Remington Golden Bullets ... bad experience. ( .22LR)

[mikelets456 78]

A few weeks ago my son and I spent 2 hours shooting the .22LR with CCI standard velocity loads. We had a lot of fun and not one glitch. Well a week or so ago I "scored" a 550 pack of Remington's "Golden bullets". Let me tell you, these are the dirtiest most unreliable POS I have ever shot. We drove 30 minutes to a WMA site, set up targets and were set to go. We were ready to have some fun. The first ten rounds there was no problem. The next mag we had a feeding problem...fixed it, no big deal. Then a dud. Next mag no problems and it was my turn to shoot. Loaded up the mag, inserted it and was ready to go. I began to start shooting...pop...pop..KABOOM!!!!! What the heck! It was so loud my ears were ringing. The action/slide jammed and the casing was stuck in the slide. I pointed the gun down range with the safety on for a minute or so and then removed the mag and casing. It appears that the primer was completely split open. I assume the primer "exploded"? Is that possible?

Moral of story, this ammo is crap and I will not use it anymore. Thank God no one got hurt. I do have two bricks of Federal bulk packs...is that stuff any better? i have read the Remington .22LR bulk packs are REAL BAD, but I assumed it was just people complaining....they were right. i heard the Federal brand is much better.

 

BTW, we stopped at that point because we did not know if we had a squib or whatever. Turns out the barrel was clear when we got home and cleaned the rifle. I ain't using that junk anymore!

[Urban Grunt 44]

Stick to Fed bulk packs,never had a problem.

[Malsua 1,422]

Remington Golden bullet 22 is pure garbage.

 

I had a 550 pack from Walmart and experience roughly 5% that simply didn't fire. I thought something was wrong with my gun but the primer was struck hard. Next range trip I took a pack of Blazer and some CCI. Not a single failure on those rounds. Two mags of golden bullet an one misfire.

 

It's garbage.

[tony357 386]

I have never used the rem golden bullets but have heard the horror stories in the past, have used plenty of rem thunderbolts in the 10/22's and you run into some duds with them also.

 

I like winchester and federal ammo.

[Maksim 1,504]

what were you shooting them out of?

 

although I am fairly certain most will agree, I cant say that 100%. But.. my own experience with them is the same as yours. I think I shot one or two bricks of them. dirty gargabe, very high percentage of FTF and fte. from the smith, and this is a gun issue.... from the 22a, because they were hollow points, they would often get failed to chamber. the other 10% of the time the slide wouldnt cycle.

 

once the firearm became dirty, the problems became 10 fold.

 

and did I mention that ammo smokes more than a locomotive?

 

and leaves that golden flaked residue on the hands.

[djg0770 481]

In a word - it sucks and may have been the cause of my 10/22 problems! I ran 50 rds this weekend of CCI std velocity thru the 10/22 without one failure to cycle/failure to fire.

[tony357 386]

cci is the best 22lr ammo available.

[oldslabsides 2]

cci is the best 22lr ammo available.

 

I've got to agree with Tony. CCI Mini-Mag is great stuff. I've been shooting it for years. I do have a brick of the Federal American Eagle and it has performed flawlessly so far.

[tbtrout 141]

I love the CCI also, but the Federal blue box is good stuff as well.

[Maksim 1,504]

ditto on the federal blue box... works like a charm, doesnt smoke, fairly well priced, no feed issues.

[Chad 3]

Just spoke to my father-in-law in Missouri, he was shooting a 10/22 using thunderbolts....and one went KABOOM! Blew the magazine apart. Gun seems ok other than that.

[mikelets456 78]

Just spoke to my father-in-law in Missouri, he was shooting a 10/22 using thunderbolts....and one went KABOOM! Blew the magazine apart. Gun seems ok other than that.

 

Why is this stuff so bad? Will I be ok shooting the Federal 36 grain that I got from Walmart as well? I have a Savage 64 and zero problems when I used CCI. I heard the Federal is good, but now I am wondering.

[Chad 3]

I don't know. I think any bulk ammo is just a lower quality maybe? The old saying, "you get what you pay for" still rings true apparantly. Personally, I have and will continue to shoot ANY .22lr I can get my hands on. I'm sure there are horror stories about any and all ammo on the market.

[Maksim 1,504]

Just spoke to my father-in-law in Missouri, he was shooting a 10/22 using thunderbolts....and one went KABOOM! Blew the magazine apart. Gun seems ok other than that.

 

Why is this stuff so bad? Will I be ok shooting the Federal 36 grain that I got from Walmart as well? I have a Savage 64 and zero problems when I used CCI. I heard the Federal is good, but now I am wondering.

 

 

that stuff is totally cool.

[tbtrout 141]

Not to sound like a broken record, but I have been shooting cheap 22 ammo since I was 8. I actually still have some from then. After 30 yrs of experience I have come to the conclusion that most problems are caused by lack of weapons maintenence. Not to say all rifles will shoot all ammo. Some do better than others, but I am taken back sometimes when I see the condition of some firearms that are being shot. And then hear the shooter complain about function and accuracy.

 

But bad ammo does happen.

 

I have had a bad lot of ammo once and it was WWB 5.56.

[Chad 3]

+1 . . . . I have had VERY few problems with 22 bulk ammo...in fact thats all I shoot, and will continue to shoot.

[mikelets456 78]

Not to sound like a broken record, but I have been shooting cheap 22 ammo since I was 8. I actually still have some from then. After 30 yrs of experience I have come to the conclusion that most problems are caused by lack of weapons maintenence. Not to say all rifles will shoot all ammo. Some do better than others, but I am taken back sometimes when I see the condition of some firearms that are being shot. And then hear the shooter complain about function and accuracy.

 

But bad ammo does happen.

 

I have had a bad lot of ammo once and it was WWB 5.56.

 

This is new and was cleaned before I used it. Shot 150 rounds of CCI without a problem, cleaned it and then had the problems with the Remingtons. The reason I think it's the bullets is because they would mis-feed, duds and then the last loud "bang"! Could it be the action or that the bullet was not seated properly when the firing pin struck?

[tbtrout 141]

on some 22's a little bit of carbon under the extractor is enough to couse duds and problems.

 

Some guns only like some bullets though. Since the gun is new this could be just a learning curve for it.

 

Take a dental pick and scrape the bolt face and under the extractor. There may be a small amount of carbon.

 

Also, what kind of gun is it? Rem 597's have issues that are easily fixed, just inconvenient.

[Guest]

i have found that both golden bullets + thunderbolts to be dirty , inconsistant , unreliable + inaccurate - check out the comments on the rimfire central forum for some real horror stories -

[tbtrout 141]

I have not shot the Golden Bulles but I shoot thunderbolts by the bricks in all of my 22's. they work fine for me. the only problems I have had were weak mainsprings and carbon build up.

[jeffesonm 0]

I've put 1000+ rounds of Federal bulk through my Buckmark and CZ Kadet with at most 5 rounds FTF.... reasonably accurate for plinking too.

[JC_68Westy 1,024]

I just shot around 250 rds of the Remington Golden Bullets through a single action pistol and a semi-auto rifle today. Not one problem. I do clean after each range visit.

[MrMcKulit 0]

Have you guys tried the Aguila Super Maxi?

 

I use it regularly with no issues.

[djg0770 481]

I just shot around 250 rds of the Remington Golden Bullets through a single action pistol and a semi-auto rifle today. Not one problem. I do clean after each range visit.

 

Count yourself lucky. Your next 275 may all be duds then :?