Winchester Super X 22lr 40 Grain Copper Plated RN

[Pubtym]

WD-40 Dry Lube

Not yet.. I still have them..300rounds. I'm going to spray some WD-40 Dry Lube on them and try them in my S&W 15-22.

Yesterday I dumped my remaining 300 rounds of this ammo in a small plastic dish. Then I shot several one second blasts of WD-40 Dry Lube into the pile of ammo. Then, I gently stirred the rounds to insure full coverage of the lube. Next step was draining the small residue/excess lube from the dish. Last step was letting it dry overnight. I loaded 65 rounds into the mags and went to the range. All fired correctly. No FTL, FTF and FTE. Seems like the dried coating of WD-40 Dry Lube provides a coating similar to coating on CCI SV and Mini-Mag.No waxy residue.

 

[Kinman]

The only new .22 stuff on the market that is holding any kind of accuracy potential from the testing I have been doing is stuff made by CCI/Blazer. I am working through a few new lots of .22 ammunition and so far am impressed with the Blazer stuff, if you are putting it through a well sorted out firearm is works well and I do not find any unreasonable fliers on target work. I am not talking about the high end stuff, which is all but impossible to get your hands on. Some of the guys I know are actually sending their rifles in for testing in order to be able to buy high ends target stuff in bulk, these are serious deep pocketed characters currently shooting VuDoo rifles and buying case lots of Lapua.

 

[Pubtym]

Complaint Form

Pubtym;[/B]142099806]I sent them a message today outlining the problem
I have not heard back from them. I'm not betting they will respond.

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I lost this bet. I received an email back today that referred me to a their Complaint Form. I completed it all (Lot Number, Receipt ID, Gun Model, Gun SN, Date of purchase, Date of malfunctions and specifics on malfunctions) We'll see what happens next.

 

[Skeet 028]

When I was a kid...Winchester was the cat's meow. I usually could not afford it though. for the money the Western Auto Revelation brand worked pretty well. Made by Federal of course. I bought a load of federal Black Friday deal ammo and it shoots just fine in the 22's I own. I also got a few 1000 of the Mexican Aguila 22 LRs and they shoot pretty good too, if a bit dirty. I have some Winchester here with bent seated bullets and kinda bent cases. They are in the 550 packs. If they chamber they fire.but pretty inaccurately. Grandkids didn't even want to shoot them... the ungrateful wretches. I've liked the blazer since they started making them. But don't se them too often. Had some CCI SV with some FTFire. Al the bulk pack Federals seem to be ok

 

[tops]

The ones I have are 50 rd. boxes X22LR. When they don't chamber in my M18 I just drop them. I have about a case and a 1/2 left. I hope they are gone by spring. I have some CCI MM, SV and Federal 711B that I want to try out. Larry

 

[gwpercle]

I picked up two boxes 222 round packs ... they were on the dealers shelf , on sale and in a cool looking retro - yellow , red and black box with squirrel and rabbit . Didn't even consider quality ... Winchester - Olin used to be top shelf ammo ... I think it will do just fine for shooting out of a new Ruger Wrangler .. I'm half blind now and can't see the sights . The SA Wrangler has a stout hammer fall that should set 'em off ...
I will save my CCI stash ... At least the retro boxes are cool looking .
I can't believe Winchester ammo has gone so far down the tubes ...
It's a crying Shame ... and makes me sad .

If 40% of the rounds don't fire ... Winchester will be hearing from me ... I'm good at complaining ...loud and long ...
till I get some ... Satisfaction !
Gary

 

[pistolpete10]

Unfortunately, Winchester has gone the way of Remington on their .22 ammo, maybe worse than Remington. CCI works best. I have some leftover SK Plus that is good, saving it.

 

[Skeet 028]

Winchester went to hell in a handbasket back when they changed the AA case to a 3 piece instead of compression formed. Best case in existence and the penny pinchers would not pay for new compression forming dies. Heck they even quit making their wads. And after all that time.... about 30 years...Remington made a case better than a Winchester. As far as the 22s I just straighten the bullet and shove it in the cylinder of my old 22CM. Never had 'em not fire...but I won't use 'em in my 41s

 

[tom2]

Sad to hear. I have a good supply of pre cov. Winchester bulk and Fed bulk and pretty old Remmy and same brands in plastic trays and some CCI and others. Back in the day I had near zero duds in .22s except if the gun had issues like light strikes, or some weird shaped bullets that would not feed well in some guns. Well if you got alot of .22 ammo that you think is sus, don't worry, just about any ammo will find a buyer these days if you offer a decent price to be rid of it. Remember when you could get Mini Mags bulk in those green plastic "ammo cans" for cheap? Good old days.

 

[bobsguns]

Is the Win ammo made in Mexico now?

 

[Greyman50]

Will never buy Win or Rem 22's again. Have lots from 60's-70's which are fine. Only new 22's I buy are CCI mini mags or similar. Fed standards have gone to pot too, will not buy any more. Sad situation.

 

[Pubtym]

"Made In USA".

Is the Win ammo made in Mexico now?

The box says "Made In USA".

 

[Olly556]

Ive had problems on and off with winchester 22lr. Their 40 grn siver box magnum ammo is in my opinion some of the best 22 mag ammo made. For high velocity ammo its always been minimags for me. I think for hunting RWS subsonic hp rules.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Have also recently had a Bad experience with Win 22.
Hold on - Remington just came out with a new and improved round!
The Ranch Hand! My local Cabelas has some, I will try it!
I guess I have thought if it'll shoot, a Revolver will shoot it.
Generally, The smaller the Auto, the more likely it is to be ammo picky.
The other day a Guy said his Wrangler was a problem with certain ammo.
So maybe not all revolvers.
But wait - FTF in a revolver, shoot again!
Low odds of two in a row FTF's.
Back in the day, long ago, my Bro and I shot thousands of 22s.
Don't recall a FTF. But we were shooting Rifles!
Some Failure to Function with dirty Autos.

 

[Old Corp]

Can sure testify that since the panic-buying days of the B.O. days, when most all ammo, especially .22 RF became difficult to find - in the aftermath of that QC went downhill.

Like most, my experience has shown that CCI and Blazer variant is at about the top of the pile for quality and consistency.


Will always recall the ONE time I literally threw .22 ammo in the trash. It was Remington Thunderbolt .22 LR 40 gr. solids.
Had several issues with them refusing to feed in a number .22's I had. Knew something was way-wrong when I couldn't get them to fit in a .22 single-shot rifle! They were .23 caliber! The bullets were actually larger than the case and completely useless.
No, I did not contact Remington. Considered it not worth the trouble.
Have NEVER bought 'ThunderDuds' since.

 

[tops]

Will always recall the ONE time I literally threw .22 ammo in the trash. It was Remington Thunderbolt .22 LR 40 gr. solids.

No, I did not contact Remington. Considered it not worth the trouble.
Have NEVER bought 'ThunderDuds' since.

I had trouble with them in 2 pistols. I bought 2 cartons (10 boxes each) and before one carton was shot up they leaded the barrels of 2 pistols so bad the bullets where tumbling and I had a difficult time cleaning the barrels. I threw the rest of them away. Larry