I’ve been shooting my S&W 422 and Ruger 10-22 lately so have been experimenting with different ammo since the 422 is so picky. I bought a box of the Remington Golden Bullet bulk 22LR ammo from Walmart recently and had good results. The 422 shot the Remingtons with no issues except the powder. Sometimes I had gobs of burning powder land on my hands after firing and after about 500 rounds my hand had significant gunpowder residue all over it. Does anyone know what the issue is with this power? Is it slower burning for a rifle or is it just a horrible cheap product? I know the rounds are bulk pack cheapo stuff but damn, I’ve never had burning powder land on my hands.
Gobs of powder?
I’ve probably shot about 1,000 rounds of the cheap Remington ammo through my Buckmark with no problem at all (in fact, it’s the round that seems to work best for that gun). I wonder if there was a bad lot?
Gobs of burning powder. Burning powder landing on my skin was not a nice feeling. It could have been a bad lot. I had about 3 FTFs out of the box but no FTEs which is unusual with my 422. I tried to shoot both Eagle and Federal Champion and neither would eject. The Remington ejected every time and had no real issues except the powder.
The S&W is a revolver. Your buckmark is an auto. Stuff squirts out between tne cylinder and barrel on revolvers.
It must be pretty bad to be a problem with a .22. I found out you don’t want to fire a .454 Cassul supine wearing shorts, but a .22??
IME, most revolvers have some degree of Lead Shear- even .22s.
I’d say the “gobs of burning powder” you experienced weren’t powder, but lead sheared off from the bullet as it was fired…
I thought the 422 was a semi auto. This link seems to confirm it.
“Remington don’t make no junk” :dubious:
Why not contact Remington and describe the problem? They can be quite helpful.
Isn’t rifle power slower burning to maintain pressure longer and piston powder faster to get the bullet out and gone on it’s way?
I’ve not had any problems with Remington 22lr’s or 22lr-magnum’s in Ruger single sixes.
Curious to know what that means.
I have quite a lot of trouble with Remington .22LR in my Ruger Mk.II. The trouble is that Mk.IIs have ‘target chambers’ and the Remington brass are a little on the fat side.
I have been out of firearms for quite a while, but ballistic principles remain the same. as do most trouble shooting procedures. Do different brands of ammo act differently? If not, the problem might be the gun itself, in the form of a weak recoil spring allowing the breach to open too fast, before combustion is complete. A fast burning powder in a different brand might be better, or a more robust spring. If other brands do the same, I would definately look at the spring.
I shot a few hundred Federal Bulk pack today and didn’t have similar powder problems. I did have some FTEs but it was managable. When loading one of the Remingtons today, it broke. The casing broke and the slug came off. I’m hoping it was simply a bad batch and I’m going to try another bulk pack. Too bad Blazer changed the #0021 rounds because those used to work like a charm and had good quality. They may still be high quality but my 422 will FTE on every third round of the new ones. I’ve still got half a brick of the old style from 10 year ago and hate to see the supply shrinking.