Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Remington Thunderbolt LR at 100yds! Videos

There has been a lot of talk about the Remington Thunderbolt 22lr ammo. As many people have stated, its not very consistent, etc. But I have personally had pretty good luck with it in my bolt gun's and ruger single action revolvers. For me its fine for plinking and with a little modification I've had great success with them for small game.

Here are a few videos I took while shooting spinners at 100yds. My camera only has a 3 second burst when shooting in slow motion.

http://youtu.be/0KOBWWaRejM

22lr Remington Thunderbolt vs 3 spinner 100yds


http://youtu.be/emVbv7eG1m4

22lr Remington Thunderbolt vs 2 spinner 100yds

Good Hunting
Harpy

I use the 60gr Aguila and CCIMM's for the small stuff

How has it worked for you in semi auto rifles and pistols??

Bsa ,
It has not been as reliable as I would like in my semi-autos, but I have shot quite a bit of it when plinking.

Good Hunting
Harpy

Thanks harpy. The thunderbolts are what I'm seeing locally. I have a few thousand various 22LR rounds left. I was just hoping the new improved Remington 22lr ammo was a little better than it used to be. Looks like it works good enough in the bolt actions...

Funny how times change. Ten years ago if I was in Basspro and saw
a brick of Rem Thunderbolts for sale would have just walked pass it.
NOT Today ...
now I would be on those Thunderbolts like a Rottweiler on a big steak bone.

hmmph .... I still walk by Thunderbolts whenever and where ever I see them. Probably need two more years of this crap before I need to consider buying Thunderturds.

Best,

LOL! My son hates the stuff. In his 10/22, the powder sprays all over his face almost every shot. It doesn't seem to be a problem with other ammo. If we have to, we use it in the Henry lever actions, Rossi pump or Single-Six revolver.

Thunderbolts vary quite a bit from lot to lot. A bad lot is junk with lots of duds and squibs. A good lot can be fairly decent ammo. I just recently ran a brick of it through my old Marlin 989M2 semi-auto without a single misfire or malfunction. What's more it was decently accurate for HV ammo consistently printing 7 shot groups that hovered right around an inch at 50 yards.

I have shot a fair amount of Thunderbolts in a 541T and a Ruger 10/22. Never a dud or squib. In the 541 at 32 yards they will print 3 shots in one small hole. I shoot gophers, English sparrows and starlings with them out of my 541T with misses being rare. Shots are mostly 35 yards and under though. I'm not saying they are a match grade quality, but have performed well for me.