Digging through my safe I found a box of yellow jackets and it turns out the rifle I intend to take hunting this fall likes them. Problem is I only have the one box and can't seem to find them in stock anywhere, and many places don't even mention them. Anyone have any idea where I could find a few boxes or one brick? Thanks.
Remington Yellowjackets
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The price has exploded the past year and a half or so. They are in stock in most shops around here but stock moves slow or barely at all. I like the performance on varmints but I can't say I have ever had it shoot well in any gun, same with stingers. Check your local walmarts. I see them in stock there pretty much everywhere.
a long time ago i was using and liking the remington yellow jackets, so much so that i was contemplating buying the limited edition yellow jacket 597. then i was introduced to cci velocitor. after that day i have never even looked at a box of yellow jackets. not to say dont use them, but if you cant find em anymore, or after they are done, buy a box or 10 of velocitor, sight in your rifle, and see how you like em. they are a great hp. i like to compare hp ammo on frozen apples, or green potatoes, it will give you a good idea of the inflicted damage, depending on how high the chunks fly. the higher they fly, the quicker the expansion.
The last and only time I use Remington Yellow Jackets was when the Remington Viper came out.
The gun ran great with anything but Remington Yellow Jackets.
500 rounds of American Eagle before cleaning and the only reason to clean it was it was slowing down a little .
No jams, no f2f nothing with AE, but feed it RYJ and , well it just sucked ....
I'll buy Remington CF and SS ammo, but never again rimfire ammo and if that is all the store has then I aint shooting that day.
Rob
The gun ran great with anything but Remington Yellow Jackets.
500 rounds of American Eagle before cleaning and the only reason to clean it was it was slowing down a little .
No jams, no f2f nothing with AE, but feed it RYJ and , well it just sucked ....
I'll buy Remington CF and SS ammo, but never again rimfire ammo and if that is all the store has then I aint shooting that day.
Rob
My father had 2 bricks left over from the 90's when I started shooting about 10 years ago. only 100 rounds left now. I bought more and I find the newer production ones to have more stoppages and ftf. Stingers are now the go to for hyper velocity.
Do you have Le Baron Sports where you are? When I see them, that's the chain I see them in.
prairie lover
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- southern MB
I got no problem with them but they are expensive and theres more accurate hp out there for gophers. my self built 1022 likes them, it don't love them but 10 shot groups stay inside a 25 cent piece at 50. they anchor gophers very well. last time I shot them I went 3 bricks in a row with maybe 2 misfires/jams per brick. with the now banned bc mags in a 1022 they function great as long as you keep your hand off the mag and don't use it as a handle. they are a bad shaped round feeding wise for a semi auto but they do work good if the equipment is in good shape.
p.Rundle
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I hate you
But I'll pretend to love you if you sell me that stuff at no price increase
None of my .22s like anything Remington, and their 9mmP ball ammo is so short that it causes jams in some of my auto-pistols. I stay away from any of their ammo and everyone is much happier. I second the motion on just about any CCI 22 ammo I've tried. I get all the Mini-Mag and Standard Vel. I can find...........at a reasonable cost. Went to a gunshow today that was just bursting with .22LR. All of it was 10-100% higher than what I find at Walmart. I have enough on-hand to avoid panic buying.
Well Remington yellow jackets have a velocity of 1500fps if I remember right with a 33gr bullet and the CCI Velocitors have a velocity of 1435 fps with a 40 gr hollow point. me myself I still have a brick or two in my lockup of yellowjackets that cost me $10 US. I used to love the yellow jackets but with the poor quality control nowadays with Remington products I'd opt for the velocitors. prices have gone nuts so if I have to spend the kind of coin they are asking for the top drawer 22 hollowpoints I'd go for CCI .
hope I did'nt get off topic around here in Hamilton Ont the yellow jackets are something like $80 dollars a brick . I remember seeing this device in a hunting book called the SGB . I have never tried it but it's a cylinder you insert a 22lr into it and the top pretrudes out of the top of it . then you are susposed to use a basic file and take the top of the bullet off . from what I read the filed off 22s are bad medicine for small game . in one article some guy claimed he killed a 50lb small wild pig with these modified 22s.
hope I did'nt get off topic around here in Hamilton Ont the yellow jackets are something like $80 dollars a brick . I remember seeing this device in a hunting book called the SGB . I have never tried it but it's a cylinder you insert a 22lr into it and the top pretrudes out of the top of it . then you are susposed to use a basic file and take the top of the bullet off . from what I read the filed off 22s are bad medicine for small game . in one article some guy claimed he killed a 50lb small wild pig with these modified 22s.
