There is a reason why it’s bulk ammo. Cause it’s sub standard. You get what you pay for.

I like the Remington bullets. Both Thunderbolt and the bucket of Golden bullets.

I’ve had very good luck with the Remington golden bullets also. Everyone knows that 22lr is notoriously dirty and every gun seems to run better with a specific round. There’s a TON of different ammo out there to test in your specific rifle. I always like to test a lot of them and find what it likes before buying a lot of it. 👍

Fun little tidbit, Remington designed and manufactured their own rimfire manufacturing equipment back in the early 1950's and it's still in use today.

I’ve heard a LOT of people having problems with the Winchester white box. I haven’t tried it in my 10/22 and thanks to guys like you, I won’t be getting any. Thanks for the video. You probably saved me (and others) the aggravation of trying to do plinking with subpar ammo.

Glad to see this, just bought a bulk pack of thunderbolt hoping to be pleasantly suprised. I hate to say this but, It is beyond ridiculous what YT has been doing and I've finally had enough, I'm leaving YT for good. I lived nearly 40 years of my life without YT and did just fine, I'm sure I can do without it for the rest of my life so no big loss for me. I'm sure I can spend my time much more productively and actually enjoy what I'm doing during that time. Because of YT's censorship and promotion of misinformation and propaganda while censoring opinion or competing narratives, even factual data, and constantly changing content "policies", like the recent mag capacity policy, i cannot continue to support this platform. I wish nothing but the best of luck to you and all the other content creators who remain! Take care and God bless!

I found sometimes 2 or 3 empty shells like that in my 555 boxes. They also tend to jam in my semi-auto guns, pistols and rifles. You can audably hear once or twice per 10 rounds that you get an underpowered round. The Thunderbolts are pretty much the same, except they don't jam on me. The Golden Bullets are generally some pretty good stuff, almost akin to Mini Mags (in my experience). Federal blue box used to be the best bulk you could buy, but my last 500rd box of it had roughly one dud primer per every 10 shots. CCI used to be my go to, but I somewhat recently had a squib load from them and they basically called me a liar until they watched the video evidence... no more CCI for me. I have switched to Aguila

Without watching the video yet I will say up front I like Remington Ammunition, I had 250 rounds of Remington Thunderbolt in 50 count boxes I bought at Kmart in 1978 and stored it in my Garage until I moved to Florida and in 2018 when I went shooting and fired all 250 rounds without a single failure from my High Standard Citation. Those rounds weathered freezing winters and 100 degree summers without a failure, I am so glad they are back manufacturing Ammo again. Now lets see where the video goes.

Where is the CCI Blazer? The Blazer works for me, Thunderbolts most of the time also.

Good to see the Winchester "White Box" ammo working in your 10/22, as the Super-X did not feed at all in my 10/22, using BX-25, BX10. I've had no problems with Remingtion Golden Bullet.

I've had pretty good luck with Remington Golden. My only complaint about it is that it is kind of dirty. It has been the only ammo that jammed my .22LR revolver, but a good cleaning fixed that and, to be fair, it took a lot of rounds before it gunked the action up enough to cause the cylinder to stop turning

I realized this way to your old post. But one of the things I noticed was that the Winchester, the ejection was all over the place from about a 1 o'clock position to about a 4 or 5 o'clock position and the Remington was almost all at the 3 o'clock position. It says to me that the Remington thunderbolt is a lot more consistent, and velocity should be too. The Remington golden had more consistency than the Winchester as far as ejection but not as good as the thunderbolt. I've used a lot of the Remington golden round nose ( not the hollow point) and have always had good accuracy and function of the rifle I used (Remington nylon 66) I've had it since I was 11 or 12 years old given to me by my grandfather (I'm 61 now) and I just recently passed it on to my son and it will eventually be my grandsons. I used the 22lr almost exclusively for rabbit and squirrel hunting, head shots only, and I have never seen a difference between the hollow point and the round nose bullet for killing small game. I do think that the round nose feeds better and more accurate by a small amount. This is for standard velocity ammo not the hyper velocity stuff. I don't have much experience with it. My go to 22lr for the last several years has been a Marlin 39a golden made in 1980 and the accuracy from it is amazing, using a Skinner peep sight. And it doesn't stovepipe, jam, or failure to eject, hahaha. Plus it will fire 22lr, 22short, and if you can find it 22 long. I've actually dropped a mixture of all three down the tube and they worked flawlessly.

My favorite bulk pack .22 ammo is Golden Bullet. Yes it is dirty and you get the golds color on your hands but the stuff works. I purchase the Buckets when ever I can.

With cheap ammo that has marginal quality control it appears that different lot numbers perform significantly different. I just finished a 500 round box of thunderbolt today and never had one issue. I had a bucket of golden bullets and I had about 4% duds. Yet another person I know had a bucket of golden bullets and it worked great for him. I guess of one wants reliable 22 LR ammo they need to choose wisely.

Ive got a 10-22 with a couple of banana clips like the ones you're shooting, ive found if i hold the clip like you're doing i had the same problems with the feed, ive made it a point to hold it by the front stock & my problems with the feed have all but disappeared. just saying this has been my experience. maybe something to consider, enjoy your videos, keep up the good work!

I haven't dug into the Remington yet, but messing around off camera in the Beretta Bobcat, I found that Winchester 36 gr HP actually expanded in Clear Ballistics. The hollow cavity is pretty real, as where Federal's is just a dimple. Maybe I will mess with Remington Golden Bullet when I can.

Good review of available ammo. Thanks for making this video.

I recently bought a box of Remington Golden Bullets, haven't had the chance to shoot them yet. I've been having issues with Federal AutoMatch bulk ammo, mostly problems with light loads that don't cycle. Thanks for this video!

The pains of .22 We have actually had some duds with CCI Mini Mag. Also, I ran a bucket of bullets through the FN502 with only a handful of bad rds. I would buy it again for sure

I had good luck with thunderbolt my last range trip. Two 10/22 rifles and a Henry ar7 and walther p22 all shot the thunderbolt with no issues. The whole box had one weak round that didn’t quite cycle the walther but for an entire box I was surprised. I brought mini mags just in case because a couple guns were new. Never had to use it. I’ll buy more thunderbolt until I see different results

first time into the 22lr ammo and noticed this too in both the packs i bought, only casing, bent rounds, several duds and no ejection.

Winchester white box......the hollow point projectile looks impressive BUT I had too many rim blow outs with this stuff. Dangerous! Unless they improve quality control I am not going to use any of their rimfire ammo.

so glad l got the golden .22's for my John Iverson .22 revolver. Great test!

I have had very good luck with Golden bullets in my.22s & at one time my Victory model pistol wouldn’t cycle the WWB but now it runs anything I can find and I’ve only shot one box of Thunderbolts and I think I had one out of:500 that didn’t go off so I put it in a revolver and it worked. I enjoyed your test and appreciate the time and money you spent

Nice stock on that 10/22 rifle. I put a Magpul on mine and I like it quite a bit. Thus far I've mostly shot Federal AutoMatch out of it but I do have a few boxes of the Remington Thunderbolt and Winchester Golden Bullet HP so it's good to know those work pretty well too. I mostly save the really cheap stuff for my old Remington Model 582 bolt action as that'll eat anything but now I know I have other options for my 10/22. I also got a Ruger MkIV 22/45 that I've been shooting CCI MiniMag exclusively so maybe someday I'll give those other brands a try in that. Thanks.

I picked up a Vintage Glenfield Model 60. Was having a little trouble with different brands .22s. Found it likes Remington Thunderbolts.

I've always had really good luck with the thunderbolt

Last year I bought my brother-in-law’s older 10-22 because he wanted a new take-down. I use both the Winchester WB as well s the Thunderbolt, both in 36 grn HPS (for squirrels) and we were shooting together the first time. I had 1 failure to fire in the Winchesters in about 200 rnds, none in the Rems (A very old box I had) He was using the banana mags and I always stick to the flush fitting 10 rnd ruger mags. He was getting all sorts of feed failures. Plus the old 10-22 was more accurate (but that might be me vs him) I was getting sub one inch groups at 50 yards, with both ammo brands, and no impact shift in my scope. Not saying his gun was not as good as the old one, nor the banana mags, but he did say he would buy it back any time I wanted to sell it to him. I declined. But he went to CCI and is happy now.

I have about 15 thousand rounds of each haven't shot either one hell iam still working on the bricks i bought at Walmart 20/25 years ago with a price tag of 6.86 for 500 rounds

Thunderbolt is a damn fine cheap ammo. Lead and carbon fouling and all. In small defense of that white box- it is a lower grain bullet, and lower grain bullets guarantee problems in semiautomatic weapons. But it is crap, seen more bent cases and loose bullets in those than anywhere else by far.

For me and my .22LRs 8+ of them, I'll never buy the Golden. FTF, FTE in multiple instances and firearms rifle and pistol. My favored bulk pack is Aguila HV followed Federal AutoMatch. But 22s are notorious for being picky with ammo.

I have a Ruger SR 22 .it a 10 round pistol, for anyone unfamiliar. It is very ammo selective. It runs thunderbolt the best of any ammo iv tried

I've had pretty good luck with both two I haven't has been PowerPoint and unplated Remington will never buy again anymore I buy Aguila to shoot cci velocitor and minimag to stock

In my experience, golden bullet is MUCH cleaner than thunderbolt. Plus it’s hollow point so does double duty for hunting. Plus the bullet is plated, so less lead exposure.

This dudes voice makes me feel like I’m watching a PBS documentary... in s good way ....

I live not far from the Winchester ammo plant in Oxford Mississippi. For such a clean, modern up to date facility you would think their rimfire equipment was worn out! Fail to fire, extreme velocity spreads, blown out cases, you name it. CCI and Federal are still good but the price has increased about 50 percent in the past 2 years. Anyone tried any current production Remington Thunderbolt or Golden Bullets?

My small sample size has many failure to fires from the Winchester Black bulk box. I just bought a case of the Remington Golden Bullets. They seem to be more reliable in my guns.🤞

Dudchester vs. Jammington

Totally fair assessment. I quit purchasing “Bulk Packaged” ammo due to the way they bounce around and smash into themselves when shipped. (FWIW = all brands) Worst QC = Remington Golden Bullets before bankruptcy. I don’t purchase anything from the company. I think this is the reason CCI doesn’t sell bulk packs?

I really enjoy thunderbolts and golden bullet. But my preferred inexpensive 22lr would be the federal (champion) blue box, if I could get any.

I think the Ghosts that haunt Winchester manor have moved to the factory.

It depends on your individual firearm. That being said this conversation really means nothing. EXAMPLE- Everybody complains about Remington Golden Bullets. My Ruger mark 111 has fired I would hate to say how many thousands of them with not as much as a hiccup. Now it does like a lot of different brands but I think the attention aught to be in striving to make your firearm shoot as many a brands as possible. Lots of things you can do to most firearms to make them perform better. SHOOT SAFE!!!!!!!

I got a Marlin model 60, Ruger 10/22,S&W Compact 22 and I started shooting 22LR when I was 11 years old in 1973 and I have NEVER had good luck with Winchester ammo of any kind every 22 semi-auto I’ve ever had jammed using Winchester! NEVER had that problem with CCI and Federal or even Remington. CCI is all I shoot now. I just wait till it’s a decent price and buy a lot

So, all in all, a person can expect random failure to fire in .22 rimfire from nearly all available ammo. Does that seem to be a correct assumption? Of course there may be exceptions but not as common. And, different machines may be able to overcome this issue due to manufacturing variables.

Good video. I just bought golden bullets before I saw this

Winchester Super X or any of it's variant ammo is absolutely garbage! I have tried it in all my 22's and it is the worst ammo! Nothing but problems. Absolutely NO problems with Remington Golden Bullet - EVER! This is the truth!

I suggest you use cci solid round nose coated copper jacket bullets when using a 1022

It’s bulk ammo what do you expect the 22 Round is the most unreliable anyways

I had been saving WinchGarbage white for a self def rnd & they won't cycle through my 2 TX, savage rifle, Remington rifle, my Marlin rifle, & r even duds in my 2 revolvers! I just thought Fed bulk wasn't very good but they cycle every time, Remington is far better bulk than WinchGarbage!

Thanks

I ruined my 1022 mags by leaving them loaded, the mags weakened lots of jams on anything.

I haven't had issues with anything except cci stingers .. longer casing messes with chambering.. at least my experience.. I really like aguila out of my 10/22 and glock 44.. with the pistol I can hit a 2 inch circle at 60 feet all day and I'm fine with that

Those ripping T Bolts should really consider what they are, good cheap plinking ammo for practicing your marksmanship .I use HP ammo for hunting squirrels cuz it hits harder and is more of a game stopper. I have always had good luck with T bolts and they are almost impossible to get now with the ammo shortage.

You call it White Box, but I had a white box of Winchester Wild Cat that maybe 10 of 500 misfires, failed to eject was the most common issue. Winchester Super X I did not like at all, to much wax. I have a brick of Remington that is 10 years old , and it is junk. The new Thunderbolt I got along with Federal, was not very good. Federal Punch is awesome, 300 rounds, not a single fail, Aguila is also very good and cheap. Armscor is crap. CCI wins for me. Federal Punch for the pistols. All fired in Rugers, 10/22, 22 Charger, and Mark II Standard.I will try...The Golden Bullet. Good review, thanks.

Всем привет!!!Я стреляю патронами Remington 22 ЛР. Они очень хорошие и надёжные!!!

I've had the same results with the Winchester crap. Why shoot inferior ammo out of an expensive rifle?

Remington hollow point works for coyote hunting nicely.

Proof is in the pudding thanks man. Cci stanger And then golden Bullet.

I have found a lot of ammo has gone downhill they used to be better many years ago the quality got messed up by them shutting down and reopening with new employees and just trying to push ammo out as fast as possible

I've shot Remington thunder bolts for bout 40yrs mostly what I hunt with very little problems I won't shoot Winchester if their loose in the box to many bad ones

I hear a lot of "bad" things with all of these and a lot of good things. I could go on with how one rifle and one handgun was responsible for all this testing but you still give it all a great set for a collaborative effort. I have to say I don't see the 555 rounds but the Winchester white box in general has been bought a couple times. I will prefer Automatch over the Winchester. Local Walmarts have this stuff quite a bit these days, in fact it's about the only box I can find consistently and multiple boxes often for a little over 20 dollars. Do a test on those?

I wonder if your holding onto the magazine has anything to do with feeding?

Winchester has gone down the crapper . The quality control is not like it use to be.Remington Golden Bullet is ok I like Federal. Federal has never let me down. Their bulk or not seems to have stepped up on quality control.

I always had better luck with Win. Though my last box or 2 have looked rough and have had some stovepipe with both the marlin semi and a keltec p17. I never cared for the thunderbolt due to the lead. Though now auto match seems to be the most prevalent & affordable around here, has the same issue. Though runs better than my experience with rem. havent tried it for years maybe I'll check some out.

Thunderbolt is the worst ammo I have. Bought that ammo would explode in my smiths and rugers

Winchester is, to be frank, rubbish. Quality went out the door ages ago. I have been using CCI/ Federal Blazer almost exclusively. I noticed that people were buying Golden Bullet 525, so I joined in. I now happily have 1575 rounds as back up ammo I know I can rely on.

I haven't had any problems with Winchester ammo out of my lcp2

Testing ammo that is 5 years old is not a good comparison test unless you are just doing old ammo. If its stored poorly could be the reason its crap.

did you start with a clean gun at each test of each brand?????

In my personal experience white box it hot garbage, Golden bullet is fantastic, and I’ve never shot thunderbolts

I never bought another Winchester 333 or 555 ever again. 50 misfires from any box is too much. The QC on was bad because the lead head was slightly bigger than the casing. Is like they just sloppily made. Remington white 333, 555 jams alot. Never touched or messed with that again. Poor Quality Control

Gloves, good. What about eyes and ears?

My lcp 2 loves Thunderbolt and Golden bullet. never shot winchester

Hey where’s the chronograph???

What are the gloves for ????

Thunderbolts are horrible

What wimp wears rubber gloves to shoot a 22. I have shot Remington before and they were pure garbage. Would not cycle in a semi auto or bolt action due to all the bullets were loose in the brass and I mean ALL.

I don't waste my money on either one! Ever!