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Post by Purebred Redneck on Aug 28, 2010 21:22:28 GMT -5
I've been hearing about 22lr Blazers for 10 years now and had yet to see a box. I was at the local farm and home store this afternoon and low and behold...
I picked up 150 rounds. Lead round nose - not particularlly my favorite. They do have a waxy film on the bullet; I'm not sure if it's going to stink or not when fired.
There are very good reviews on them and many people have said for years these are the best bulk ammuntion on the market. Forgive me for being a little skeptic but these things look the same and cost the same as the Wildcats, Thunderbolts, and Federals --- rounds I will never never ever ever buy again so long as I live.
We'll see...it is made by CCI so that has to count for something.
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Post by deputydon on Aug 29, 2010 7:23:30 GMT -5
Well Red if your happy w/ them that will be a plus !!!! Soooo let us know ......
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Post by Jack on Aug 29, 2010 7:48:40 GMT -5
Red? Happy?
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Post by deputydon on Aug 29, 2010 8:26:09 GMT -5
I just thought I'd throw that out there............
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Post by bounce on Aug 29, 2010 8:38:52 GMT -5
CCI Blazers never have made me happy, unless DD is shooting them against me.
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Post by Bill on Aug 29, 2010 8:53:44 GMT -5
I just always wonder about people that buy the cheapest crap they can find and then bitch because it does not work. If I did that I would just be happy that it went off. Comes under the heading of is the glass half empty or half full. If you want ammo that shoots good every time just buy the standard velocity stuff at the standard price. I do that and it works good every time and I am always happy with it. Or if I really want something that works good every time I just buy Wolf Target/Match ammo by the brick (which I do a lot of and probably have 2,000 round of ) Both of my target rifles shoot ragged one hole groups with that stuff at 50 yds and under 1" at 100 on a calm day.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Aug 29, 2010 9:21:11 GMT -5
Winchester dynapoints shoot very very good in both of my rifles and handgun. Winchester 333/555 shoots excellent in my semi. Not all cheap shells are bad...just most ;D
A funny side story
At the range last week there was a big shot target shooter there. He had what looked like a very expensive single shot target rifle and scope. He's laying on the ground prone with one of those eye patches on. He's shooting the most expensive Elley's on the market.
I got my Marlin out with Mini-mags and shot better groups at 25 yards than he did at 50 feet ;D ;D ;D
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Post by dovehunter on Aug 29, 2010 10:59:54 GMT -5
I tried some of the Blazer ammo a while back, thinking it would be good for cheap plinking (it was $1.30 a box cheaper than the Rem. Golden Bullets that had been my old standby). So far I have tried them in two of my guns and not only are they cleaner than the Remingtons but they shoot tighter groups, at least in the two guns in which I tried them. They have done so well I am thinking of switching over to the Blazers and re-sighting all my .22s for them.
A buddy of mine recommended them, saying that they were the only .22s of any kind that would shoot well in his Browning Buckmark without jamming or causing other problems. He said he had tried everything and the Blazers worked best for him.
Regarding that Wolf stuff, I tried a few boxes of it some time back and I wouldn't wish that crap on my worst enemy. It was dirty, caused frequent jams, spit powder back at me, and was horrendously inaccurate.
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Post by Bill on Aug 30, 2010 6:40:37 GMT -5
I have three guns that thrive on that stuff. ;D Chamber and barrel are always clean afterwords and I have shot as much as 200 rounds between cleaning if I'm on a dog town early in the summer with pups. You have the honer of being the first that has ever said that to me. Most of the people that I recommend it to come back and tell me they like it and it shoots good. Every gun has its own personality though.
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Post by jimiowa on Sept 3, 2010 13:30:23 GMT -5
The only bad thing I can say about the Wolf Match Target rounds is it's hard to get around here. If a Case hits within 4 counties it's usually bought up before it arrives.
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Post by jmarriott on Sept 4, 2010 5:27:55 GMT -5
The only bad thing I can say about the Wolf Match Target rounds is it's hard to get around here. If a Case hits within 4 counties it's usually bought up before it arrives. Same here. If I want it I have to place and order and wait. I bought some wolf gold 44 mag ammo and you talk about hitting all over the place. You could hear the difference in the rounds when fired. It was cheap but rather expensive for basically brass.
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Post by bounce on Sept 4, 2010 6:18:08 GMT -5
Over all I have found it's hard to beat winchester consistantly with any run of the mill standard ammo. yes you can improve with some lots of specal amo a lot but it takes a lot of trial & err to learn the best ones for you. You may even find some cheap ammo that seems to work well but it is likely only one lot, or if you just shoot 50 winchesters & 50 of the great cheap ammo at a 50yd target my money is on winchester doing best. In another words Winchester is always the one to beat.
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Post by jmarriott on Sept 4, 2010 6:40:23 GMT -5
+1 on the winchester white box.
If someone has issues with a handgun or rifle as far as function. I use the WWB to check it out. On 22's I use cci mini mags.
If it don't function with them the ammo is not the problem.
I stockpiled the Winchester Hyper stuff when it came in a MWGA_LOW _MART as the work great in my 39a. Since they at 38 grain ammo I have not shot them in any of the pistols yet. On tree rats they work great. Now if I was after fur like a treed coon I would not use the Hollowpoints just the round nose solids.
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Post by dovehunter on Sept 4, 2010 7:25:13 GMT -5
Over all I have found it's hard to beat winchester consistantly with any run of the mill standard ammo. yes you can improve with some lots of specal amo a lot but it takes a lot of trial & err to learn the best ones for you. You may even find some cheap ammo that seems to work well but it is likely only one lot, or if you just shoot 50 winchesters & 50 of the great cheap ammo at a 50yd target my money is on winchester doing best. In another words Winchester is always the one to beat. That's what I used to think about Remington 22s. However my son and I went to my club range last week and tried two more guns - a Ruger 10-22 & a Marlin model 25 - with both the Blazers and Remington Golden Bullets. Once again, the Blazers turned in the tightest groups at 50 yds. That now makes 5 different 22s - four rifles & one pistol - in which the Blazers shot the best. I'll admit that I was surprised, but you couldn't argue with the results.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Sept 4, 2010 8:11:51 GMT -5
In another words Winchester is always the one to beat. Oh I agree 100% whether it's rimfire, shotshell, or centerfire. Even the worst winchester products (wildcats for instance) are still better than most of the Remington and Federal ammo. I'll never buy Remington shotshells again. When you buy their loads hard telling what size lead is in there. Bought some 6's one time and while cleaning squirrels I found 6's and 7 1/2's and half slivers and all sorts of deformaties that Remington put in there.
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