M-22 Ammo is POO

[pennys dad]

Recent experience with the M-22 Winchester ammo.

Test 1: 10/22 Ruger, 1 mag 10 rounds. each shell ejected a different distance the difference was significant enough to notice. after a few rounds misfire "click". Check the primer and it was a solid hit.

Test 2: Ruger 22/45, 1 mag 10 rounds. each shell ejected a different distance the difference was significant enough to notice. after a few rounds misfire "click". Check the primer and it was a solid hit. Also it was common to have failure to feed.

Test 3: buckmark, 1 mag 10 rounds. each shell ejected a different distance the difference was significant enough to notice. after a few rounds misfire "click". Check the primer and it was a solid hit. Also it was common to have failure to feed or eject.

Test 4: CMMG AR-22, 1 mag 10 rounds. each shell ejected a different distance the difference was significant enough to notice. after a few rounds misfire "click". Check the primer and it was a solid hit. Also it was common to have failure to feed or eject.

Editted 9forgot to mention: Test 5: marlin 795, 1 mag 10 rounds. each shell ejected a different distance the difference was significant enough to notice. after a few rounds misfire "click". Check the primer and it was a solid hit. Also it was common to have failure to feed.

Conclusion the ammo suffers from poor powder loading QA and the charges very so drastically that the ammo is unreliable.

Follow Up test to confirm this was not a gun issue, we used Golden bullet and Eley standard with no issues.

We also mixed the M-22 with Golden bullet and found the random issues always related to the M-22.

CRAP AMMO!!!!

[defcon]

thats why i got rid of all my M22's. had FTF/FTE and light primer strikes.

id probably get to shoot 3-4 rnds out of 10.

[defcon]

This is why I have told folks over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and............................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..............................and over to use Winchester M22 in bolt action rifles and revolvers.

NOT in semi-automatics!!!

The brass is rock bottom cheap brass that expands too much causing excessive breech drag such that it disturbs cycling resulting in FTEs.

Some are so bad the ejector deforms the rim and lets go - you end up having to pry the casing out with a pinkie.

=8-)

first time hearing about this.

time to buy some M22's for my bolt action then!

[madsend81]

My experience using them with my Marlin 795 was different. I don't remember any feeding, firing, or ejection issues and we ran 15-20 mags of M-22 through it. I hit just about everything I was plinking at w/in 50 yds of our shooting line.

I can't comment about the randomness of the spent shells.

[Mizouse]

My ruger American rimfire does NOT like the m-22. I opened up one box of the 2k rounds I have of it and took out 20 rounds. ALL of them would not extract. I had to dig them out with my pinky/tool.

I'll see if the 10/22 I got in jail likes them. If not them I'm gonna sell them.

[pennys dad]

Forgot to mention, we also tested it in a 795 and it was crap'ola

[Fishslayer]

It's worked fine for me with 2 10/22s and 4 different MK types...

I say limpwristing!

Give ya $15/brick for it...

[ODub]

Works fine for me in all of my semi-autos. Better than Winchester 555 round bulk pack.

[bajadan]

I would agree m22 sucks.

[SonofWWIIDI]

I too have had no issues so far with it.

[johnyreb]

its craptastic in my Kidd builds, but works fine in my single six.

[ViciousJellyfish]

I shot about 200 rounds of M22 in my 10/22 and SR22 pistol last month with zero problems. There was a recall on M22 recently http://www.winchester.com/library/ne...rt-recall.aspx
Perhaps you got a bad batch? Maybe I'm just lucky? .22lr is still difficult to come by at reasonable prices, just be glad you have some. I can't wait til this .22 flipping racket is done with.

[pennys dad]

This isn't the recalled ammo. I checked the codes already. This is from a box of 2000 purchased from Gander. Puuuuuuuuuuuuure JUNK!

[lanzer]

first time hearing about this.

time to buy some M22's for my bolt action then!

Compared to CCI standard velocity, Eley Target, Eley Sport, Wolf Match and SK Match, all these similar priced ammo are more accurate on my Savage Mk2 (bolt action) than the M22. I'm lucky I only bought 2 boxes to try. The M22 cycles well on my Ruger SR22 pistol, but they're way less accurate than CCI Mini Mags or even Golden Bullets.

[Mizouse]

So far my ruger bolt action 22 doesn't like ANY Winchester ammo. So I'm gonna avoid those from now on.