Remington Thunderbolt = Rubbish Ammo
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Remington Thunderbolt = Rubbish Ammo
Last night I took my brand new Sig Sauer 522 SWAT to the range to zero the new red dot sight and give the gun a try.... I loaded up 25 rounds of some Remington HV "Thunderbolt" that I only bought because the gun shop didn't have my usual CCI MiniMag in stock. Chambered the first round and it fired, then it jammed with the bolt half closed so I pushed the bolt shut and it fired and jammed again.... tried more rounds and things were getting worse. I was s beginning to think that the rifle might have to go back to the shop, but I then switched to a magazine of MiniMags and the gun ran flawlessly. I then tried CCI standard velocity and the rifle again ran great with those too. So be wary of the Remington HV Thunderbolt stuff as it is total rubbish!
I've never had any success with Remington .22RF in my other .22 calibre rifles or Browning Buckmark LBP. I'm going to stick with CCI as it always works for me!
I've never had any success with Remington .22RF in my other .22 calibre rifles or Browning Buckmark LBP. I'm going to stick with CCI as it always works for me!
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Its is cheap and goes bang, so has its plus points.
Come on Bambi get some
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Never had a semi-auto that liked Thunderbolt. It's OK in single shot or bolt action rifles.
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It's a dirtier round than CCI, hence why most semi automatics hate it. They stopped selling it at our club.
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I use it in our Cz 452 and I pay £25 for 500, ok its not match ammo but works fine for our needs.
My mate tried a box in his 10/22 and it work fine, that said it only 50rnds so cant say about reliability
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My mate tried a box in his 10/22 and it work fine, that said it only 50rnds so cant say about reliability
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Re: Remington Thunderbolt = Rubbish Ammo
When CCI standard is only £29 for 500, Thunderbolt isn't that cheap.

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They don't call it thunderbolt for nothing!
When someone says "it's not about the money" you know what? it probably is all about money!
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i've not used thunderbolts, but tried the rem golden bullets and was very impressed, far more reliable than minimag in my 10/22
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Re: Remington Thunderbolt = Rubbish Ammo
CCI standard are fine at 25m however they never quite come up to expectations at 100m. We need to order in some more for this year and I suspect it will be CCI Standard for a lot of the things we do however I still need to find a reasonable 100m round
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I use Eley Match for accuracy work at any distance, I find all my Miniature Rifles like it.
Come on Bambi get some
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