My experience with bulk Remington golden bullets with my 15 22

[ChattanoogaPhil]

A bit of history including Golden Bullet.

When the 15-22 was first released it was plagued with out-of-battery discharges. The 15-22 manual was soon updated with recommended and not recommended ammo. Golden Bullet was on the DOES NOT RECOMMEND list. Sometime years later S&W updated the manual again and doesn't have specific recommendations.

Previous 15-22 manual page 10.

 

[RGVshooter]

Previous 15-22 manual page 10.

I wish that was in the manual for my SW22 Victory. I shot over 2k rounds thru it and not even half way thru a box of Remington Thunderbolt the pistol decided to ditch it's extractor, spring & plunger and the inside of the barrel looked like a filthy 3rd world sewer pipe. I had to send it back to S&W not even a month after owning it for repairs.

Yes, I'm embarrassed to say that my cleaning rod got stuck in the barrel trying to scrub that filth out of it and in the process it snapped off, effectively spiking my own gun. I'm not even convinced Remington uses lead in their bullets.

 

[rd97]

I shoot Federal Auto Match. I have found them to be very clean running and reliable. Had ejection problems but after a trip back to S&W for a replacement ejector it is flawless.

 

[Sgt.squeegee]

I shoot cci and federal auto-match have no problems and I've shot over 2500 rounds

 

[jnichols2]

I bought my rifle in November, and have Manual Rev MP15-22_RIFLE_020517. The only ammo caveat is not to use CCI Stingers in the Performance Center Model, but they are OK in the Standard Model.

 

[Bassyaks]

CCI , problems with wax, Remington, are very dirty, Aquila good but use HV. Federal make sure it's 40G.
I see a lot of extractors being replaced, learn how it's assembled and you'll see that 90% of the time it 's working it's way out of the groove, no need to send back. You'll never wear them out.

 

[kramden]

Target Sports USA has Aquila Super Extra 40 grain copper plated ammo , 5000 rounds for $229 free shipping. Great ammo.

 

[moosedog]

I think earlier post by DRM50 nailed it. The Remington is probably just a tad lighter than the CCI on the rearward bolt travel.
I personally like the Remington Gold and never had a problem with it. It does put out some soot, but I have been shooting my 15-22 since they came out and have never done anything except wipe the bolt and oil it again and have had no problems with Rem Gold.