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Winchester HP Ammo
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:50 pm
by greener
Saw a new box of .22 ammo at Walmart this morning: Winchester 36gr, 1280fps, HP in a 333 round box. Gave it a try in the MKII GC at 25 yards. Seemed to do fairly well considering all the disadvantages I gave it: me shooting, unsupported, after shooting various handguns for 3 hours. (How many more excuses do I need?).
Re: Remington HP Ammo
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:36 pm
by toyfj40
greener wrote:Remington 36gr, 1280fps, HP in a 333 round box.
I saw them just yesterday in WMT. got a box, but have not shot them yet.
but mine are
Winchester...
-- toy
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:39 pm
by greener
Yours say "Winchester" sort of like the box in the picture.
Edited. Thanks for catching my faux pas.
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:42 pm
by toyfj40
greener wrote:Yours say "Winchester" sort of like the box in the picture.
Edited. Thanks for catching my faux pas.
I probably would not have noticed, except that I just bought a box
about 8pm last evening... and I knew I'd NOT buy any 'REM',
after my "experience" with the "Thunder Bolt Lead Lining Treatment".
I hope they "shoot good" !! -- toy
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:33 pm
by greener
I haven't bought much Remington in a long time. Must be a sign of my advancing years that I couldn't read the name on th box
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:51 pm
by toyfj40
I got curious if the "333" was a Re-packaged of existing Win ammo.
I didn't see the "333" on WinchesterAmmo.com
I paid about $10/333 at WMT.
It "could-be" that the '333' is released to compete with "Fed 525round" pack,
as the "specs/price" are very close.
I went to MidWayUSA (just a price/feature lookup) and made note of this:
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Winchester RimFire:
#952255 / 22LR333HP .22 LR (plated) HP Win '333'
$12.99 / 333 36gr 1280 /
~19.50 / 500
#866708 / WD22LRB .22 LR (plated) HP Win 'Dynapoint'
$24.99 / 500 40gr 1155 / 140
Federal RimFire:
#439553 / 745 .22 LR (plated) HP Fed Champion Target
$19.49 / 525 36gr 1260 / 126
#865327 / AE22 .22 LR (plated) HP Fed American Eagle
$19.79 / 400 38gr 1280 / 138
~24.75 / 500
#193520 / AM22 .22 LR (leaded) RN Fed Automatch Target
$15.79 / 325 40gr 1200 / 128
~24.30 / 500
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:49 pm
by greener
333 is the number of rounds in the box. The box was just under $10.
Federal Automatch at Wally World is just over $14 for a box of 325.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:54 pm
by OpsMgr
I've had really good results with the Fed AutoMatch (AM22) ammo in my rifles and Ruger Mark series pistols. Federal did have a run of bad AM22 back a few months ago but recent batches I've purchased have been good. Have not been able to find the Win 333 in my area but lots of shooters on RFC have posted good results with it...
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:01 am
by Bullseye
I may give a box of 333's a try just to see how it does. I'm a little shy when it comes to Winchester. I used to love Win T-22, but back in the mid-nineties they changed their priming system and I started getting 4-5 duds per box of 50 rounds. After a couple of bricks of that, I swore off T-22. Every once in a while I try it again but I still end up with too many duds. I did like the Dynapoints for practice but they got hard to come by. I tried the Powerpoints but they are not very good in my book.
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:30 am
by KAZ
My experience mirrors that of OpsMgr in that Federal AutoMatch has been a great performer in several of my rifles and pistols. I'll follow this thread with interest to see if the WIN 333 is a new choice. Regards
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:08 am
by greener
I think Automatch is better ammo. Federal had some problems a while back but replaced any box you complained about. Everything I've shot since has fed well and grouped consistently.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:19 am
by KAZ
greener, I forgot to say what nice work you did at 25 yards! Nice target for certain. Regards
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:32 pm
by greener
Kaz, thanks. Some of it looked good, other rounds look like the shot-group error charts.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:00 pm
by OpsMgr
Yo greener. KAZ is right - Nice shooting. Really like your slabside MK II. My slabside is one of my favorite pistols.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:12 am
by johnnywitt
I think that the Win 333 is just Super X 36gr HP's in a bulk pack. This stuff shoots really good out of my MKIII and some of my other .22 handguns.
I've always thought that Winchester Super X was as good as CCI and a might cheaper in price too. I'm real excited to see this ammo in a bulk pack. Bottom line though, its whatever your individual gun will like, not so much what you like. The gun calls the shots-pun intended.