My rifle loves cheap ammo

[rbwi]

that must have been something else than just firing
300 rounds of thunderbolts.

maybe the barrel of the gun had a defect or something or maybe, he
was the unlucky recipient of one unbelievably messed up brick of ammo.

i have been firing thunderbolts for years, one of my oldest 10/22
that has shot almost only thunderbolts , in all the years i had
the rifle i must have shot at least 60 000 to 80 000 rounds
( say 2 or 3 bricks a month for five years ) and i have never had anything
close to that happenned.

i changed a lot of parts ( a few firing pins, extractor,springs, etc...)
that was normal wear with that kind of round count.

hell, i have only recently changed the barrel, and it wasn't because it
was no good anymore, i just changed it for a heavy barrel to put
in the new stock i bought that was made for a heavy barrel.

i always thoroughly cleaned the rifle and never had a problem
with at least 60 000 rounds so i can't see how 300 rounds would do
that kind of damage on a gun unless it was never cleaned
and with a high round count of dirty ammo.

but most certainly the barrel must have been the cause.

 

[joe-nwt]

I know it sounds very far fetched but that's what actually happened. Maybe if I go dig through enough old threads I'll find the pictures.

And what will the pics show? A cleaning rod stuck out of a 22 barrel?

So acid and solvents won't dissolve lead and wax? Likely used an oversize brush and then blamed the ammo.

 

[Elliott]

Anything Remington in .22 ammo is dirty dirty ammo. Thunderbolts, cyclones.. any of it..

My guns will never see that crap fired in it..

Remington Cyclones are the most accurate round that I have found to date for my Lakefield 64b. I do find though, after a couple of hundred rounds I have to clean the receiver as the bolt starts to jam from fouling. The rounds don't feed well. It is a dirty round, so I mainly use them for hunting small varmints now. Not for plinking.

I recently bought a bulk pack of Winchester Dynapoints .22lr from Walmart. Have yet to see how they do in my rifle. They were $23 for 500 rds. Super X works reassonably well, but is overpriced ammo.

 

[CZ_Brno]

I found T22's and Dynapoints great for cheaper rounds. I use them the most in hunting and target shooting. But as soon as I try RWS or Lapua I always get slightly better accuracy..... and in all my guns.

 

[Kevin M.]

My 10/22 eats thunderbolts for breakfast. It loves the stuff, and does not seem to see excessive fowling from it. Seems like the right stuff for me.

 

[drache]

I have yet to find a brick of .22LR for under $21 in Canadian Tire or Chilcotin Guns, thus the reason I use Winchester Xperts since they are the cheapest!