Remington Golden Bullet Squib

[4D5]

I’m not a fan of Rem GB because I get a lot of inconsistent reports when shooting and usually a fair share of duds. However with the scarcity of ammo, I purchased this ammo at Wally World a few weeks ago. It’s all they have had in weeks and I bought 3 boxes and my brother bought the remaining other 3 boxes.

Well today I had the S&W 15-22 out and had a Golden Bullet squib.

I had a very light report and no hole in the paper so I removed the magazine, pulled the bolt back and the spent brass ejected. I keep a brass rod in the truck so I got it out to make sure the barrel was clear. Good thing I checked because I tapped out the round in the picture below.

In my area scorning any ammo is a crap shoot. I’ll certainly be glad when there’s more ammo on the shelf and a person can once again pick and choose his preferred ammo of choice.

 

[monotonous_iterancy]

I've never had a squib, but I must say, Remington .22s are the dirtiest rounds I've ever fired. After handling a small amount, my fingertips were black from lead.

 

[hovercat]

I had heard that the 'new and improved' really were. Sad to hear that the golden bullets are still having problems.

 

[mf-dif]

I actually don't have problems with these "new & improved" ones. They cycled well for me through 2 bricks. The dirtiest round I've ever used is the CCI Blazers.

 

[444]

Interesting.

I have never had that happen with a .22 and have never heard of it happening until now. I have fired 10s of thousands of those things.

Thanks for posting it.

 

[22-rimfire]

I'm surprised you had this happen with the "new and improved" GB's. I still like to shoot them, because they tend to be fairly accurate and less expensive than CCI.

Sounds like only the primer went off.

 

[kyhunter]

I had the exact same thing happen in a marlin 60 on a coon hunt, 3 miles from the truck. Needless to say after that walk and drive to the house then the walk and drive back to get that big ol coon i vowed never to buy any more GB's. Im just glad i was there because my uncle was ready to keep on shooting after it happened. I found the bullet was about 13 inches down the barrel.

 

[bannockburn]

I stopped using Remington rimfire ammo years ago because of all the problems I had with it. I was hoping they finally got things worked out with their GB ammo in terms of quality control.

So much for New and Improved.

 

[WoodchuckAssassin]

Remington ammo? Gross. Haha! I'm not a huge fan of ANY Remington ammo. I've never had a squib, but I've had several FTF's, and seen many rounds/cases that were so corroded I wouldn't EVER load them in my gun.

Buy Federal.

 

[foghornl]

Remington's Golden bullet rim-fire ammo is at best a ahhhhhhhhh 'crap shoot'.

On the other hand, I have found that the "Core-Lokt" center-fire hunting ammo works well, particularly as it is usually about the lest expensive of that type.

 

[CSG]

I've had little issue with Remington Golden Bullets.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

At least they are consistent (consisteltely bad). They were junk 40 years ago and looks like they still are.

 

[Certaindeaf]

What did you drive that bullet out with? It looks like you probably ruined your bore.

 

[wally]

I've had little issue with Remington Golden Bullets.

There are two Remington Golden Bullets on the market that I'm aware of, the ones sold in boxes of 50, 10 boxes to a brick; and the Golden Bullet bulk pack found mostly at Walmart.

The OP is talking about the bulk pack. The other Golden Bullet costs a good bit more and is generally a lot better.

What did you drive that bullet out with? It looks like you probably ruined your bore

I seriously doubt it. The OP said he had a brass rod in the truck.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Ah, sorry. I missed that part..

 

[gamestalker]

I've always encountered issues with 22 rim fire ammo. It's the nature of the beast, so to speak. But a squib, never had one with any factory ammunition, and I'm sure glad I haven't.
As for Rem. 22 lR ammunition, I use a lot of it and really don't have any particular complaints or problems, that I don't have with any other brand.

GS

 

[Bruno2]

I have been shooting 22lr for well over 30 yrs and the only time I have ever run across duds were the GB's. I don't buy the crap. Whats the worst aspect of this story is that most young shooters shoot a lot of 22lr. I doubt that firing behind a 22lr squib would blow a gun up , but it would certainly ruin the gun. Kids don't usually know what the procedure is to clear one and it could be dangerous to the shooter as well as the gun.

 

[444]

I don't think it would blow up the gun OR ruin the gun.

I have done it a couple times, neither time with a .22, but............... it was basically a non-event other than having to get the bullets out of the bore. That's not to say it is good, but ...........

 

[4D5]

A little more detail.

Yes I used a brass rod from the muzzle as the bullet was approximately 6 inches from the breech. So only the nose of the bullet (not shown) was a little dinged up. I could easily tap the bullet out with the brass rod, no force required.

The deformed base of the bullet was from firing alone.

Fortunately the gun did not cycle and that precluded firing another round on top of the squib.

However, after no hole in a brand new sheet of paper and low report, checking the condition of the bore was a given.

 

[FROGO207]

Good to see that REM remains consistent but the bad part is that the result is still consistently bad ammo. So much for "new and improved". Had a friend use some when the new boxes came out. Had an entire box of trouble free shooting and I actually thought they had solved their QC problems. It appears this is not really the case but also I am hearing from other shooters locally things are slightly better using the newer boxed ammo with regards to duds.:banghead:

 

[TheNev]

Oddly enough the only squib I've had was with Remington 9mm 115g in the green and white box.

The report was normal, the case ejected, couldn't tell if there was a fresh hole in the paper as it had quite a few in it already. I only knew because the next round wouldnt chamber.

 

[bigdaa]

I just do not keep any Remington 22 ammo and have not used it for 15 to 20 years.

That's plain fact and I did not resort to any name calling or brand busting.

 

[Gato Montés]

I've had similarly bad experiences with Remington ammo both rimfire and centerfire cartridges, enough to keep me from buying any more, but never anything as bad as a squib. This was a relatively new box, as in it was probably produced in the heart of this ammo shortage we're experiencing, right? I'm a little leery of all ammo newly made these days because of how fast they're cranking them out to catch up with demand, quality control be damned.

I'm sure this left a rather bad taste in your mouth as far as GB's are concerned, why not email Remington your experience and see what they can do for you? I'm sure they wouldn't mind hearing of this for their own concerns.

 

[HOOfan_1]

I've fired tens of thousand if Remington Golden Bullets and have only had a few spitters.

 

[Bill4282]

The first time I looked into the bottom of a bulk pack of GBs was the last time I shot them. Coating residue, powder and crud. Not in my Browning Challengers.