Ernie Bass
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I'm glad the steps you took helped but S&W was correct.
Remington Golden Bullets are garbage. I have had failures ranging from FTFs to split cases in every .22 I have ever tried them in.
I even had a case split in my TC Contender 22 match barrel. I have no idea how that could even happen in a that tight chamber.
If you read the post he said he went back to the range with the Goldens after cleaning and he had no problems. To just recommend using different ammo was lame advice. Many guns can be finiky on ammo, but in this case the advice of cleaning like Walkalong said in his post should have been included. Again, I have no problems with Goldens in all my 22.cals and even have one that prefers it. Just the life of 22.cal.