Reminton Yellowjacket ammo

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Hey all,
Had a question about Remington Yellowjacket ammo; What are your experiences with this stuff? Theres a bulk deal at a shop near me on this stuff and was wondering what the concensus was. I will be running it my 10/22 with an SR-22 barrel and maybe my 22/45. I find that the truncated cone type ammo doesn't agree with my Cooeys or my old Savage 6A.
Cheers!:cheers:
 
After 500+ in a 10/22 I have found it to work great you may also want to look into CCI Blazers the seem to work great in 10/22 s .
 
Sometimes it's hard to chamber the first round for me but I use a different gun then you. Kills things dead, but not super accurate. Good enough for me for occasional squirrel and what not. If you plan on doing some mid range small game, it's a good choice.

I just use solids for plinking.
 
I have found Yellow Jackets to be hard hitters. It is my personal opinion that their blunt profile hits hard. They have been accurate enough in my .22's.
 
Not extremely accurate. Don't shoot anything that you plan on eating, unless you bring a mop. They really tear up the small stuff, if you hit it.
 
I tested 27 different kinds of ammo in my Savage BTVS. The Remington Yellow Jackets placed 26th out of 27 for accuracy, just nudged out for basement position by the Remington Viper. See table below. CCI Velocitor was the most accurate of the Ultra Velocity stuff, and not too bad for non target ammo.

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All remington Rimfire ammunition is absolute sh!t. It creates a thick sludge of crap on everything. Dirty, dirty, dirty. I bought a couple of bricks of the thunderbolts and I actually ended up giving it away.
 
What kind of bulk deal are you getting? I have a couple bricks which I paid $33 +/- a couple years ago and wish I had bough a LOT more. They shoot accurately out of my MKII FV and give a nice "sweet" smell. I haven't tried them on game, but just looking at the shape of the slug and the size of the hollow point I don't think many gophers would survive one of them.
 
Ron AKA said:
I tested 27 different kinds of ammo in my Savage BTVS. The Remington Yellow Jackets placed 26th out of 27 for accuracy/QUOTE]

and if you bought another identical rifle, that chart would change with it. your experience is an interesting read, but it's nothing really usefull to anyone but the owner of your specific firearm. example: stingers have a terrible reputation for accuracy, but for you they are quite good.

there is no denying that pretty-well all remingon rimfire ammo is dirty, dirty, dirty!

i think that the yellow jackets are going for $40/brick around here. i wish they were cheaper, as atleast one of my rifles can shoot them quite well.
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Jahred.F said:
Ron AKA said:
I tested 27 different kinds of ammo in my Savage BTVS. The Remington Yellow Jackets placed 26th out of 27 for accuracy/QUOTE]

and if you bought another identical rifle, that chart would change with it. your experience is an interesting read, but it's nothing really usefull to anyone but the owner of your specific firearm.
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I strongly disagree. How many target shooters use Remington Yellow Jackets? How many use the top Lapua ammo? With a few exceptions the target ammo basically shot in order of quality/cost. I'm not a believer in the theory that in the right gun, bad ammo can shoot good. Bad ammo will always shoot bad.

I did not show Eley Tenex or CCI Green tag in the chart because I only shot 5 groups with each and I did not feel that was statistically valid. The rest of the ammo was based on a minimum and in some cases many more than 24 groups each. But Eley Tenex and CCI Green tag ranked right at the top of the chart.

I think the main reason "different guns like different ammo", is because they are poorly tested -- a few groups in the wind shot over the hood of the truck or some sandbags. If you have a quality gun and do a thorough job of testing then quality ammo will perform.
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i'm sure very few or no serious target shooters use yellow jackets, as they are hyper-velocity hollow points. do you shoot gophers and tin cans with lapua midas M because it's the most accurate?

i made no claim that yellow jackets were/are better than premium target ammo, just different rifles will have a different preference for ammo, which is widely accepted. yellow jackets could have just as easily placed mid pack, and you wouldn't bat an eye at it. i'm sure their rim thickness and weight is as consistent and many others in your chart, and their price is above many others, so how do you explain the poor finish. how could that be? premuim price doesn't always carry premium results. :nest:

you've clearly put alot of work into your results, and your chart, but it's not universal. sorry.
 
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