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.22LR Ammo Thread
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 Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:44 am
Ever since it was introduced, I have shot nothing but Rem YellowJackets. Now I cannot find ANY, at ANY price, anywhere. What gives , Remington?
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:30 pm
Welcome to the Remington Owners Forum !!
Try here: http://www.keepshooting.com/remington-y ... 22-lr.html |
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:55 pm
All I can think of is that CCI, Remington, Winchester and Federal are using production facilities to produce their most popular ammo to alleviate the tremendous backlogs there are right now at the retail level. It's been extremely rare to see .22LR of any kind or brand since Sandy Hook.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 5:52 pm
All 22LR has been in dire supply of late. My LGS just got in a few boxes of 22 Thunderbolt and I grabbed what I could. As much as you hear about people not liking Remington-branded 22LR, ALL of my rimfire guns love the stuff. Especially Golden Bullet. I tell folks who hate it to sell or give it to me. I'll take all I can get and have a good supply of (mostly) Remington branded 22LR fodder.
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:16 pm
Yellow Jackets with their high velocity and truncated cone work best in a super-long bull-barreled rifle. CCI has come closest to capturing the bulk of the .22 cal market for varied selections. If high velocity is what you want, CCI Velocitor Hyper-Velocity runs 40 grains at 1435 FPS and makes an awesome mushroom for varmints & general plinking. Eley has quite a few also but they are pricey.
Just out of curiosity "blueticker", why do you need such a fast .22? And what length barrel do you shoot the Yellow Jackets through? I've had a few experiences with Yellow Jackets from the mid-90s. |
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:18 pm
Just FYI, only three weeks ago I stopped into Dicks sporting goods looking for some 38 special. They had a 20% off on ammo sale. They had 30 boxes of 38 special, and low-and-behold 20 bricks of 525 round federal 22lr. With the 20% off it was under $20. I was amazed at my luck.
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:31 am
awesome info rootbrain.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 6:38 pm
I know what you mean about the Golden Bullet. When I still had a rifle chambered in .22 LR, it loved that round too. USMC 83' - 87'
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:42 pm
I grew up on a steady diet of 40 grain Golden Bullet ammunition. That's the only .22 LR ammunition dad would buy since before I was born. My Winchester Model 74 semi-automatic rifle absolutely loved them and never fouled regardless of how fast I rapid-fired it. Next time the Bucket of Bullets in 36 grain hollow points comes available, I'll buy a few tubs. About $65 for a tub when you can find one.
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:59 pm
I have one of those 1440-rd Golden Bullet buckets. Last year Academy had six of them come in, limit of one per day. Of course, the other five were bought by other guys while I was standing in line holding mine. Never seen any since! I am anxious to crack it open and start some plinking but I have other bulk packs to shoot up first.
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:34 am
Do like I do if I'm really running low. Find out when their ammunition supplier sends the .22s and get there with 10 or 2 friends to follow you in early on the morning that they put them on the shelf. Well, not 10 friends, but double or triple limit sure helps to get a bunch. |
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:50 pm
I know that this is about Yellow Jackets, but I just had to include this from my trip to Academy Sports today.
Behind their Service Counter they had Federal Match 40-gr in 50-ct boxes and all they wanted for a box of 50 was $13.99.
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:03 pm
I just picked up a "brick" (ten boxes) of American Eagle 38grain copper plated HP's from Dick's Sporting Goods for $2.49 per box (40 count per box)...
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:19 am
You should be!!!!! 
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:31 pm
Went back to Dick's today...all the American Eagle was gone but the guy behind the counter went in the back and produced four Winchester 40grain Hyper Velocity .22lr 100 packs...$10 a piece !!
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:38 am
Midway has Norma TAC-22 for a good price. $58.99 for a 500 Brick (Limit 2) or $5.89 per 50-round box (limit 20). Most people I've talked to have never heard of Norma rim-fire ammunition. The TAC-22 is an 1100 fps target ammo and it is quite accurate and reliable in my pistols, even in my finicky old High Standard Supermatic w/ 6-1/2" barrel built in 1949.
It has lubed lead round nose 40 grain bullets and I find no difference in performance than the Eley Tenex Pistol cartridges. I shoot the same groups with both and can't tell the difference EXCEPT... $219.99 vs. $58.99 per 500. If you've never shot some of the Eley .22s or other lubed .22s, you might not like the grease. It's a trade-off though, more reliable cycling but a little hassle to keep things clean like your finger-tips and occasional barrel brushing during your range trip. When I take the .22s out to the range, I usually leave all the other calibers at home and just shoot the messy .22s. Norma has been around for many years, 50 or more, and I don't remember ever having one mis-fire or failure to cycle in my semi-automatic pistols and rifles. Sorry, got off-track for the Yellow-Jackets but this is one heck of a good ammunition at quite a reasonable price... And available too. |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:04 pm
I've used the ELEY .22's...mostly the Tenex Pistol and Match Pistol...in my Browning Buckmark with good effect...
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:20 pm
Eley is probably the top ammunition in .22 rimfire. My next .22 outing, I'm going to do some precision comparisons between Eley Tenex Pistol, Eley Club Extra, Eley Target Rifle (1085 fps) and the Norma TAC-22. It's going to be a greasy day too. The Tenex is dry lubed, but the other 3 or pretty nasty to handle. If the Tac-22 is within 1/8" of the best Eley groups at 50 yds, I'll load up on the Norma. By the way, has your Buckmark tossed its extractor at the neighbor to the right of you yet? I've had 2 Buckmark shooters' extractors land on my tabletop. One was shooting 1400 fps 40 grain, the other was shooting 940 fps 36 grain. Don't know what's up with the Buckmark and its extractor, unless it was purely coincidental. Last edited by Rick 51/ R51 on Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:31 pm
Whoa. That's salty. USMC 83' - 87'
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:24 pm
No problems with the BuckMark extractor...or any other part for that matter...Rick.
Bought it used with the attached red dot in the 90's and it still digests anything I feed it.  The Eley Tenex also prints well from my two Marlins...a bolt action Model 80C and a semi-auto Glenfield Model 60... |
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:55 pm
I think when I get back from Vegas next month, I might just go buy a new Buckmark Hunter 7" to compare to my S&W 22A 7", both aluminum alloy framed. The Buckmark's round bull-barrel could make a difference in the print on the targets, but I'm not ready to place my bets on that one yet. If my old High Standard Supermatic comes back from the High Standard factory repair center with a clean bill of health, I won't need another .22 target pistol.
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:12 pm
I had a Buckmark with a 4" barrel, bought it used, and still kick myself for selling it about a year or so later. Just one of the stupid things I've done with selling guns that I should not have sold. Needless to say, I don't do that anymore...I keep what I buy. Anyways, that Buckmark was a great shooting gun. You wouldn't be throwing your money away to add one to your collection. USMC 83' - 87'
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:19 pm
Well, that pretty well makes up my mind. I'll get the Hunter with 7" bull barrel and just add it to my collection of firearms. Like you 'rem', I keep all the guns I buy. No more loaning of guns either. I lost two guns by loaning them out to someone I trusted. Never again... Don't even ask. It's only money, but it's the principal. My guns are personal, just like my lady. Neither is for sale or loan. |
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:33 am
Amen Rick...!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:45 am
The mere mention of a High Standard Supermatic gives me a stiffie....
Ooops. Did I say that out loud?
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