Best all around ammo out there. Plinking, hunting, etc and not too expensive

I own a finicky feeding Walther P22 that will ONLY run Golden's reliably, but ALL of my semiauto's run them Remington "Thunderturds" absolutely flawlessly. They're my all time favorite bulk ammo.

I can remember clear back to the 1960's when I got a whole brick of Rem. Golds for Christmas!! My little single shot rifle killed hundreds of rabbits and squirrels, and more than a few " slightly unethical" pheasants. All headshots though!

Thanks for your post on the Remington .22lr Golden Bullet bulk pack. I recently finished a pack of them and had zero failures.

I haven't bought any Golden Bullets for about fifteen years...I always had more failures-to-fire with them than any other rimfire ammo, as well as more weak ones that caused flyers and FTEs or FTFs. Looks like the reliability may have improved since Vista Outdoors purchased them, but it appears they are still have some wild extreme spreads.

I stated thinking the "failure-to-fire" depends more on the firearm used. A good solid hit over a wide enough section of the rim likely makes the most difference. If you ever have a failure to fire, save the shell for close examination.

Excellent video, I have eight 1400 round buckets of that stuff which I haven’t shot in years. They used to cost $35 the last couple I bought were $71 each @ Walmart January 2020. I just bought them for desperate times, I didn’t know they shot so well. I always shoot CCI and save the cheap stuff for revolvers. Thanks for opening my eyes

Back in the day shot thousands of Remington golden bullets and WW wildcats. Don’t recall having any problems with them. Liked the fact we could buy them for 99 cents a box of 50. They performed pretty good in the jelly. Thanks for the video!

Good info as always. Thanks for doing these man.

.22 LR is one of those things one person can say a particular brand is garbage and never worked in their gun followed by the very next person saying I've ran thousands of that same stuff in my guns no problem followed by the next person saying, i've had mixed results but I still get it because it's available in bulk.

Another good test. I have shot a lot of these with great results. They shoot fine in all my 22s.

Love to see some of the Aguila bulk packs in this test. I've always had great luck with them. Like to see how they can compare to the other bulk offerings.

I like shooting golden bullets because they are reliable. I’ve got an ar-15 with 22 conversion kit and digi-trigger binary system. We go through 500 of these pretty quick just plinking at cans and it’s a blast. I will tell you, be prepared for extra work cleaning your gun because these dudes get pretty dirty… well to be expected after 500 rounds. Those Winchester that come in the red package aren’t worth a crap, they jam my guns all the time. The very best round from a ton I’ve tested in my AR-15 are the Aguila 40 grain. So far, that is the number one round.

I have several buckets of the Golden Bullet bucket o bullets and they've done like yours. Fine for me bc I just use em for plinking. I got em at wallyworld back when they were $60 for however many rounds. I got my last 3 buckets in Feb 2020 right when I heard and seen the craziness was coming and those were up to $62. I tried a bulk pack of Federal blue box power something and seemed just fine too. I haven't chrono'd my 22's. I have some M22's but not broke em open yet but they look cool. Lol. Anyhoo, appreciate the videos as always and taking the time to test stuff for folks and spread the word on experiences. It helps a lot of folks man and that's good. Take care sir.🐍🇺🇸

I have personally used Remington Golden Bullets, Remington Thundetbolts, Winchester 333, 555, Super X,, Wildcat 22.; but to keep it to a short list ; The Thundetbolts have about a 3% fail to fire rate.The Remingtons also burn dirty so a lot of cleaning is required. The Golden Bullets had some failure to strike on the first attempt. Granted I was using a Heritage Roughrider revolvers. The Winchesters left a lot of muzzle smoke and noisy report as for 22LR goes. Overall about 98% successful fire rate over the 10, 000 rounds I have fired over the past 2 years or so.

Been shooting them for years in multiple 22’s I have. I’ve also bought just about every brand made during the last couple of years. I still have some that cost me less than a buck per box. I usually find it’s the shooter that causes a failure or abnormal incident (I speak for myself).

M-22 have been my worst so far. Audibly weak rounds that drop 3 or 4 inches lower at 50yds, and multiple duds. Now, the ones I had were made in mid 2021, so right at the height of their scrambling to meet demand, so their QA may have been lacking.

About 8 years ago I had a bucket of golden bullets with a bunch of FTF and loose bullets. Then around '16 and ever since they have been fine for me. Just last week dropped a groundhog at about 60 yards. Lights out! They also cycle well in my semi auto pistols. I do seem to get a few more flyers from them.

The Golden's ran a bit faster than I thought. No dad rounds are an added bonus.! Thanks for the detailed test sir.

This is my favorite bulk pack .22 ammo so far. Way cleaner than thunderbolts and very reliable for rimfire.

I was one of your viewers that benefited from your review and testing of the AutoMatch ammo. Based on what I saw in your videos, I've bought 8 boxes of it on three separate trips in the last month to Wally World. I also have boxes of the Golden Bullets, so this test caught my attention. I haven't noticed any functional issues with them, my only issue with them is that they tend to leave what I call "glitter" on my fingers from handling them. You mentioned also testing the Thunderbolts. I'll be interested to see that one. I've got a couple of boxes that I bought about a year ago, but I've had some issues with them.

I've had good luck with the Golden bullets. They're great for plinking. Not my first choice for consistent accuracy but fine for bulk ammo.

Interesting, Remington claims a muzzle velocity of 1280 fps, or somewhere in that area, of course, That's out of a rifle, The Tx.22 barrel is 4.1" I think, My Revolver has a 6 1/2" barrel, So it would higher of course, I'm not too fond of Remington rimfire ammo, I prefer CCI in the LR and WMR, CCI Stinger claims 1395 fps out of a 6" bbl, and of course 1640 out of a rifle, I would like to see some Stingers, If you haven't done any yet, Thanks for posting, see ya on the next one. 👍

in 1959 on up in n.idaho i shot ruffed grouse in the head out of trees and off stumps with the good old golden bullets out of my dads winchester octagon barrel 22onglong pump.glad golden bullet is still performing good.also like the tx 22 a lot.thanks

Remington golden bullets cycle every time in my LCP .22! I have tried 10 types at least!

Back in the day, the old reliable Remington bullets sent many a squirrel to squirrel heaven, and my dinner plate! Keep on shootin sir!

Those are good but i love the federal automatch myself. Cheap and they shoot just fine in my 10/22 and tx22 and i haven't tried em in the cmmg conversion kit but i bet they would be fine in that too.

I just won a sig p322 so I'll be going through more .22lr

The ammo looks to have improved Just an observation bulk pack .22 lr is great for training, plinking and recreation however I don't think it's wise to rely on ammo packed in an ice cream or milk jug for life and death issues.

Shot 650 automatch in my mark 4 hunter today.no jams, three failure to fire.$21.50. box . 325 rounds.

Those are my favorite backyard 22 rounds! They've run in even finicky tools!

Thanks for the video. The Remington Golden bulk rounds have always done good for me.

That was a good representation of the .22's. And good consistency at shooting. Really like the jelly time.

I've bought several bucketobullets and had great luck. 1400 rnds and only 4 duds. The last bucket is over half done and no duds. Pretty awesome imo.

I've tried those on my M4-22 and had a lot of failures to feed because these bulk bullets were too loose in the casing. I had to do some extra crimping, tightening those bullets by hand one by one and had no problems after that. But for that particular pistol I'll stick with CCI exclusively. On my TX22 I've had no problems even with the loose Golden Bullets.

We are about 950 rounds into our first golden bucket of bullets I bought last year without one failure. So I bought 3 more buckets @ $79.96 each here from our local Walmart. They are good bulk like the AutoMatch is good ones too. Life is good & so now is our $0.05 a round bulk ammo. Great Video & testing.

Years ago I had a lot of issues with Golden Bullets. The ones that I have gotten recently have been very good. I actually put 250 of them through my Ruger LCP 2 in one range visit without one issue. So for bulk ammo, I'd say they good to go. Let's Go Brandon!!

One of the best bulk boxes as for accuracy and reliability that I have ever shot is federal, we were shooting at a 8 inch plate at about 75 yards with iron sights. CCI is excellent also but never see them in bulk packs.

I know it's bulk, but the inconsistency is more than I expected. The reliability was good though, and I would reckon that's more important than a low standard deviation.

My favorite bulk ammo. I perty much keep Remington in business. I was surprised at the speed out of that short pistol 🔫.

Most of my 22 I shot Bulk ammo not always trying to shot wing off a nat at 50 yards all the time 👍🏻

We shoot every week and this is hands down the dirtiest .22 ammo we have ever shot. You can feel course grit on the table from what is being ejected. Also, about one or two out of every ten a low powered shot can be felt and usually results in a jam or failure to eject. Can’t wait to use it up and get back to the good stuff. Would never consider using this Remington ammo in a completion or training.

Never had any problem with my 1776 round Freedom buckets , but they were made years ago and I'm not quite sure if they stepped up the quantity and dropped in quality since we've had the ammo shortage ! I do have 50 count newer boxes of .22 but I,m pretty sure its not the same as bulk pack .

I have bought block packs for 22 and they work great in bolts always... I on buy cci bulck for any 22 semi.... but that's me... Great job

I noticed this problem years ago with my Marlin 60!

Seems like a good box with no problems pretty consistent as always Be Safe and God Bless 🙏🙏

Got a pack of Golden Bullets back in 2019 and have had nothing but problems with them in most of my 22's, they won't even feed an entire mag through my TX22 without several jams.

I have used these in the past for plinking and range time.....my experience is the perform about the same as as other bulk pack 22. Believe it or not recently I've had more FTF with automatch than the Golden bullets.

Remmingtons quality has only gone up. Us ole-timers grew up in a time when the highest quality .22lr ammo had duds in the box and these days they're almost non-existant in the lowest quality ammo, so it's a huge win for evolution. Glad you did this review.

I've used this ammo for many years and have no complaints. The only other 22 ammo I buy is from CCI for 22 mag. I keep solids and hollow points on hand for 22 mag. 22LR is only golden bullets.

The Remington bulk stuff isn't too bad. The Winchester white box stuff, not so much.

🇦🇺😎👍The buckets of bullets were she it.. I had 12000 rds....They jammed up the Kimber 22lr 1911 and put soot all over my 617....do the projectiles wobble around on them bad boys?.... Are they dirty ? .... the other ones did & were very dirty.... I had a lot of failure to fires from the Remington bucket of bullets....... If they are good I’ll get some when they come up..... Thankyou Sir for your efforts. Your passion fills the gap in the market and I’m sure people will look back in years to come and say.... “ Remember that guy”.🤜💥🤛🏿The Jelly Scientist ✌$649/5250 in Austjailia 🇦🇺

That’s good ammo for plinking I’ve shot a bunch of it keep the videos coming

Thank you for that video , I love the .22 test , please keep them coming

Not too shabby. Great plinking ammo for the range.

Its funny that sometimes the budget ammo is what works best. Goldens have been the most reliable round in my 43c above punch 👊 and Winchester Silvertips. Every gun is different though and thats why we test. Great content as always!

Great video again! I think they did pretty well for a bulk pack. I’m curious if they would open up with a rifle but still penetrate because of the added velocity. I love the 22 tests🇺🇸👍

You weren't kidding about "Golden Gelly Time" that Gelly is Golden Bro. Excelent Video, I would like to spend a good hundred bullets in that time frame.

Very informative video. I've been buying Federals because the golden bullet is 2 more cents around here. I might have to grab them when I see them

This test makes me think one of two things is true, or maybe even that both things are true.... Either (1) the new Remington ammo after the buyout has better priming compounds but still a little loose on powder level consistency or (2) that TX-22 is way above average in getting poor priming compound to go BOOM, or a combination of 1 & 2. It says a LOT about how good that pistol is to even make me think to even type this comment, it's such an odd thought, but your TX-22 might be TOO GOOD at making them rounds go BOOM, and you have to try out a more typical tool that people seem to have trouble with when shooting the Golden Boolits... It seems from the comments that Marlin Model 60's don't like the old Golden Bullets. Gotta wonder if those Model 60's like the NEW Golden Bullets?? Anyway, that's an awesome "problem" to have... "Is my tool TOO GOOD to test marginal ammo?" This test makes me want to buy a TX-22, not necessarily buy Golden Bullets :) Go ahead, Taurus! And go ahead, Mr. Tools!

I hear folks complain about Remington Golden Bullets I have shot them for years and have never had any issues with them in my 22’s it’s never failed to fire or eject I bought 5 buckets of bullets with 1600 bullets in each

Great video. Can't beat real world testing. Keep up the good work.

Great video..I trusted that ammo, I use to shoot a ton of it..really never had any trouble with it ❤🇺🇸👍

I'm curious after shooting the Golden bullets did you suffer from any onset of guilt or shame, difficulty sleeping??? Good video, with a few newer "bulk" brands coming to market lately reviews are helpful. 22 LR seems to be going in the direction uber cheap bulk or uber expensive high end. The middle ground of what bullets fit there anymore is getting quite blurry.

We have a 1400 rd bucket of golden bullets...sooner or later gotta shoot 'em up...as plinkers we don't lose a lot of sleep over hot/cold/dud rounds...there is better ammo out there, but at 6.4 cents a round it's all good...thank you for showing cheap bulk ammo, a lot of us thrive on the stuff...

Federal Automatch is really pretty decent bulk ammo. Semi-accurate and every round goes boom, or at least thudboom. The only issue I ever had with it is when my LCP2 actually had a broken firing pin.

Really depends on the gun, if the gun will eat them or not. I’ve had more duds with Remington than anything else. But in 2022, you have to use what you can find,,,

i think as plinky ammo it will do the job id rather myself if i have a choice use cci ammo for defense because it runs in everything but it will do in a pinch

I had 15 years old rem gold bullets. Stored in a garage heat cold humidity. Reliably cycled in my 22. Only brand I never had an issue with

Honestly in bulk 22lr ammo all I'm looking for is will it go bang and all those did so I would definitely buy those for plinking. Thanks Tools 👍👍

Are these a more recent purchase or some older stuff you had? They seem to do pretty good for you, I guess each persons mileage may vary. I shot a lot of these back in the day and for the most part they were pretty good also. I had not shot any of these since the mid 80s and more recently in I think 2015 I bought a bucket of them and had lots of ftf and stovepipes but everything else fired fine out of the same tools. Have a good one friend I will see you on the next one.

Yes I have wondered about these having bought a bucket of them and yet had a gun to shoot them from. Still haven't shot the bucket and acquired another plus loads of boxes 100 counts and other bulks. All from different lots I'm sure. I've also got lots of Thunderbolts too so I'm hoping to get a good test since golden bullets are both round nose and hollow point. Good shooting sesh.

They're okay for plinking and bolt actions, but they misfeed in many semiautomatic firearms. The crimping is loose on enough to misfeed especially when the gun gets a little dirty.

I've got a lot of it and now that Vista outdoors took over they have been pretty good out of about 3000 rounds of it i think I've only had 2 duds.

I am pretty satisfied with the results on these. Automax is still the favorite, but I would love to see the Winchester 333's. I really appreciate the tests, the videos, the shopping and the selections. Thanks!

Testing these again through clothing barrier would be cool. And busting out the rifle with Squirrel Gel at 28 yards + clothing barrier would be sweet, since the season starts Sept 15 in MN.

Thank you for the video. I have some of these. They seem not to cycle well for my semi-autos. But they do work in my revolvers and bolt action rifles. 👍👍

I use those and never had a real problem , but they are a little dirty. Thanks for the video !!

I’m with you. I was expecting some bad rounds but it didn’t happen. Me personally, I’ve had bad luck with these. But it could have been a bad batch. I might give them another chance. Lol. Another great video tools!!

Love me some Golden Bullet. Runs well in my Ruger 10/22s and Mark pistols.

I agree, decent ammo. I use it for skunk and coyotes and strays on the property. Always drops everything where they stand with one shot out of the Smith M&P 15-22

Thanks for the vids./unless ur just wanting to do another{why not ur fans deserve it} vid. its a no brainer to bring the rifle. I think it should add 200fps and open the hollow points doing 2 times the damage, by making them flip and or open. Rock On!

Great video! Looks like a fun Sunday Gunday!! I shoot these and I enjoy shooting them, its about all I can afford to shoot now days!

I have a couple boxes of those but keep putting off using them in favor of CCI's products. Those weren't as bad as I thought they'd be.

Good testament to ammo & pistol both for no issues. I'm surprised the chrony batteries didn't die. You may have a few issues with the Thunderbolts. This also proves don't use ammo tested in a rifle at higher speed & expect expansion out of a short pistol barrel in most cases. Great job. 👍 👍

I just finished a 1400 round bucket and had 2 failures to fire and maybe 5 that had lower velocity. It’s great ammo in my opinion.

That is my go to round for squirrels. My 10-22 and marlin bolt action loves them. Nickel group at 25 yards consistently.

Found GB in my area. I have shyed away from them in the past 10-12 years. Decided to try them again and found them of much better quality then I remembered only had 1 stove pipe probably 1 weak round in 425 fired. So not two bad. And 3-1/2 in group and 50 yards with iron / standard 10/22 sights. I can live with that. Thank you for all your efforts time and expense making great videos.

My rugrat shot 300 rounds of .22 from her Glock-44 , M&P 15-22, Rossi semi(her sniper rifle. ). Bi pod scope sling , HCMs. 5 light primer/bad primer

I have a Bersa Thunder 22 that has a real need for very high or hyper velocity ammo. Many bulk ammo offerings that are advertised to be high velocity are too weak to operate the BT22 reliably. I have been pleasantly surprised to find both the Remington Thunder bolts and the Remington Golden bullets do a very reliable job operating the BT22. They also seem to me to be cleaner than many other bulk ammo offering.

Yes, I've had FTF with bulk pack, but for the price, it's no big deal.

YEARS AGO I HAD A LOTS OF ISSUES WITH THE GOLDEN BULLETS & REFUSED TO BUY ANY MORE, THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WAS THE BULLET WAS LOOSE IN THE CASE & WOULD BEND IN THE CASE WHILE BEING LOADED INTO THE BARREL. THEY WERE SO LOOSE I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE BULLETS OUT OF THE CASE WITH JUST MY FINGERS. LOOKS LIKE THE NEW ONES ARE A LOT BETTER, I'LL HAVE TO TRY THEM NEXT TIME I SEE THEM IN THE STORE. IF YOU HAVE ANY LEFT CHECK IF THIS IS STILL PROBLEM.

Nice. Idea. I have always stayed away from these. It appears I was making a mistake. Thanks Tools.

Good Jelly Time Tools we shoot a lot of the golden bullets 👍🏼Stay Safe Stay 2A Strong 🇺🇸

I remember hearing some years back that Remington did a lot of work to improve the quality on Golden Bullets. Haven't tried them since. Back when I still used them, I had one that would make 100 yards no problem like a laser, and others that dropped two feet by 50 yards. Some of the bullets would spin in the casing. Those were probably the really slow ones. A second test, maybe more limited, with a rifle might be a good idea. Mainly just to see the difference in expansion in gel. Did the Golden Bullets add more gold to the golden jelly?

It's useful to see the different rounds compared. Thanks.

Five or six years ago when I started buying .22 semis they were all having a hard time running with out jamming up and only Golden Bulletts and CCI would run flawlessly and back then Remington was cheaper even in Walmart but know they will run anything I can find, I was ticked to be able to buy some more bulk packs lately but they are definitely more expensive than Federal auto match

Kinda shows that standard hi velocity 22 hollow points are not going to expand reliably even from a rifle at anything past 25 yards. Velocity will be lower at that range than what it was from the pistol in Tools jelly test.

Definitely not in the match area with a spread of 209. Even a standard deviation of just 8 fps, and an extreme spread of 32 fps is considered mediocre. That being said, three hits of .22 tends to end aggression regardless of depth or velocity.

I honestly would like to see the ballistics from rifles because that's what most people use .22 for hunting and what not where ballistics actually matter. Pistols are more of a plinking target gun and the people who use a .22 pistol for self defense has to be a small percentage, i mean its not worth it with all the cheap guns out there that are WAY better for defense carry.