Sharing experience with Winchester 333 .22LR ammo

[FortyFiveSeventy]

Out of a brand new Ruger 10/22 takedown, I shot about 70 rounds of this winchester 22 LR 36 grain hollow point copper plated ammo, and I probably had about 8-9 misfires, failures to eject, or feeding issues.

I was really disappointed.

I'm not sure if the issue was the rifle or the ammo, but my instinct tells me it was the ammo. Considering this is rifle, I suppose the ammunition would perform even worse out of a handgun. I have a walther p22 which I will try it out of too.

Anyway, just curious if anyone else had issue with this ammo, or with a new ruger 10/22 takedown?

[Garv]

I no longer buy Winchester bulk in .22lr, not as many problems as you are quoting, but enough.

[sealocan]

Yeah, that's a high ratio of misfires,
I think Blazer made by CCI is a better, more reliable low-priced .22 Long rifle ammo.

Thank you for sharing the ammo report though.

[kevins750]

I rarely shoot 22lr but I had the same experience last year.

Remington nylon 66 and Marlin takedown both had issues.

[ACfixer]

Bulk .22 is usually less reliable, nothing new there. It's usually only an issue in semi-autos in my experience, it probably works fine in a revolver or manual loading rifle.

[Garv]

Bulk .22 is usually less reliable, nothing new there. It's usually only an issue in semi-autos in my experience, it probably works fine in a revolver or manual loading rifle.

My Ruger Single Ten cylinder is tightly toleranced.
There were times where I would have to force the Winchester round in.
Minimags fit fine so I switched.

[AragornElessar86]

When I was an Appleseed instructor, I tried all the bulk .22lr that the local Turners carried and my conclusions are below.

GOOD
Federal Champion
CCI Blazer

MEDIOCRE
Anything Winchester

DO NOT USE
Remington Golden Bullets

I never tried Aquila but everything I hear is that it belongs up with the Federal and CCI. Maybe even above.

[SonofWWIIDI]

I guess I've been lucky. My buckmark has eaten everything that I've put through it. I did need to clean it for some various brands (like the Remington).

[kcheung2]

^ Yeah same here. A full 333 round box through an already-dirty Buckmark & it worked fine.

[DesertDave100]

I have an AR-22 that likes Winchester and Remington 36 gr plated the best of the 5-6 types I have tried. I think there is no 'best' or 'worst' ammo, until you get to talking about a specific firearm. I have 2 10/22's and they each prefer a different type of ammo.

[nickel plate]

I've got a couple boxes of 333 count Winchester 36 gr. and will shoot some through my VERY early pre-warning model 10/22 this weekend and report back.
It being around fifty years old has never YET jammed up on me.

[nickel plate]

Dupe.

[trackcage]

My Ruger Single Ten cylinder is tightly toleranced.
There were times where I would have to force the Winchester round in.
Minimags fit fine so I switched.

My experience as well. Sold off all the remaining Winchester bulk 22 I had last year. The gun eats literally anything else, but these Winchester rounds are garbage.

[audiophil2]

When I was an Appleseed instructor, I tried all the bulk .22lr that the local Turners carried and my conclusions are below.

GOOD
Federal Champion
CCI Blazer

MEDIOCRE
Anything Winchester

DO NOT USE
Remington Golden Bullets

I never tried Aquila but everything I hear is that it belongs up with the Federal and CCI. Maybe even above.

Golden bullets are not as bad as people think. I can get them to run fine in my machine guns. The thunderbolts are not as good.

Winchester is junk.

Aguila is reliable but it spits a lot of residue and gas when running suppressed. I stopped using it.

CCI is my standard. The Gemtech stuff is what I use in just about everything.

[kenl]

The 10-22 with a kidd barrel hates winchester and federal bulk, tolerates remington, and loves cci. The buckmark will eat anything.