

[Wes Smith]

It runs great in my M&P 15/22 and M&P22 pistol. The long, round nose bullet feeds smoothly and the load is very accurate. Unfortunately, it is six cents per round.

so are the cci mini mags

 

[Basic]

I live in Illinois where the FOID card is required.
How does buying ammo via a website work?

 

[Jav]

What's a FOID card?

 

[Basic]

What's a FOID card?

VIA GOOGLE...

What is a FOID card?
The FOID card was created in 1968, by the FOID Act, as a way to identify those persons eligible to possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition as part of a public safety initiative in the State of Illinois.

 

[Basic]

I live in Illinois where the FOID card is required.
How does buying ammo via a website work?

VIA The Firing Line
Buying ammo online in Illinois - The Firing Line Forums

(430 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 83‑3)
Sec. 3.

(b‑5) Any resident may purchase ammunition from a person outside of Illinois. Any resident purchasing ammunition outside the State of Illinois must provide the seller with a copy of his or her valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and either his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois State Identification Card prior to the shipment of the ammunition. The ammunition may be shipped only to an address on either of those 2 documents.

 

[ethan5.3]

I know a lot of people here swear by the Federal 550 pack, and I have had pretty good luck with them too. However, I shot about 300 rds of them last weekend and it seemed like the powder loads were inconsistent or something. Some of the rounds just seemed more quiet than the others. I haven't experienced this with other 22 ammo that I shoot. Has anyone else noticed this with the Federal 550s?

 

[Basic]

"Bulk" ammo is a collection of mis-match ammo. as in not "match grade", get it?

Watch this....
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqM-SHZlZjM

 

[Majorlk]

"Bulk" ammo is a collection of mis-match ammo. as in not "match grade", get it?

Your first statement is so much BS. I've shot probably 25k of Federal Champion and never saw any indication that it is in any way "mismatched" ammo. It is simply bulk packaged as it comes off the line, rather than packaged in 50 or 100 round boxes. It's those nice little 100-round plastic boxes that help run up the price.

The second is correct; but no manufacturer is claiming that their bulk pack IS match grade.

It is amazing the amount of BS on the Internet that gets passed around as "fact", especially firearms related.

 

[ethan5.3]

Your first statement is so much BS. I've shot probably 25k of Federal Champion and never saw any indication that it is in any way "mismatched" ammo. It is simply bulk packaged as it comes off the line, rather than packaged in 50 or 100 round boxes. It's those nice little 100-round plastic boxes that help run up the price.

The second is correct; but no manufacturer is claiming that their bulk pack IS match grade.

It is amazing the amount of BS on the Internet that gets passed around as "fact", especially firearms related.

Agreed

I am not new to firearms and I completely understand what bulk ammo is. I have used other bulk ammo and not noticed this issue. That is the reason I asked the question in the first place.

Overall, the Federals did fine, but hearing a noticeable difference on some rounds was kinda unsettling. Some of them were quiet enough to make me check the barrel.

 

[ethan5.3]

Basic,

I don't mean to cause any offense. Electronic communication, especially with people you don't know, can be difficult at times.

 

[Majorlk]

Agreed

I am not new to firearms and I completely understand what bulk ammo is. I have used other bulk ammo and not noticed this issue. That is the reason I asked the question in the first place.

Overall, the Federals did fine, but hearing a noticeable difference on some rounds was kinda unsettling. Some of them were quiet enough to make me check the barrel.

That is a situation I have never run into. It's quite possible that there was a problem on the line, but those are pretty rare. There are all sorts of quality control measure to keep those things from happening, or at least leaving the factory. but anything's possible.

 

[Basic]

Your first statement is so much BS. I've shot probably 25k of Federal Champion and never saw any indication that it is in any way "mismatched" ammo.

"BS"?
I intentionaly added a qualifier to my statement for ,,,, well, people of your ability. Ill go slower this time, this may be my fault.

I said "mismatched AS IN not matchgrade". Not mismatched as in some are made of wood and tannerite.

You would need to know just what "match grade" is.
Match grade means they are pretty much all the same weight/lengh/grain/speed and on. Not that they are specifically made, boxxed for your Saturday night grill and lead toss match.

Had you watched the video I posted above you may have had a better understanding of what I posted. May have saved yourself this post.

In the future if you have a comment for me that contains anything on a personal level, such as speaking "BS", feel free to PM me.

It is amazing the amount of BS on the Internet that gets passed around as "fact", especially firearms related.

 

[Majorlk]

Considering the fact that I spent probably 20 years doing competitive bullseye shooting and have put many thousand rounds of CCI Greet Tag down range, I do know what constitutes match ammo. I still have about 5k of it on the shelf.

You definition of mismatched is still wrong. Mismatched and not match grade aren't synonymous definitions. Yea I watched the video before I made the comments.

BTW, the only REAL difference between bulk and MOST so-called match grade ammo is simply tighter quality control in production. In all but the very high end Olympic pistols, such as the Hammerlii and the older High Standard Supramatics and S&W 41, the accuracy difference at 25 yards isn't worth the money difference.

 

[Plumbago]

At ammo plants, generaly, once a production run of any particular ammo is started it all goes into a bin and from there it goes into a packaging process. The top of the bin is usualy packaged in the 50 rd boxes and the bottom of the bin is bulk packed., Mainly the bulk will show a lot more dings and nics on the bullets..the bottom rounds dropping further and being pummeled around more, otherwise there is no differance between say Fed individual box packed Blazer by the brick or Fed Blazer bulk pac sold at Walley. .............Plum

 

[Baddog]

I may have kept a round or two of the shipped ammo .
They shipped 2 small boxes in one big box and the ammo had way too much room to tumble around.

About a month ago I ordered a trueglo from Dicks on sale. Same thing happened, looked like they ran the box over with a truck a few times and even the scope was broken.

I put the blame on UPS for both shipments.
I've ordered ammo from Cabelas before without any problems.

U Useless
P package
S smashers

 

[stavman11]

Gunna do my 1st test on CCi blazers tomorrow....

About 400rds ready for my Slide fire Stock....

should be a HOOT