DynaDuds??
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I purchased some Dynapoints for my 22 mag early in '06 and I had a huge number of misfires. They would usually go on the second try but by that time the seal had usually dove under the water! It got so bad that I figured it must be my rifle, I took the bolt apart and had a look at the pin etc and everything seemed fine. So, I purchase some CCI ammo and haven't had a single misfire since...read what you want into it but I figure that Dynaduds about sums it up!
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I purchased some Dynapoints for my 22 mag early in '06 and I had a huge number of misfires. They would usually go on the second try but by that time the seal had usually dove under the water! It got so bad that I figured it must be my rifle, I took the bolt apart and had a look at the pin etc and everything seemed fine. So, I purchase some CCI ammo and haven't had a single misfire since...read what you want into it but I figure that Dynaduds about sums it up!
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If you guy's aren't getting duds at all then you must be pretty lucky or buying some good ammo.
Honestly I've never had a cci 22lr not go bang. Same with federal gold medal and pmc match rifle. The problem is when I'm supporting two other shooters (my father and my girlfriend, both of whom I bought a 22lr rifle for and told them that it comes with a lifetime of free ammo) I can't be buying bricks of minimags every week. If blasers were more plentiful around here I'd buy cases of bricks for them.
Unfortunately the only other option around here for cheap 22lr is remington or american eagle. Both of whom tend to have duds in every brick.
In fact today we had more than 40 duds in 400 remington "game loads". Of these about ten were able to fire after a second hit on the primer. This was with a marlin 925, two 10/22's and a s&w 22a. I highly doubt that it was the firearms fault.
Needless to say I won't be buying those again.
To answer the original question, I bought four bricks of dynapoints earlier in the year. This was all the walmart here had. All of them went bang and they seem to shoot really accurate out of both my 10/22's, one with a gm barrel and the other bone stock. If they were more common I'd buy them again.
Winchester Xperts on the other hand were really inconsistant. They also all went bang but we had stovepipes galore with all the semis.
I find it hard to believe that a high velocity round will stovepipe often in a 10/22 which is modified to cycle pmc match rifle, which isn't even recomended for semi's and is subsonic, or my 22A which cycles any subsonic round, except for cb's without any issues. Accuracy was so so with these as well.
Honestly I've never had a cci 22lr not go bang. Same with federal gold medal and pmc match rifle. The problem is when I'm supporting two other shooters (my father and my girlfriend, both of whom I bought a 22lr rifle for and told them that it comes with a lifetime of free ammo) I can't be buying bricks of minimags every week. If blasers were more plentiful around here I'd buy cases of bricks for them.
Unfortunately the only other option around here for cheap 22lr is remington or american eagle. Both of whom tend to have duds in every brick.
In fact today we had more than 40 duds in 400 remington "game loads". Of these about ten were able to fire after a second hit on the primer. This was with a marlin 925, two 10/22's and a s&w 22a. I highly doubt that it was the firearms fault.
Needless to say I won't be buying those again.
To answer the original question, I bought four bricks of dynapoints earlier in the year. This was all the walmart here had. All of them went bang and they seem to shoot really accurate out of both my 10/22's, one with a gm barrel and the other bone stock. If they were more common I'd buy them again.
Winchester Xperts on the other hand were really inconsistant. They also all went bang but we had stovepipes galore with all the semis.
I find it hard to believe that a high velocity round will stovepipe often in a 10/22 which is modified to cycle pmc match rifle, which isn't even recomended for semi's and is subsonic, or my 22A which cycles any subsonic round, except for cb's without any issues. Accuracy was so so with these as well.
A few duds when using Dynapoints for me but they were so far a few between I didn't give it a thought. IRC, it may be around 8 in 3-4000 rounds. I still have about 3000 rounds. AE has been about the same failure rate as the Dynapoints. Believe it or not the most reliable 'budget' .22lr ammo I've used has been CCI Blazer and PMC Scoremaster (no longer made 
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motoman, the AA kit recommends higher powered/velocity ammo such as mini-mags and velocitors. I've experienced some stovepipes using Dynapoints and AE through the AA kit but I really can't blame the ammo for this if I'm not following the manufacturer's recommendation.
).motoman, the AA kit recommends higher powered/velocity ammo such as mini-mags and velocitors. I've experienced some stovepipes using Dynapoints and AE through the AA kit but I really can't blame the ammo for this if I'm not following the manufacturer's recommendation.
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I have had exactly 1 dud in the last 20,000 rounds (which included about 5,000 rounds of Dynapoint) And that round fired when I rotated it and tried it again. But then again, I don't have many semi-autos, only a couple of older Mossbergs, which are pretty solid in the firing pin/striker area. The rest of mine are bolt guns, and I have no problems with them. Regards, Eagleye.
For plinking ammo, get CCI blazers, most reliable budget ammo ive used.
That elcheapo wallyworld bulk box stuff gives me hell too. Ive had boxes where every 3 was a dud, and some boxes where there was no problem. Incredibly inconsitent stuff.
That elcheapo wallyworld bulk box stuff gives me hell too. Ive had boxes where every 3 was a dud, and some boxes where there was no problem. Incredibly inconsitent stuff.
with wally and tire, you have no idea how LONG that stuff has sat in the warehouse and on their retail sheves before you bought it- same deal with the local gun shops, but he keeps his inventory smaller so it turns over more quickly- but i find that the rotating the cartrige trick works a lot of the time- i think the priming mix tends to develop a "dead" spot or spots and won't fire when your firing pin hits this- btw, unrelability is ONE OF THE REASONS that 22 is NOT RECOMMENDED for self defense- so the" oh, sh*t" factor is very common amongst all brands-
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My vote is buying good ammo......I'll bet there's more than a few here that "plink" with Lapua Club or better....
My vote is buying good ammo......I'll bet there's more than a few here that "plink" with Lapua Club or better....
I can't imagine "plinking" with club. Not on my wages anyway.
Like I said, cci has never failed me yet. I've put tens of thousands of blasers, minimags, stingers, and velocitors through my 10/22 and not one of them failed to fire.
I emailed remington about the unreliablity of their rimfire ammo. I'm waiting to hear back on it.
I use primarily CCI stingers and Quik-shoks in my bolt guns, with zero FTF's. I mostly use Federal AE's and Champions - about a case each so far this summer in my other guns with no FTF's either. I've gone through about 4 bricks of Remington ammo, and about a half case each of Winchester XPert and DynaPoints.
The only rifle that I've had any FTF's in was my 10/22, and the boltwork I alluded to earlier cleared that right up.
The only rifle that I've had any FTF's in was my 10/22, and the boltwork I alluded to earlier cleared that right up.
I don't know about where you're at, but around here, the stuff doesn't stay on the shelf long enough to get stale.
That said, I regularly buy "old" ammo at gun stores or auctions. I have better luck with that than I have with the recent DyanDud purchases.
I have noticed more duds with the latest batch of Dynapoints (they'd been off the shelves in Victoria Wallyworlds for over a year). The price went up a couple of bucks too, so now I just go with the Federal bulk pack from CT, which performs much better in my M-93.
