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This is possibly the most unusable ammo I have ever purchased. As other review bullets very loose in brass, many not straight in brass and will not feed properly. Approximately 5% failure to fire. Thought I was getting a pretty good deal until I tried to use it.
Follow-up to Nov 2012 Review
Fired thousands over the past 48 months. Failure rate over five percent. Pulled more than 100 rounds - no priming mixture.
The Worst - Direct Comparison Testing
Comparison of four (x4) 22LR ammunition brands: Winchester bulk pack white box, Armscor, American Eagle, and Remington Bucket of Bullets (Improved Design). All rounds were labeled as 36-grain, copper washed, high velocity (HV), hollow-point (HP). Platforms used for testing were: Browning BL-22 lever rifle (stock), Ruger SR22 modified with replacement captive guiderod and spring assembly from Galloway Precision. Results of test: The Remington, Armscor, and American Eagle were all roughly equivalent. There were no failures-to-fire and no failures-to-feed of any kind in any platform. Sound levels and perceived recoil were equivalent across all ammunition loads and test platforms. The Winchester ammunition, however, was found to significantly underperform the Armscor, Remington, and American Eagle rounds in all categories. The Winchester rounds were consistently quieter and had significantly less recoil in the SR22 than the other brands. What was worse was that using the Winchester ammunition in the SR22 resulted in a consistent 25 to 40 percent failure to feed rate, across 4 different magazines. Once the rounds were manually fed into the SR22, all fired consistently. We attribute the high incidence of failure-to-feed behavior with the Winchester ammunition to the fact that the Winchester rounds are significantly under-powered and therefore lacked the sufficient recoil impulse to push the slide back far enough to strip a round from the magazine. This means that although the Winchester ammunition is labeled as High Velocity, it is NOT HV ammunition. Not Even Close. This makes us rate the Winchester ammunition as Not Acceptable and a Do Not Buy recommendation.
Not unless it's the only thing left!
FTL, FTE, many rounds crushed in the box, bullet loose from the brass, not worth trying again.
Try Something Else
Bought for my .22 AR upper. Six misfires and one squib (left the projectile lodged on the bore) in less than 200 rounds. Very dirty.
