Federal Bulk vs CCI Blazer

[norcal rider]

Mini-mags work the best out of my DTX-XXXX. I have a 500 rd box of Blazer, leaded round nose that works pretty consistently. Also noticed that the Winchester 333 pack from Wal-Mart works better than the Federal bulk pack. In one of my early posts, I mentioned that the Remington Golden Bullet was pretty inconsistent, but I have noticed that a newer box of this ammo was comparable to the performance of the Mini-Mag. Anyone else notice this? My 15-22 has had a few FTE's early on, but now that I have gone over 10K rounds, it runs just about anything.

 

[tactikellytailored]

I have around 1500 rounds on my DUR.
Just had my first three malfunctions...three failure to fires with newly purchased box of Fed Bulk from Wally World. All Fed Bulk previous and CCI MM's have been flawless.

 

[Nav]

I shoot both CCI and Federal bulk pack through my 15-22 and have never had any malfunction of any kind with either one. I've probably put 4000 rds. of so through the gun using these two brands of ammo.

 

[CrazyFingers]

No Federal bulk for me

CCI Minimags work the best through my DUU-XXXX. I've got about 1350 rounds through it now, and don't have any problems rapid-firing an entire magazine of CCIs.

This stuff, however:

turns my rifle into a Jam-O-Matic(tm), with stovepipes and other FTE every 2-3 rounds, even while firing slowly.

 

[CajunMouseSniper]

Switched from Fed bulk to Blazers a month ago and have not looked back. The Blazers are extremely consistent and I've had zero problems with over 2,000 rounds fired.

 

[gcsniper]

I tried the federal from wallyworld and it looked like a shotgun pattern. Winchester 333/555 were the best with blazer right behind.

 

[ET.]

I've been shooting Remington golden bullets thru my AA Glock conversion kit. My wife shoots CCI Mini Mags thru her Buckmark. We switched ammo this week to see the difference. The CCI round is cleaner with tighter groups. The Rem's are dirtier by far. The smoke alone is reason to switch over to the Mini Mags since we shoot in doors & the smoke seems to linger. I've got 1500 Golden Bullets to shoot then it's CCI for me...

Quotes from Forrest Gumps father:
"Cheap is as cheap does".
"Forrest, life is like a box of cheap bullets. You never know what you're going to get ".

 

[Rattles]

Thanks all. I have a case of 5,000 Blazers on the way from Glens. $149.90 plus $21.95 shipping = 171.85/5000 = $.034 per shot which is about half the price of the minimags. I shoot a lot (@25,000) so far this year so the price per shot is important to me.

Have you had a chance to shoot any of the CCI Blazer 5k bulk yet? I see there are quite a few of the 5k cases of it on gunbroker and I am getting pretty tempted to order some. I shot a couple boxes of 50 of the Blazers with excellent results.

 

[john16443]

Rattles, the CCI value packs are identical to the boxes of 50. I shoot them almost excusively in my 15-22 and 22A without problems. If you've shot the boxes of 50 without issue, don't hesitate to get the 5K from gunbroker if your planning on buying that much.

 

[310nightguard]

CCI makes the best rimfire ammo; Blazers are good, pretty clean ammo. Locally I get them at Dunhams sporting goods for $1.99 per 50

 

[Rattles]

Rattles, the CCI value packs are identical to the boxes of 50. I shoot them almost excusively in my 15-22 and 22A without problems. If you've shot the boxes of 50 without issue, don't hesitate to get the 5K from gunbroker if your planning on buying that much.

Thanks for the info. I wil order some after I get the $$ together from some Ebay wheelin' n' dealin'.

CCI makes the best rimfire ammo; Blazers are good, pretty clean ammo. Locally I get them at Dunhams sporting goods for $1.99 per 50

Thats what I used for my "test" ammo.

 

[CajunMouseSniper]

Have you had a chance to shoot any of the CCI Blazer 5k bulk yet? I see there are quite a few of the 5k cases of it on gunbroker and I am getting pretty tempted to order some. I shot a couple boxes of 50 of the Blazers with excellent results.

I've run 2,000 through with ZERO issues (except dirty fingers from loading the ammo). Highly recommend!

 

[whoppo]

I've found the CCI Blazers to be exceptionally good ammunition, just like the Mini-Mags. Clean and more importantly, consistent. Thousands of rounds fired and I honestly can't remember any failure-to-anything's with them. I've shot many times more of the Federal bulk ammo, but I've found them to be noticeably less consistent... a fair number of "less enthusiastic" discharges. I'm happy to spend a bit more for the CCI and delighted when there's a sale someplace

 

[Rattles]

My buddy stopped by so we went out and ran about 300 rounds through the gun. It was some Winchester bulk, Federal 40 grain (got it cheap at Dunhams also) and the Blazers. The blazers had the least stovepipes but they all did it for some reason. The gun was cleaned thoroughly prior to.

I think I will give S&W a call tomorrow. It was better for a bit but it got bad again and I am getting tired of it..

 

[tlaud]

I just purchased 6 bricks of Blazer for $12.88 each at my local store.

 

[HKster]

Went out shooting with Blazers @ 25 yards.
Bushnell Dawn & Dusk 3-9x50 scope + Bipod
Shot 2 mags of 20 rounds each.
Managed 2 groupings of approx 1"

Love my 1522 and Blazers are awesome ammo

 

[Rattles]

I just hit a deal on some Winchester 555 bulk. The local Meijer dept. store had them for $19.99. The clerk told me there was a $5.00 off coupon in the front of the store I could use on it too. Needless to say, I made another trip in after I dropped off my first shopping items and got another. 2 for under $30.00. I couldn't go wrong.

 

[AutoDave]

Guess I should have read this ammo thread before.

Picked up my 15-22 today and grabbed a 525 pack of Rem Golden Bullets cause the Fed 550 pack I have shoot poorly out of my Buckmark and Rem 597.

I get home and read the owners manual and it says they do not recommend;Rem Golden Bullet,Rem Target22,Rem Thunder Bolt and Win Wildcat.

Maybe they will shoot in my 597?

Back to the store for some CCI's so I can shoot this thing .

 

[john16443]

Guess I should have read this ammo thread before.

Picked up my 15-22 today and grabbed a 525 pack of Rem Golden Bullets cause the Fed 550 pack I have shoot poorly out of my Buckmark and Rem 597.

I get home and read the owners manual and it says they do not recommend;Rem Golden Bullet,Rem Target22,Rem Thunder Bolt and Win Wildcat.

Maybe they will shoot in my 597?

Back to the store for some CCI's so I can shoot this thing .

I would at least try the Rems before you give up on them. Many folks have used them successfully. In the future, you can try a different brand, but at least try what you got.

 

[Jav]

I tried a few of those rounds since I had run out of Blazer at the range, they were my cousin's. Had one fail to fire out of 20 rounds but I had a few of those because the front of the bolt was caked.