Interesting to see the varied experiences. I've shot hundreds of thousands of rounds of 22's, likely the majority Remington, and had extremely few problems. This was before it was bulk packed, and the Golden Bullet loads were the better grade, not economy. I had a LOT of variation in report from Fed 22's, so gave up on it in the 70's and 80's. Used to shoot scads of the old Winchester Wildcat 22's in the bricks (10 boxes of 50not loose pack). It was consistant for economy ammo, and generally reliable. It required more frequent cleaning from the wax on the bullets than the standard grade stuff, but that was worthwhile for the savings.
It was somewhat rare to have failures to fire with the stuff I shot in the past. Not sure what happened recently, if its the ammo, or the guns. I know some guns are more sensitive. I knew of a Smith 41 that wouldn't shoot certain types or brands of ammo in the winter, too many failures to fire. It was OK in the summer. I've probably mostly had hammer fired guns, which may help with ignition. Even the more recent Remington bulk ammo hasn't given me any trouble to speak of.
The Remington Thunderbolt ammo has always been junk from my experience though. It seemed quite a contrast from the regular grade stuff.