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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on August 11, 2011, 02:06:23 PM
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How is Remington green Box in a 10/22? I've used CCI for years. Its not that its great, its just that I'm happy with it, it works, and its reasonably priced, so its what I've bought. However, Gander is basically giving away the Remington at $17 per 525. Any reason not to buy? I mean I trust that the ammo is good, just asking how it interfaces with the Ruger. Any wisdom?
Thanks
FQ13
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It runs fine through my 10/22 but I mostly plink with it, no bullseye target shooting.
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I use all kinds of ammo in my 10/22. Everything works as long as I use Ruger mags, except I don't buy Federal Lightning anymore. A friend said it was made of recycled car batteries in Mexico. He may have been right. It was crappy ammo.
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I use all kinds of ammo in my 10/22. Everything works as long as I use Ruger mags, except I don't buy Federal Lightning anymore. A friend said it was made of recycled car batteries in Mexico. He may have been right. It was crappy ammo.
Mine, for whatever reason never cycled Federal well. That's why I asked the question. If the consensus is that remington works ok with the 10/22 I'll buy a few boxes at the price they're offering. I mean 1,050 rounds for $34 is hard to beat. Particularly in this economy. :-\
FQ13
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At those prices you ought to by a case. Then you might be able to make it on the Fed's "Prepper" list.
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We are all on it except F Q & Tab. But you knew that.
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We are all on it except F Q & Tab. But you knew that.
Yeah right. The disgruntled Libertarian political activist with the AR, Glocks and IRA and anarchist family members isn't on the list. ;D Please, they made a list just for my family. ;)
FQ13
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Run the Winchester Red Box, and the Rem. Green Box at the range in Butler creek high cap mags, for hundreds and hundreds of rounds.
The only issue I have encountered, and not every time, is about at 4th or 5th mag, I'll get "1" FTE. However, my 10/22 is pretty dirty at that point.
A two minute, "quicky" wipe of the receiver and bore,....and it's good for another 4 or 5 mags...
Everyone should have and enjoy a 10/22...
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Depends on the gun . 2 identical guns can act completely different with the same ammo.
I think it is a matter of cumulative tolerances in the boltface, and chamber, each component is machined seperately and thrown into a box, later they are pulled randomly from the box for assembly.
Either that or some guns are just female. ;D
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I've probably had more problem with bulk Remington Green Box than any other ammo in auto loaders in general. I have had good luck, both accuracy and reliability wise with Remington .22 Target ammo, all though some auto loaders don't like it as it doesn't seem to have enough power to cycle them. Those auto loaders seem to like higher velocity ammo. Just my two cents worth of observations.
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Depends on the gun . 2 identical guns can act completely different with the same ammo.
I think it is a matter of cumulative tolerances in the boltface, and chamber, each component is machined seperately and thrown into a box, later they are pulled randomly from the box for assembly.
Either that or some guns are just female. ;D
+1 What he said. To elaborate on it, when you make guns all day on the same machine your tooling wears as you cut each part. Make 10 parts and all the holes you put in part number 10 will be smaller than they were in part number one because the tool is smaller. Apply that theory to each of the many tools used to make each part, and mutltiply it by how many parts are in each gun. Then, just like Tom says, you throw all the parts into separate bins, and assemble those parts randomly. :( On top that, as your tooling gets dull it leaves different finishes on each part cut. Once a tool wears to some specified tolerance you swap it out with a brand new tool and start making big clean holes all over again. THEN consider how much mechanical slop is in the machine making all these parts all day every day. :(
To save manufacturing costs mass manufacturing almost always overuses tooling. :( Employees usually get bonuses in most plants based on how much money they can save on tooling and downtime from changing it. Guess what that leads to. :( :( :(
You'll never know what you've got till you shoot it. No two could possibly be the same.
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+1 What he said. To elaborate on it, when you make guns all day on the same machine your tooling wears as you cut each part. Make 10 parts and all the holes you put in part number 10 will be smaller than they were in part number one because the tool is smaller. Apply that theory to each of the many tools used to make each part, and mutltiply it by how many parts are in each gun. Then, just like Tom says, you throw all the parts into separate bins, and assemble those parts randomly. :( On top that, as your tooling gets dull it leaves different finishes on each part cut. Once a tool wears to some specified tolerance you swap it out with a brand new tool and start making big clean holes all over again. THEN consider how much mechanical slop is in the machine making all these parts all day every day. :(
To save manufacturing costs mass manufacturing almost always overuses tooling. :( Employees usually get bonuses in most plants based on how much money they can save on tooling and downtime from changing it. Guess what that leads to. [/u] :( :( :(
You'll never know what you've got till you shoot it. No two could possibly be the same.
That isn't the way it worked at T/C, and according to people I know who work there it isn't the way Ruger operates either.
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Partially why their known as manufacturing some of the better mass produced products available? I've watched operators do it in other plants. And know of dozens that do give those bonuses. Everything about the tooling wear still applies.
On top all that. Same machine, same material, same program, different operator. = Different parts. Does the manufacture who makes your gun run multiple shifts? Just something else to consider.
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Partially why their known as manufacturing some of the better mass produced products available? I've watched operators do it in other plants. And know of dozens that do give those bonuses. Everything about the tooling wear still applies.
On top all that. Same machine, same material, same program, different operator. = Different parts. Does the manufacture who makes your gun run multiple shifts? Just something else to consider.
Not arguing that part !
I had to tweek the machine at the start of every shift. Also you do not get "same material".
I have run for hours with no problems at all and then break 3 taps in 3 barrels then no more problems the rest of the night.
Cut from the same stock, heat treated in the same load, but they had hardness issues in spots.