About to buy ammunition for the first time ever.

[FuzzyM]

I got a pack of Remington cyclone with my .22 when I got it. It is nasty dirty ammo. Every round is covered in grey dust.
I thought of getting a bucket because it's cheap, but some research suggested you get a lot of misfires and flyers.
If you are just chucking it down range, I guess it doesn't matter, but I'm not a fan.

I got a brick of Winchester Subs not long ago for general use, $79 for 500, not as cheap as some stuff, but it is alright, I think I have had two in a couple hundred fail to fire on the first strike. I prefer subs for most of my .22 shooting.

Apparently the Federal bulk is much better than the Remington if you want cheap supersonic.

[Guliver]

Thanks Guys didn't realize these were a mixed lot of rejects, I'll stick with the Federals for now. They're always bright a shiny.

I get the very occasional dud, but it's usually just a dead patch of primer on the rim, they nearly always fire when loaded differently, I'm only talking about less than 1% duds.

[steyroy]

Maybe if you could sort through them and separate the subs from the hypersonics you could get a group rather than a pattern. Every round you shoot is a variation ranging from pffft to a bang to a crack.

Are there seriously a mix of different kinds of ammo in there?

Or just inconsistent loads?

[tom604]

Maybe if you could sort through them and separate the subs from the hypersonics you could get a group rather than a pattern. Every round you shoot is a variation ranging from pffft to a bang to a crack.

Are there seriously a mix of different kinds of ammo in there?

Or just inconsistent loads?

just inconsistent loads, i dont think anyone would be able to sell mixed up ammo and why would anyone buy it? it would shoot all over the place

[1290]

That theyre a bucket of rejects.... no I wouldnt believe, if theyre producing that many reject - they would know they had a serious manufacturing flaw. and shut down.

that there is load variations - of course THEYRE NOT TARGET ROUNDS. theyre for PLINKING, AFAIK, rimfires are for cheap plinking fun for all, and knocking over small game!!

That there are duds - yes, I could handle a number of duds in a bucket of 1400, what annoys me is a dud round in a box of Rem centrefire rounds, 40+ dollars, $2 per dud! and it happens, I dont think there'd be 70duds in the bucket...

I picked up the fed value pack for 37 a while back, The rem price is advertised in QLD, not sure the $ in Vic, will bit a few $ more I presume...

[steyroy]

just inconsistent loads, i dont think anyone would be able to sell mixed up ammo and why would anyone buy it? it would shoot all over the place

I guess only if it was sold purely as plinking ammo.

[jennageit]

Ha ha that is gold!

Don't tell me, you used the yellow pages to house hunt?

It was all about ' location ~ cof gunsmith shooting coach ~ location '

No, I didn't use the yellow pages, but only cos I didn't think of it lol

The house I wanted is already under contract, and then I found this one, and let's just say that hubby hasn't yet figured out just why I like such a dump of a house lmao And I'm not telling him either!

He's a smart man (as already proved by marrying me), so I'm sure he'll figure it out.

Jenna

[whert]

Is the new place where you had the feral dog problem, Jenna?

How'd that go?

[jennageit]

The new place will be a house block.

As far as I know, my mate was having issues with Wild Dogs, but until I get his new phone number, I don't know if he's done anything about them yet.

Jenna

[jeebo]

I totally got where this was going wrong after reading the subject.

Thought it was going to be "omg I'm buying ammo, how do I transport it, need a swat team to keep it secure!"