Remington Thunderbolt 22lr Rattle

[cz74]

Is it safe to shoot? Found one out of 100 pack Remington "Range" LRN, the bullet is loose sitting on the cartridge, I pull it but doesn't seem to come out, just loose.

['ol shooter]

Good old Thunder-turds and Golden Turds, can't beat that Remington (lack of) quality ammo.

No I would not shoot it, just pull the bullet, dump the powder in your lawn as fertilizer and fire the empty case in your weapon of choice.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Horrible, dirty, unreliable ammo. Seriously.

[pennstater]

What BR said. Nasty crap.

[Fizz]

I've shot many a thunderturd.

Honestly, if you find a gun that likes them they're fine. But if you have a gun that jams on them, don't even bother trying to get them to work.

[M1NM]

Shoot it.

[bohoki]

sounds normal just a little loose it will be fine

[870classic]

Wait. What !?
The bullet on a Thunderbolt cartridge is not supposed to be loose and rattle around while sitting on the case? This is news to me... Remington must have let this pack of Thun-"turd"-bolts get by their QA/QC process. Tight bullets on top of a Thunderbolt case, who knew...


All kidding aside, I have shot 5,000+ Remington Thunderbolts out of my bolt action rifles and they work fine. (Semi-Auto not so much.) About 5% of the cartridges had loose bullets atop of the case. They should shoot fine.

Best regards,
870classic.

[alpha_romeo_XV]

And a fact stranger than fiction my Walther P22 loves Thunderbolts, feeds and ejects them surprisingly reliably.

[Dano3467]

Thunder farts.. better than nothing

[Gat Man]

Choot it!

[tigerpan]

My lever action will shoot it

[The War Wagon]

I've shot many a thunderturd.

Honestly, if you find a gun that likes them they're fine. But if you have a gun that jams on them, don't even bother trying to get them to work.

THIS.


It's amazing how many mfgs. tell you, "DON'T use Thunderbolts!" So the FIRST thing I do, is shoot Thunderbolts through 'em!

If they can't stand up to THAT, it's probably a firearm I DON'T want.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

They gained a second life during the 22LR drought, sort of in the way that you could eat grass and boiled shoe leather if nothing else was available.

[Featureless]

Never had a problem with Thunderbolts And still have a bunch of them and other .22lr I'd be happy to sell. PM me.