Remington ammo

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:15 pm

Hakaman wrote:It was cold, but I made it out to the rifle range today to shoot my AR-15. Wasn't too bad in the sun, but under the shooting canopy it was bitter.
Haka

The roof over the shooting line has it's advantages and disadvantages. Would be nice too being the sun but not in the hot weather in the summertime, you do remember summertime, eh????

Yleefox · Post by **Yleefox** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:33 pm

Last Fall I bought several boxes of Remington Subsonics to give them a try. I kept track of those which failed to fire with a single, quality firing pin strike and the failure rate was 6%. Now, mind you, most of those fired after running them through the guns with a change of orientation, but nevertheless, I felt that 6% was an awful lot of "click with no bang".

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Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:37 pm

The roof over the shooting line has it's advantages and disadvantages. Would be nice too being the sun but not in the hot weather in the summertime, you do remember summertime, eh????

Spoiled Hakaman was cursing the humid heat last summer, and now cursing the bitter cold. I guess I'm hard to please.

but nevertheless, I felt that 6% was an awful lot of "click with no bang".

Not only the "click with no bang" but the many weak loads. Sort of like "half duds".
Haka

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:45 pm

Hakaman wrote:
The roof over the shooting line has it's advantages and disadvantages. Would be nice too being the sun but not in the hot weather in the summertime, you do remember summertime, eh????
Spoiled Hakaman was cursing the humid heat last summer, and now cursing the bitter cold. I guess I'm hard to please.
but nevertheless, I felt that 6% was an awful lot of "click with no bang".
Not only the "click with no bang" but the many weak loads. Sort of like "half duds".
Haka

Had a brick of Rem subs U bought because the CCI subs shot so well, butmore fail to fires even after more than one hit, good hits too. Rem Thundercrap that a friend gave me but they were not much bettere. My S&W 1522 manual has Rems on their do not use list.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:57 pm

Rem Thundercrap

That's a good description of that junk !

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:13 am

Hakaman wrote:
Rem Thundercrap
That's a good description of that junk !

If the shoe firtsd you got to wear it, in this case it does.

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:40 pm

I actually have 1 pistol that likes thundercrap.....

greener · Post by **greener** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:38 pm

bgreenea3 wrote:I actually have 1 pistol that likes thundercrap.....

my P22? They are perverse critters.

I've had less-than-happy experiences with thunder bolts and golden bullets, but nothing like the stories I hear. I've been able to avoid Remington .22 ammo for quite a while and hope to keep on avoiding it.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:48 pm

Would "Thunderduds" be another appropriate name for them?
Haka

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:27 pm

Haka, that might do but I think Thundercrap or a derivative thereof is a better description. Greener, had the Thunderclap not been gift from a good friend of Bear's and mine, I would have conveniently left it on the bench at the range and donated it for public use.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:34 pm

Ok, Thundercrap it is.
Haka

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:47 pm

This is my favorite ammo for my Ruger Mk lll, Sig Mosquito, and Beretta Bobcat. I haven't found anything more consistant.
http://slickguns.com/product/cci-standa ... 100rds-589
Haka

greener · Post by **greener** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:52 pm

Hakaman wrote:This is my favorite ammo for my Ruger Mk lll, Sig Mosquito, and Beretta Bobcat. I haven't found anything more consistant.
http://slickguns.com/product/cci-standa ... 100rds-589
Haka

If you use ammo that works well, you miss being able to tell great stories about bad ammo.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:04 pm

If you use ammo that works well, you miss being able to tell great stories about bad ammo

I never thought of it that way. Maybe I should buy another brick of the "Thundercrap" ?

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:08 pm

greener wrote:
Hakaman wrote:This is my favorite ammo for my Ruger Mk lll, Sig Mosquito, and Beretta Bobcat. I haven't found anything more consistant.
http://slickguns.com/product/cci-standa ... 100rds-589
Haka
If you use ammo that works well, you miss being able to tell great stories about bad ammo.

Yes but that is only if you enjoy story telling more than shooting good ammo. My normal plinking ammo is now Blazer, other than than I and my guns seem to prefer either the CCI Subsonic or Standard Velocity. If we get serious about shooting, like dandelion blossoms in teh spring and the Queen Anne's Lace flowers in the fall then we go for Wolf MT or SK Std+. The fall flowers demand accuracy of about 1/16 diameter stems, to clip off cleanly below thew blossom at 25 or so yards, depending where they happen to be growing. My record last fall was 6 in a row without a miss. all clean snips.