doc2rn
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Had 3 squibs with standard velocity Rem bullets last yr, the bullets looked earily similar to the one you just posted a pic of.
Remington Golden Bullet Squib
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I have contacted Remington and they have requested the remainder of the lot I bought.
mastiffhound
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I've had 3 squibs with Rem Golden bullets over around 1000 rounds of it. All three times I heard a pop and either no ding on the steel and no hole in the paper. I stopped buying Rem GB's more than a year ago. I have never had a squib with any other .22LR in my life, I would be willing to bet that I've shot 100,000 rounds of .22LR probably alot more. I've had week reports(round fires but the report is very weak, I stop shooting and check the barrel), terrible accuracy, and fail to fires. Want to guess the brand I had all the problems with?
Remington makes poor (maybe the worst) .22LR ammo. I won't buy their centerfire ammo either, I've had problems with it too. Last week when I could of purchased a 525 round box of Rem GBs for $21 or spend $20 on 400 rounds of Fed American Eagle I picked the Federal. I don't want Remington to make it right. What if my nephew is shooting his 10/22 and doesn't recognize the difference between a pop and a boom?
My conversation with Remington customer service would go like this:
RCSG: Hello, this is Rem customer service. My name is Guy. How may I help you?
Me: Hello Mr. Rem Customer Service Guy. I purchased some of your ammo and I had three squibs from two different boxes of ammo.
RCSG: (Assuming he knows what a squib is) Really? That's terrible, send us the rest of each box and we'll replace it.
Me: No that's all right.
RCSG: Really, it's no problem. We just want to make it right.
Me: Well that's nice and all but why would I want more of your poorly manufactured ammo that could blow up in my face, or take the fingers off of my nephews hand? I just thought I would alert you to the fact that you will soon be facing a lawsuit, someone is going to get hurt. I won't sue you, but someone will. I can't tell you how many of my friends, family, and people on forums have had problems with your ammo, dangerous problems. I know Remington won't issue a recall unless two or more people are killed. That would probably cost more than just paying out lawsuits under the table. Maybe you should change your quality control practices. I have never had one problem with any ammo from CCI(even the Blazer works great) or Aguila. I know this will never get past your desk so I'm wasting my breath. Thanks for listening though and have a nice day!
RCSG: Sir, wait, ahhh he hung up.
RCSG to other customer service phone jockeys: Man this must be the 100th call I've had in the last six months about how terrible our ammo is.
Other RCSg: I'm up to 1000! I'm glad that we have 100 other guys answering phones or I might be up to 10,000!
And so concludes Not Masterpiece Ammo theater!
I won't buy any ammo from Remington, and haven't for more than a year. With the current scare I really would stay away. If their quality control was bad before all the craziness I wonder how bad it could be now. Bad Remington ammo is the reason I started reloading and handloading. .22LR is the only thing I can't reload now, I would if I could. I might pay a little more for quality .22LR ammo but when an explosion (even one as small as a .22LR creates) is happening that close to my face and hands I like to take every precaution.
Remington makes poor (maybe the worst) .22LR ammo. I won't buy their centerfire ammo either, I've had problems with it too. Last week when I could of purchased a 525 round box of Rem GBs for $21 or spend $20 on 400 rounds of Fed American Eagle I picked the Federal. I don't want Remington to make it right. What if my nephew is shooting his 10/22 and doesn't recognize the difference between a pop and a boom?
My conversation with Remington customer service would go like this:
RCSG: Hello, this is Rem customer service. My name is Guy. How may I help you?
Me: Hello Mr. Rem Customer Service Guy. I purchased some of your ammo and I had three squibs from two different boxes of ammo.
RCSG: (Assuming he knows what a squib is) Really? That's terrible, send us the rest of each box and we'll replace it.
Me: No that's all right.
RCSG: Really, it's no problem. We just want to make it right.
Me: Well that's nice and all but why would I want more of your poorly manufactured ammo that could blow up in my face, or take the fingers off of my nephews hand? I just thought I would alert you to the fact that you will soon be facing a lawsuit, someone is going to get hurt. I won't sue you, but someone will. I can't tell you how many of my friends, family, and people on forums have had problems with your ammo, dangerous problems. I know Remington won't issue a recall unless two or more people are killed. That would probably cost more than just paying out lawsuits under the table. Maybe you should change your quality control practices. I have never had one problem with any ammo from CCI(even the Blazer works great) or Aguila. I know this will never get past your desk so I'm wasting my breath. Thanks for listening though and have a nice day!
RCSG: Sir, wait, ahhh he hung up.
RCSG to other customer service phone jockeys: Man this must be the 100th call I've had in the last six months about how terrible our ammo is.
Other RCSg: I'm up to 1000! I'm glad that we have 100 other guys answering phones or I might be up to 10,000!
And so concludes Not Masterpiece Ammo theater!
I won't buy any ammo from Remington, and haven't for more than a year. With the current scare I really would stay away. If their quality control was bad before all the craziness I wonder how bad it could be now. Bad Remington ammo is the reason I started reloading and handloading. .22LR is the only thing I can't reload now, I would if I could. I might pay a little more for quality .22LR ammo but when an explosion (even one as small as a .22LR creates) is happening that close to my face and hands I like to take every precaution.
In the past, I bought Remington's GB ammo to use in my Remington 552, thinking that Remington ammo would be the best choice for a Remington firearm. Over a couple years time, I experienced FTE, FTF, case ruptures, LOTS of duds, you name it. I thought it was the rifle, and sent it back in for service. It returned with a new bolt. Took it to the range, loaded up with GBs. Lo and behold, the same failures all over again. I switched to Winchester Super-X, CCI, Aguila and Federal and all the issues disappeared.
I haven't purchased GBs in over a decade now. I can't imagine ever trusting Remington's 22LR ammo again, regardless of their "new and improved" marketing slogan. I've never had a problem with their centerfire ammo, either rifle or handgun. And I've never had problems with their 22wmr ammo.
But I'll leave their 22LR stuff for those who say it works for them, because it didn't work for me. At all.
I haven't purchased GBs in over a decade now. I can't imagine ever trusting Remington's 22LR ammo again, regardless of their "new and improved" marketing slogan. I've never had a problem with their centerfire ammo, either rifle or handgun. And I've never had problems with their 22wmr ammo.
But I'll leave their 22LR stuff for those who say it works for them, because it didn't work for me. At all.
Wow, never had a squib with them, but that's probably because I stopped buying them after the first bulk pack was used up.
It's pretty much the worst ammo ever. It is the only ammo I universally recommend AGAINST. Even during the worst of the panic, I would occasionally see Rem GB bulk packs on the shelf and just leave them there.
It's pretty much the worst ammo ever. It is the only ammo I universally recommend AGAINST. Even during the worst of the panic, I would occasionally see Rem GB bulk packs on the shelf and just leave them there.
Bruno2
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Remingtons ammo quality has gone down hill. I went to the gun show with a buddy of mine to buy him a bolt action .223. We found an old Savage 110 that was in good shape. Had to be the most plain Jane rifle I have ever seen. It came with a Bushnell scope on it. We took it to the range along with my .223 bolt gun. He brought along some Rem ammo in the green and white box. It wasn't the yellow and green box. I had a huge variety of handloads with me tailored for my gun. We started sighting his gun in and it was shooting everywhere. The scope was loose at every point where it had screws. S after we tightened it all up I thought to myself " this thing will group a lot better now. Turned out not much better at all. I started thinking there was something wrong with the gun and that we had been ripped off. So I loaded up some of the 52gr matchkings I brought along. The first group of three could be covered with a quarter. The next was even tighter than that. My buddy was absolutely stoked with these results b/c he was just thinking he threw $350 away with my advice. We shot for a little while longer on the 100 yrd range. He even cut the head off of a meadow lark right in front of the 100 yrd target.
That old plain Jane Savage would cut holes with those handloads. We loaded the rest of the remingtons into the AR and sprayed them all over Gods creation. At leastwe got some brass out of the deal.
That old plain Jane Savage would cut holes with those handloads. We loaded the rest of the remingtons into the AR and sprayed them all over Gods creation. At leastwe got some brass out of the deal.
Old Dog Man
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Rem. gold round nose bulk bullets
I've used these shooting prairie dogs for years 1000's and never had a problem. Shooting a Rem. 581 bolt gun, but friend had an automatic and he had some FTF, they were old bullets and he shot mine with no problems. May be a storage issue. Al
I've used these shooting prairie dogs for years 1000's and never had a problem. Shooting a Rem. 581 bolt gun, but friend had an automatic and he had some FTF, they were old bullets and he shot mine with no problems. May be a storage issue. Al
Bruno2
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There was only 3 gr difference in the bullet weight. 53 gr Sierras and 55 gr Remmy.
22-rimfire
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The older Remington golden bullets did tend to have some FTF's. If you shoot semi-auto's all the time, that got old. Most people are having very good luck and preformance from the "new and improved" golden bullets. They cost more than the old stuff.
Remington 22LR's used to be my go to ammo for years and years and I didn't like Federal. That all changed. I have yet to figure out when all the duds started happening, but the dud rate was fairly high and not from the occasional lot. I'm thinking the dud rate really became noticeable around 1995 or so.
I still shoot them. I probably have 5-10K rounds on hand that date prior to 1995.
Other than this, I think they shoot very well and were always less expensive than CCI.
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