[Snijro]

wow i just went out and got the 525 round bulk pack copper plated hollow point load no. 745 for my marlin mod 60s and this suff just likes to jam about 1 to 2 rounds every 18 rounds i have 3 marlin mod 60s all of them do the same thing my play rifle jams about 7 times in 18 rounds. anyone esle have this problem with federals maybe i got a bad box?? wish i could use them. in my good rifle they were shootn less then 1" at 50 yards and they only coast $10 were i go.

[scoutman]

i used to have the same problem with my marlin and i just had to clean the action out and oil and the problem went away i can shoot all 18 rounds with out a problem now and all i use is federal campion an bulk packs

[Choco]

I like lead Federal Champion,I think it is load No.510.

[lefty o]

bulk pack rimfire ammo is generally bad news.

[scoutman]

Quote:       Originally Posted by lefty o

bulk pack rimfire ammo is generally bad news.

why is that?

[lefty o]

it is the lowest acceptable/ saleable grade of rimfire ammo, if it was any worse it would be scrapped. symptoms of bulk pack ammo, inconsistent ignition, erratic velocity. specifically speaking of federal ammo, the bulk pack is the last step before it gets sold to employees at a huge discount as factory seconds. if its worse than that it gets scrapped.

[Snijro]

the only problem with the feds it the feeding problem they shoot better then some target ammo i have had. its not cuz my gun was dirty she was clean before i started shooting the more i shot it seemed to be less of a problem when it was jaming i put some thunderbolts in and didnt jam once but o well

[.22guy]

Bulk pack has it's place. But it is what it is. Some people get lucky and there rifle shoots great with it. I have a couple rifles like that myself. It's nice to be able to shoot with decent accuracy for inexpensive. I buy as much .22 as I can, ammo doesn't seem to be getting any cheaper.

[pball942]

My Marlin 60 would eat up the Federal ammo. My problem was with the remington stuff. Clean, dirty, didn't matter. Your gun may just have particular tastes. Just have to try it and find out. Now my Savage really likes CCI, and my Son's will use it all. Ya just never know.

[tikkahunter_270]

I just my first box of the federal champions and they preformed great in my little bolt .22

[billy]

i use the bargain basement stuff on prairie dogs twice a week (really!) and they cant tell the difference.

[Big Dog]

I haven't found the Federal Champion yet, but it's supposed to be the same as the old Federal Lightning loads, which my guns do like.
I got two 325-round boxes of Federal Target Match the other day - pretty good stuff, with a lubricated lead 40-grain bullet. At $12/325 rounds, it's a tad expensive - but my bolties love it! I'll use the cheaper bulk stuff with the semi-autos.