Remington Thunderbolt -- Observations and comments

Remington Thunderbolt shoots well out of my
JW25A - everything shoots well out of that thing,
10/22 - takedown shoots this well no jams yet (about 100 rds)
GSG 1911 - cycles this ammo perfectly and I hit paper
 
I bought 2 cases back when LeBaron's had them on for $14.99 a brick. I can understand why some people who miss deals like this will badmouth them.
The same kind of people that have a hate on for Norinco 1911s, 'cause the have been outshot be one with their high end .45s.;)
 
hoytcanon said:
Do search for "remington thunderbolts"... you should see a pattern emerge... they are garbage... often referred to as "thunderturds" or "thundercrap"... I have run through several bricks in various guns at various times... and thankfully I finally ran out of them... they couldn't give them to me free... my shooting time is more valuable than to waste it with garbage ammo.
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Hahaha they are filthy and seem to cause leading
 
I bought one of those boxes of 500 too. I never had any fail and they fed really well in my GSG 922 BUT wow were they dirty. I shot about 300 of them in one sitting and stripped the gun for cleaning. There were particulates of some sort inside the action. I don't know if that's un-combusted powder or what.
 
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apocalypse_unloaded said:
I bought one of those boxes of 500 too. I never had any fail and they fed really well in my GSG 922 BUT wow were they dirty. I shot about 300 of them in one sitting and stripped the gun for cleaning. There were particulates of some sort inside the action. I don't know if that's un-combusted powder or what.
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Yes, and in the barrel too.
 
I found them very dirty, many loose bullets, some are a lot quieter when fired , and quite a few fail to fire. I bought a few bricks a couple years ago for $19.99 I was worried that some might not make it out of the barrel, but was lucky that way.
 
I think much depends on many different factors when it comes to choosing .22 ammo. As many have said before me your gun will choose the ammo. But I think what games you are playing will make a difference in the ammo you are needing. Probably 75% of my rimfire shooting is done on a 50 foot indoor range , offhand with a single shot rifle or an auto loading hand gun. I only shoot the cheapest ammo that will function the auto. At the moment it is some old super-X in the auto and Federal bulk in the rifle . At 50 feet quit ones are not an issue.
If I am getting out to the gopher patch or a small bore silhouette match I switch to something sub sonic that shoots a bit better at the extended range often at over 100 meters . Gopher shooting for me is usually from a pretty solid rest so good ammo helps. Some of my friends idea of gopher shooting is walking into the gopher patch with a open sighted cooey all offhand shots and 15 yard is considered a long shot. Remington's out of the bucket work just fine. Many of these folks have probably never fired at a paper bull's-eye.
I have a couple of cases of that $20.00 plus a box ammo from eley ,RWS and Lapua that I rarely shoot , simply because my ability does warrant that kind of ammo for the shooting games I play. To a large degree the more you pay for ammo the better it will shoot. But if you have a one foot hold , one inch ammo will not help very much. So I have a hard time calling any ammo garbage if it used in it's proper application. It seems to me there is quite a lot of ammo snobbery going around.
 
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