Learned a lesson today about old rimfire ammo

[Grouse Man]

It is very, very dirty. The unburned powder is almost gritty. Stopped a cleaned rifle from cycling after about 40 rounds. And then it doubled. Whoopsie!

 

[FLHTCUI]

What brand of ammo was that?
The crappiest ammo I ever shot was Remington Yellow Jacket.
American Eagle Hp and 400 rounds in the gopher patch and no issues at all with the CZ452.
Only cleaned it with a pull through the next day and carried on for two more days before heading home.
Rob

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

How old was the stuff and what brand was it? I've shot some old Dominion, Rem & Win ammo over the years that was stored well & shot well through my rifles.
Some were a tad dirty, but still did the trick.

 

[headhunter2]

I am using up old .22 ammo but aside from dirty and concern it may not leave the barrel there were no issues. Center fire is another story!
1960 & 1970 stuff.

 

[marshall]

I have shot 22 dominion that was 1940's looked bad ,Shot fine.
25 Rim that looked very good . was terrible, misfire , dead.
Shot some WW11 9mm out of smg, hot stuff, all worked O.K.

 

[Grouse Man]

Old Win Super X, probably from the 70s. Fired every time and was actually fairly accurate.

 

[chasseur]

Years ago there was some Russian 22 ammo around that just handling it made your hands dirty.It had like a grease lube on it that would gum up a semiauto real quick

 

[manitou210]

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some old 22

 

[Johnn Peterson]

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some old 22

Your photo of some old .22 ammo got me to thinking. A check in some of the back of my storage/stock of rim fire, and found a few boxes of Whiz Bang and C.I.L. Super Clean. Memory lane treasures to be sure.

 

[Tex Critter]

I've still got some IVI Military issued .22LR. I use it sparingly because it out performs anything else on the commercial market today.