With the scarcity of .22 ammo, I have been forced to scrounge for whatever is available. I have contacted a hole-in-the-wall dealer who has 3 bricks of Winchester Wildcat. My main concern is what problems I may face due to this ammo being a lead cast bullet. I would greatly appreciate some knowledge pertaining to this genre of bullet. Better yet would be any information regarding past experience with this specific load. I will be shooting this out of a Marlin Papoose for hunting and occasional target purposes.
Plated vs. Cast
- Thread starter B.A.C.
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Re: Plated vs. Cast
i've had great results with the wildcat, even in a high velocity round it's pretty good.
if it's not the hollow point stuff, kinda not too good on squirrel, unless hit just right sort of goes right through them.
i've had great results with the wildcat, even in a high velocity round it's pretty good.
if it's not the hollow point stuff, kinda not too good on squirrel, unless hit just right sort of goes right through them.
Re: Plated vs. Cast
When I was a kid I shot tons(litterally) of Wildcats..99c a box. They were fine then and they will be fine now if its all you got.
I will even shoot Remington Goldenturds if I get hard up enough.
When I was a kid I shot tons(litterally) of Wildcats..99c a box. They were fine then and they will be fine now if its all you got.
I will even shoot Remington Goldenturds if I get hard up enough.
Re: Plated vs. Cast
my magnum research 22lr shoots the remingtons better. but had a couple bad expiernces with rem had a bullet get stuck in the barrel and didn't know it and put another in behind it! rem 597 rifle was replaced by them. Then this fall was going to sight my magnum research in for rem thunderbolts and after a clip couldnt keep them in a 3ft square of cardboard at 50 yrds went to clean and look over the rifle and found it was severely leaded a inch or so past the chamber had to force the cleaning rod just to get it down the barrel. wore out a brush getting the most of lead out. called them they had me send in all the ammo and found that their lubing machine wasn't working and there was no lube on the bullets and that is what caused the problem.
my magnum research 22lr shoots the remingtons better. but had a couple bad expiernces with rem had a bullet get stuck in the barrel and didn't know it and put another in behind it! rem 597 rifle was replaced by them. Then this fall was going to sight my magnum research in for rem thunderbolts and after a clip couldnt keep them in a 3ft square of cardboard at 50 yrds went to clean and look over the rifle and found it was severely leaded a inch or so past the chamber had to force the cleaning rod just to get it down the barrel. wore out a brush getting the most of lead out. called them they had me send in all the ammo and found that their lubing machine wasn't working and there was no lube on the bullets and that is what caused the problem.
Re: Plated vs. Cast
Try Palmetto State Armory. They show several variants of plated CCI Mini Mags in stock. Bought my AR and several thousand rounds of .223 and 22 LR from them over the past couple of months.
PSA Rimfire Ammo Pages
Try Palmetto State Armory. They show several variants of plated CCI Mini Mags in stock. Bought my AR and several thousand rounds of .223 and 22 LR from them over the past couple of months.
PSA Rimfire Ammo Pages
