Is Armscor ammo good?

I got a free box of their .357 Magnum ammo with a 3” Python I bought recently. It locked up the revolver in 3 rounds. Crimp was too light on 99% of the rounds. I’ve had issues with some of their other ammo as well. So, Armscor is off my buy list.Matter of fact I wouldn’t take it for free. That’s my own personal experience to date
 
It has lube on the outside of the bullet that other brands like CCI, Remington and Winchester does not have. I have to push the cartridge harder into the chambers of my revolvers. Yet I have never had a problem with it feeding and firing in my semi-autos.

Accuracy is subjective in .22’s. I have never benched tested yet but is satisfying for plinking. A local Farm and Feed store runs it on sale frequently so I shoot a lot of it.
 
I’ve shot several thousand rounds through a variety of semi autos, single shot pistols and revolvers. I’ve also shot them in several semi auto rifles with no issues. I read so many bad comments about bulk ammo but that’s about all my wife and I shoot and we shoot a lot through a wide array of guns. Neither of us have problems with bulk no matter the brand. It’s very rare we have a dud although we do occasionally find one. It’s rare. Generally if we have a dud it fires on the second try and 99% of the time it’s a result of the round not being seated fully in the cylinder or chamber due to buildup of carbon. We keep our guns clean, after every range trip, which I attribute to reliable detonation and function.
 
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Their 22mag jhp is the most accurate round for 2 of my rifles. This is pre pandemic ammo. I went back and bought 500 rounds from the same lot and the accuracy has held.
 
I’d suggest buying a box then clean and oil your gun and see how they perform. Only you can determine that. If your gun is clean and you’ve not monkeyed around with springs trying to reduce trigger pull I’ll bet they function and shoot great. Remember 22’s are really dirty and can gunk up a gun quickly and every gun has its own personality. One gun shoots one brand, load and bullet great and another gun exactly like it won’t shot it worth a darn. It’s just the way guns are. Just try a box and see how your gun gets along with them.
 
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Sportsman's Warehouse is running a sale of the Armscor22LR 40gr SVSP ammo. Is this ammo any good for M&P 15-22? I did some online search, and many of the comments are negative. But most of them ran the ammo on other wapons, not M&P 15-22.

Armscor 22 Long Rifle 40gr SVSP Rimfire - 50 Rounds | Sportsman's Warehouse
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I was given some with the purchase of a new .22............HORRIBLE AMMO!..Hard to fit the cylinder. Hard to get out. Different sounds with different shots. Highly inaccurate.......I won't have any now even if it was free.
 
I have a few hundred rounds of Armscor .22 LR. It has choked a 10/22, Ruger Mk4, 2x Taurus TX 22s, and one Kel-Tec P-17. Nothing runs reliably enough to shoot it up.

One day, I'm just gunna finish it off in my lever action and not buy it again


Yesterday, I found a "great deal" on Armscor .38 Special. I got it home and realized it barely fits in the cylinder, and dang sure won't load on a moonclip
I Haven't shot any yet, but it's an awful beginning. I might be afraid to put it thru my suppressor. Suffice to say, I'm out as far as that stuff goes.
 
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Funny how some have nothing but problems and others of us have no problems at all. ??? In general I hear more complaints about bulk ammo and nothing but praise for CCI. At the moment I probably have 20,000 rounds of 22LR in the closet. Due to the pandemic shortage I bought what I could get so I have Remington Thunderbolts, two different Winchester, three federal, Aguila, CCI, Blazer and Armscor. My wife and I haven’t had any issues with any of the ammo out of 9 or 10 different 22’s, semi pistols, rifles, bolt action and revolvers. I find some brands like Thunderbolts dirtier than others and each gun had a preference as far as accuracy but they all shoot reliably. Why do I get these results and others don’t?
 
Essentially, all 22 Long Rifle (and Shorts and Longs) with lead bullets have lubricant on the bullet. They are the remaining examples of outside lubricated bullets since inside lubricated bullets became the "norm".

It sounds like Armscor has not refined the process as well as CCI and others to prevent excessive lube.
 
I am commenting on 22lr ammo only. It had more duds than any other brand. The ammo has some sticky coating making it very hard to put into the cylinders of our revolvers, (model 63, 17-1 and Ruger Single Six). It functions OK in our autos but is definitely our last resort.
 
Instead of basing a decision on what a bunch of people who are all too willing to bad mouth Armscor ammunition in general, why not buy 1-2 boxes of this and try it yourself and then base any future purchase decisions on your own experience! You would be amazed how often products that others complain about will perform perfectly for you!
 
I bought a full case of the Armscor LR SV when CMP had it a few years ago. It was the only 22 LR available at reasonable price so I bought it. I ran 4500 rounds through my 15-22 with mostly good results. It was very dirty shooting due to the before mentioned lube, required cleaning every 100 rounds to stay reliable. I experienced one ftf about every 250 rounds till I got to the last brick when it went to one per box. Other ammo ran fine so I don’t think was the rifle.
 
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