Had a jam fest with .22’s today.

I ordered 500-round box of the Auto Match from Midway during the last "ammunition shortage" only because it was available and the only .22 LR I'd seen for months (didn't need it, but it was there).

I could not get it to reliably cycle any .22 semi-autos for an entire 10-round mag. Gave the rest of the box to a co-worker who was ammo-poor; after he tried shooting some, he brought the box in and gave it back to me.

CCI Mini-Mags almost exclusively.
 
Hmmmm, that's distressing. Auto-match has been my go-to for a long time. What I have seems to be running fine, but not sure of the vintage of what's being used. I'll keep an eye on it.
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doubleh said:
The only 22 ammo I have found worse is anything with the Winchester name.
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That wasn't always the case. Back in the '80's after I bought my first 2 .22 pistols, they were fed a fairly heavy diet of Winchester Super-X .22, bought from, of all places, Service Merchandise. Accurate, reliable, not terribly dirty... it worked really well, and was cheap... a buck 'a box. Sadly, things change... like Service Merchandise, reliable Winchester .22 ammo seems to be a thing of the past.

FWIW, I don't generally buy those bulk packages of .22 ammos... I feel they are a concession to price point, not quality.
 
I haven't bought Winchester or Remington .22LR ammo in many years. All I use nowadays are any and all CCI ammo, some older Federal Gold Medal and Aguila Match Pistol, and I stocked up on Wolf Match Target once I found out how accurate and reliable it was.
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hdbiker said:
I think you got a bad lot of ammo. MINI MAGS have always been good in my guns
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I hope so. When cases are ejecting well for two or three shots, then the next fired case is literally falling out of the ejection port and hitting the back of my right hand when ejected, then one ejects well, the next doesn’t, etc., it makes me think this was a very bum lot. The number of multi-hits was also concerning. One or two per big box? Meh. 25-30? Yuk.

Usually I bring a couple different brands for just such an issue. But this was a quick range trip I spontaneously did, so I just grabbed the one 325 round box.

Stay safe.
 
My cure for the jamomatic tendency of 22LR has been lubing the ammo, at the range, prior to filling mags.
A spritz of some quick drying silicone lube in a Ziploc freezer bag, add a hand full of ammo, and shake it around to distribute the lube.
Pour out the ammo and let the carrier flush off/dry out and load those magazines.
I use this but it's not available much anymore, but WD-40 makes a similar now.
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I'm thinking One-Shot would work equally as well, but it's pricey for this application.
Here's a few:
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WD-40 - Walmart.com

WD-40 - Walmart.com
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Most all 22 ammo shoots dirty and eventually gums up the action of most guns.
When I feel dragging when racking, I give the gun a spritz of that same lube and rack it several times to flush out all the smooge.

jmo,
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Edit: All this success has been with ammo hoarded during the Oman's reign, I have not tried it on any new/current issue ammo.
So, there is that...
 
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Charlie98 said:
That wasn't always the case.
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That is true. For years my only choice was Winchester, Remington, or Peters which was made by Remington. I could tell no difference in the performance and they even shot to the same point of aim. Dud rounds were rare. Up until the Obama era I really liked Winchester T-22 but when the ammo supply increased Winchester became junk. I suppose it remains that way as I haven't bought any for a few years.
 
I had a TP22 when they first came out. It worked great, for a while… Then it jammed all the time. I found the slide was completely made of alloy, and the cartridge rims wore a groove in the breech face, causing the hang up.
Iver had me send it in, and replaced it with a revised version that had a steel insert in the slide comprising the breech face and the feed rail . You could see a round spot on top of the slide, which was the top of the steel insert, on the revised model.
Worked great for a long time, after that…until I traded it for a motor scooter.
 
9mmepiphany said:
The only luck I've ever had with AutoMatch has been in a Ruger Mark II...everything else gets fed CCI MiniMag, except the S&W M-41

I've never seen a SIG Mosquito run through a whole box of ammo other than CCI MiniMags...that's what the factory recommended at the time
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Unfortunately, the SIG mosquito was a bust, mine was terrible, had high hopes too.

My .22s like Fed Auto Match for the most part, except for the 41, which doesn’t at all.
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
I've not noticed Auto Match being particularly bad, no worse than regular Federal red box or Wolf Gold. Certainly, it's performed better for me than WWB or Aguila.

Now the TP-22 I had was a hopeless POS, so Im kinda shocked that yours seems to perform well with HV rounds.....
The Mosquito also has a bad rep for wearing out prematurely and becoming a brick. I forget exactly what the issue was with them, but
Im sure you can probably find several threads here on the subject.
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Usually they break the slide toward the muzzle And sig wouldn't fix them. Turned me against sig actually. (You cold say it sauer-ed me. Lol) When I bought mine they pretended to be the maker. No mention of gsg. Even in the manual.

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I like the guns but sig was dirty with their representation and they are dirty in making customers pay shipping to fix their junk. On a 125 dollar gun 80 dollar shipping is bs. Hi point don't make you pay shipping. Lol.

Then the " mandatory but not mandatory voluntary recall of the 320 that in no way could have a problem or be unsafe but needs fixed anyway " fiasco didn't help my opinion either
 
hdbiker said:
I think you got a bad lot of ammo. MINI MAGS have always been good in my guns
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I got a whole case years ago of golden bullets that was pretty bad. 2 of the bricks in the case had a 10% or so fail rate. Didn't look like they had got wet or anything. I wonder if they hadn't been left in the sun and that end of the case got hot or something. Idk. I hate golden bullets and always had a couple dud but this was every few and you could turn them and they still wouldn't go off in any gun.
 
I've had problems with Auto Match in Ruger 10-22, Ruger MKII and several other semi-auto pistols and rifles. Shoots ok in a revolver and lever action but I won't be buying more.
 
I've always found that my 22s "pair" to specific ammo, so I seldom rely upon a given brick of ammo for a range session--unless it's a brick of the kind the one firearm prefers.
Now, that also means I always have several kinds of 22LR in my bag, so if one decides to not "play pretty" I can swap the other kinds to see if things get better.

Should everybody do that? Dunno. It's what I do. It's also a bit of PITA for needing a "cheat sheet" before shopping. People forget that Goldilocks had to sleep on a hard bed and have cold porridge and vice versa, before hitting "just right."

Your Mileage May Vary
 
Geez.....I've got probably a dozen 325 count boxes of Auto-Match in the locker....you guys have truly bummed me out, if it all suffers from the same failure rate. I do have a quartet of .22 revolvers to make use of it, if necessary....but if the auto's choke on it....gosh, this is really rotten news.

And all of the CCI line has been problem free as well...just wish it were cheaper....

On the other hand, I've had good, accurate functioning with current production Remington Goldens...and that's cheered me up as they were the go-to when I was a kid sniping woodchucks for the dairy farmers in the foothills south of town. At 50 cents a 'chuck, I could by a 50 count box of hollow points and save the penny a piece I was making delivering newspapers.

Good days then in the early 60's: primers were 50 cents a hundred, Sierra 80 gr Spitzers for my .243 were a nickel a piece, and my high school graduation gift from the paper delivery manager, a Ruger Standard, set him back $37.50.

Sorry for the diversion....Best regards, Rod, here's my current Mkll with the holster I made up for field carry and a 6" bbl'd New Frontier Colt.




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I’m not saying this is your problem, but check the edge of your chamber to make sure no burrs are causing poor feed or poor extraction. It’s my first check when I experience feed problems.
 
Reminds me I need to go shoot some 22's.

I still have bulk buckets of Remington Golden Bullets bought 10+ years ago. It always worked good for me in my 22LR rifles and revolvers.

I found Winchester 22LR to be horrible ammo that wouldn't fit in the chambers of my S&W model 17. It's like Winchester over lubed their bullets.
 
It's not as good as it used to be for sure, but it's not alone in that aspect.
I spent 30 years in manufacturing, one thing that always stays true speed goes up and quality goes down.
I've pretty much sworn off bulk boxed ammo. This was some recent testing. 20230901_135337.jpg
 
Auto match is very hit and miss for me. Some guns like it, some guns hate it.

I trick I’ve found that really helps when shooting bull ammo is to oil them. Right before I’m going to shoot them I spray a cool whip container full of rounds liberally with rem oil. Really helps them feed and eject better.

I only do it right before I’m going to shoot so the oil doesn’t creep in and foul the powder, but I’ve never had an issue with that
 
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