Many, many years ago I bought a considerable quantity of the Golden Bullet stuff when it came in the flat, square, transparent yellow plastic, 100-round boxes with the slide-off lid. It's stored in military ammo cans. It works in any of my guns, and I do not recall ever having a failure to fire with it. Haven't tried any of the current offerings as what I have will certainly last long enough to go to my kids. ;)
Remington .22 LR Junk!
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Years ago, my wife bought one of those lightweight aluminum S&W J-frames chambered in .22LR (forget the model number). I figured it would handle any kind of ammo we fed it, and IIRC everything we tried would chamber OK - but surprise, surprise, some brands wouldn't eject reliably after firing, and the empty cases had to be pushed out one at a time with a dowel. We did find a few varieties that shot well & extracted/ejected correctly, so she stayed with those.
Always worth the time and effort, to check and see what shoots and functions well!
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This is not an uncommon story with S&W .22 revolvers. I had it myself with a 4" M17. I had to send it back to the factory for service. I don't know if they replaced the cylinder or just polished the chambers of the original, but they performed the work no charge and had it back to me in under two weeks and it's run flawlessly ever since.
Back in the '70s, my Dad and I each bought 5000 rounds of that stuff when I was working at a sporting goods store that was a Remington jobber, using my employee discount. I shot a bunch of mine up over the years and put those yellow plastic boxes to good use. I still think I have a bunch of it squirreled away in .50-cal ammo cans. Dad didn't shoot that much of his. He used to give a couple hundred rounds of it at a time to my son, who eventually inherited the rest of the stash. I'm pretty sure he's still got quite a bit of it. It's as good to this day as it ever was, which was/is a LOT better than anything they've made in the last decade or two.
CHEVYINLINE6
Blackhawk
I don't remember ever having a problem with Remington Golden Bullets in the past. All mine were bought at least 20+ years ago. I use to buy the Federal 525 round bulk packs and they seemed to be ok. My favorite has always been CCI Mini Mags and Stingers, but I save them for special uses, not plinking. Recently I have buying up some Federal Punch ammo because my Ruger MK 2 seems to like it. Bought some CCI Copper and my MK 2 will not feed it without constant jamming, so I will only use it in my revolvers or bolt action rifles. I have been buying a lot of Aguila ammo because I have read a lot of good reports about it and it is easy to find and not to expensive. I have yet to shoot any yet. I go out every month and buy a mixed bag of different brands of ammo and stash it away.
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Montana Cowboy
Bearcat
.22's are as finnicky as the guns that shoot them. I had bought three bricks of Russian junior .22 ammo at a store for $7 dollars a brick. Tried it in several different rifles and handguns and it didn't shoot accurately in any of them. One day I went to the range and took my 10/22 and figured I'd burn up some of that Russian .22 ammo. To my surprise that ammo was a tack driver in my 10/22 at 35 & 50 yds. It could be the lube they put on the bullet as it is very noticeable / greasy, could have been the steel case or the rim thickness, all I know is it shot great in the 10/22.
57springer
Buckeye
I agree ,I have a High Standard Sentinel that will fire the left over duds most of the time ............
I have a High Standard Supermatic Trophy with a bull barrel and match chamber that really likes Remington target .22s. I bought a goodly amount back in the day, and so far have not had a dud.
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Remington Goldens is all I shoot. No problems here for last 50 years.
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