What's The Dirtiest 22 Ammo?

[moparclan]

A friend and I bought 500 rounds of this many years ago. This is the nastiest and dirtiest of any ammo I have ever shot. Can't even get through 50 rounds without problems. Steel case Russian ammo, we kept trying to give it to each other and would hide in the others lunch box, coat pocket. boots or lockers. We finally gave up and threw it away except this one box.

 

[gwpercle]

The Dirty brand of my era were Remington " Thunderbolts " !
I liked the name and Remington used to make decent 22 LR ammo ... but the Thunderbolts ... sucked rocks .
I stopped buying Remington 22 LR after that experience !
Gary

 

[desi2358]

A friend and I bought 500 rounds of this many years ago. This is the nastiest and dirtiest of any ammo I have ever shot. Can't even get through 50 rounds without problems. Steel case Russian ammo, we kept trying to give it to each other and would hide in the others lunch box, coat pocket. boots or lockers. We finally gave up and threw it away except this one box.

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It's funny, this stuff was super cheap when it was imported and I bought quite a bit of it. At that time there were also quite a few soviet bloc training rifles being imported as surplus and that was what I shot most of it up in. Never had any problems in those guns and it was decently accurate too. I still buy some at gun shows, it's usually still cheap because of it's reputation.

Now I did try it in various US guns and it only worked well in some older bolt actions. It was dirty and has a rather thick waxy lube. I only found one semi-auto that would function with it, an old, beat up, Hi-Standard Duramatic (cheapest auto HS ever made LOL) and that gun actually runs great with it. Why? Don't know but I still shoot some in it as well as the couple trainers I still have.

 

[Muddyboot]

Aguila!
When I shoot it in short barrel handguns I get a puff of black smoke.
And it smells funny!
Never say never, but I will try to avoid it!

Agreed, it's a very dirty ammo with a farty smell.

 

[judgecrater]

Shooting is dirty business. Like working on cars, it's often messy. I see recurring threads about clean ammo or reloading components, but I guess I'm cut from a different cloth. I like to get my hands dirty.

Other than black powder, what's the dirtiest, grimiest ammo you've found? Pictures of dirty guns and shooters are a plus!

Worst if Remington 22LR Thunderbolt ammo. So bad I gave it away.

 

[judgecrater]

I'll second Remington Thunderbolt as the overall worst ammo dirty or not that I've tried.

It is worst I have ever shot.

 

[rockquarry]

It is worst I have ever shot.

Yes, but people keep buying it.