Federal .22 LR Bulk Packs

[mtime7]

I haven't shot much .22 in a few years, but I used to go through a ton of the Federal Champion in the blue bulk boxes (I think 525rd) and never had a problem, it actually used to surprise me that it was so reliable out of my M18. Now I don't know if it is true, but someone years ago cautioned me "go easy on the .22s, if you beat them around we won't have nothing duds." and I have always handled my .22 ammo gently..

 

[Patrick L]

Karma for hording.......lol

Exactly what he said. Well done.

 

[pharmer]

Since 95% of all .22 lr I shoot is either 550 "Wallybox" or regular 525 Federal coated bulk packs this is my experience. The priming is not 100% around the rim in maybe 1% of rounds. Sometimes all go boom sometimes 1-10 out of a box don't. Maybe a "Monday/ Friday workday" thing. Powder loads are inconsistent in 1% of rounds. Last outing neither my MKII or 10-22 was functioning well. Specifically empties left in the chamber/not ejected. I had a mini bottle of RemOil in my range bag and slicked up (overly wet) both insides, no further troubles. With light loads the bolt needs to have no resistance to cycle. The powder is coarse, large grains too, must be hard to meter precisely on ten million rounds a day. $.02 Joe

 

[rockquarry]

Of all the cheap ammos, CCI SV and Blazer are reasonably accurate and have the lowest rate of misfires. I don't recall a misfire ever with Blazer and only one after thousands of rounds of CCI SV. I do shoot a lot more SVs than Blazers, however. These two are fairly accurate with SV doing better than Blazer and they'll both function in about everything. I use about a dozen or more handguns and six or seven rifles. Spend a little more on ammo; it's worth it and you won't be the ones bellyaching about misfires and ammo that won't reliably work the actions in semi-autos.

Leave all the junk ammo to those that think they're getting a good buy.

 

[gregintenn]

I have had good luck with the Federal bulk packs. I will admit the ones I am using were purchased 20 or so years ago.

Same here. I still have a stack of them. I bought them when they were $7.97-$12.97 per box. I ran out of room for any more, so I stopped buying them.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I just took a look in my 22 Range Bag.
I had shot these in several 22s, including a 10-22, couple of revolvers, Several autos.
Don't recall any Failures to Fire.
And those are Mini Mags in the no top box.

 

[GypsmJim]

I think I discovered your problem.

OK, I'm more than anxious to hear your assessment.

 

[GypsmJim]

Exactly what he said. Well done.

OK, I confess to taking away ammo from the millions that never owned a gun and now NEED one, but that doesn't excuse Federal's inability to produce a quality (i.e. usable) product.

 

[gregintenn]

OK, I'm more than anxious to hear your assessment.

Avoid WalMart.


You're welcome.

 

[shocker]

I've had good reliability with recent production Federal Automatch, Field and Range, and Armscor. That's shooting a Glock 44 and anything weak will cause a FTE.

Walmart has experts who figure out what it costs to make something, and they order ammo by the millions of rounds, so they can be ruthless when it comes to squeezing their price to the minimum. Want quality? You have to pay for that. Much of the customer base doesn't want to. A couple of duds per box is fine for them.

 

[BigBill]

Before the last ammo shortage I was buying cci 22 blazer lr by the cases. I even sold off some here to keep guys shooting.
The miss fires some are seeing with other ammo the primer material doesnt go full circle inside the case rim.cost reduction.? Lol

 

[Fishslayer]

It's the principle of the thing and enough people complain they might fix the problems.

It'll take a LOT of people.

The manufacturers have found out that people will pay $$$ for junk. As long as there is profit in junk, there will be junk.