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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6686803
12/08/19 11:06 AM
12/08/19 11:06 AM
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Northern lower Michigan
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I buy Thunder bolts and use them a the range. I do find them to be a dirty round, but after hundreds of range shots deep cleaning is standard. CCI .22lr are imho better and cleaner, at least my Rugers say so.

Last edited by Feedinggrounds; 12/08/19 11:07 AM. Reason: Spelling

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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6701914
12/21/19 10:50 PM
12/21/19 10:50 PM
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Golconda, IL
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On sale now for 14.99

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6701921
12/21/19 10:57 PM
12/21/19 10:57 PM
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Northeastern kansas
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Northeastern kansas
Just like anything else you get what ya pay for,theyre junk.

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: The Possum Man] #6702009
12/22/19 12:17 AM
12/22/19 12:17 AM
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USA MN
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Originally Posted by The Possum Man
I tried a few different bullets i had on hand with my ruger 22/45. The thunderbolts did as good or better than the winchesters and cci's (minimag and standard velocity) that i had on hand. They fed and cycled well and grouped just as good as the cci's. I am now using federal auto-match, i havent shot them for groups but they sure cycle well and have been accurate for my dispatch needs. The cci standard velocity wasnt all that impressive and had quite a few cycling problems with my pistol even though they get rave reviews everywhere.

them 1050 feet per second rounds of any kind are junk to me. I have not been impressed with any post Obama shortage ammo unless your paying for the really high priced stuff


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: Peskyvarments] #6702010
12/22/19 12:20 AM
12/22/19 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Peskyvarments
Just like anything else you get what ya pay for,theyre junk.

X2


I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: Peskyvarments] #6702042
12/22/19 01:18 AM
12/22/19 01:18 AM
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Fredonia, PA.
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Originally Posted by Peskyvarments
Just like anything else you get what ya pay for,theyre junk.

Meh..... Good enough for plinking and dispatch. I wouldn't want to hunt with them.


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: Finster] #6702070
12/22/19 02:57 AM
12/22/19 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Finster
Originally Posted by Peskyvarments
Just like anything else you get what ya pay for,theyre junk.

Meh..... Good enough for plinking and dispatch. I wouldn't want to hunt with them.

If ya got a bolt action then ok. They do not cycle well in a semi.


I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702121
12/22/19 07:44 AM
12/22/19 07:44 AM
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Northern lower Michigan
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I buy them for burning at the range, they are in fact dirty as can be, but that's ok as range time always involves hundreds of rounds and deep cleaning. Hunting is done with quality ammo that is also used for sighting. The rifles I use for burning dirty ammo and fun are not my scoped squirrel/ rabbit hunting gun. I have a mod 25 Marlin/Glenfield bolt action sighted with and shoots only CCI stingers, A Ruger 10/22 that uses only CCI mini mags for hunting.


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702127
12/22/19 08:04 AM
12/22/19 08:04 AM
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williamsburg ks
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i have shot a lot of them. got some with the rest of my ammo as well as a couple boxs in my pickup. they are great for shooting something between the eyes at 5 feet or letting grandkids shoot cans for a few hundred rounds. when i hunt though i dont want to miss at 40 yards and a squirrel or rabbit head is just to small for the accuracy they deliver. i am not afraid to shoot them in any 22 i own as they get cleaned good after a day of shooting anyway. By the time you scrub all the lead and wax loose from a hundred rounds of your favorite match ammo you will have done enough brass brushing to knock out any powder residue from thunderbolts. residue in the action cleans right up. i use hoppes #9 in the action and most of the time in the barrel.

i have an old turn of the century falling block remington 22. getting a little wore in the firing pin. sometimes it wont fire without pulling the hammer back and shooting a thunderbolt twice. cci will pop every time though in it


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702142
12/22/19 08:25 AM
12/22/19 08:25 AM
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Ohio
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I've been shooting the aguila sub sonics forever. people hate them. I love them. There are about 4 diff kinds, I like the yellow box ones.

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702153
12/22/19 08:38 AM
12/22/19 08:38 AM
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Northern lower Michigan
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Those Aguila 60 grain rounds are great for dispatch. Heavy and quiet.


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702189
12/22/19 09:15 AM
12/22/19 09:15 AM
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2A Sanctuaries-W. OK & N. NM
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They're good not great but definitely sufficient for plinking. Remember a few years ago when we couldn't find 22 ammo? Remember the price when we did?

Buying a couple (10 or 20) boxes now for the ammo cabinet is insurance for later.

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702205
12/22/19 09:25 AM
12/22/19 09:25 AM
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Minnesota
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Good to have put away

I went through many bricks as a kid.


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702302
12/22/19 10:45 AM
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Arkansas
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Have shot many many boxes. Thru a Remington speedmaster h&r single shot ruger bolt action. I killed a ton of fur with them. But now I use shorts.

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702841
12/22/19 07:02 PM
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I have never used any that are close to as dirty as Winchesters. Those things are filthy.

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702934
12/22/19 08:08 PM
12/22/19 08:08 PM
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I had a brick of Federal high power .22s that I thought were getting old but they are still crisp as new ones, I had a old box of Experts that would not cycle the slide on my S/W 422.


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6702943
12/22/19 08:12 PM
12/22/19 08:12 PM
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SW Georgia
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Midway always run this every Christmas it seems. I’ll by 2-3 bricks every year. They seem to work just fine for me, not shooting any tournaments though. Just every day critters.

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: danny clifton] #6703135
12/22/19 10:24 PM
12/22/19 10:24 PM
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The Hill Country of Texas
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
they are good trap dispatch rounds but head shooting a squirrel consistently at 40 is pretty iffy


X2
My Marlins and my Rugers shoot anything better than the Rem Thunderbolts


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Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6703436
12/23/19 09:13 AM
12/23/19 09:13 AM
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I have five .22 rifles and one handgun. All the rifles have been tested with eight to ten different brands of ammo. When I find one the rifle likes I buy a bunch.

My 1949 H & R Model 865 Plainsman shoots Winchester Super X Power Points (40g jacketed HP) the best out of ammo tested. My 1955 Remington Scoremaster likes CCI Stingers (33g jacketed HP), the only one besides my newer Rem 541 that does. My Savage likes Remington Yellow Jackets and my Winchester 69A likes Federal Classic High Velocity.

That is the ammo I use in each rifle when I go hunting with them.

When I'm plinking and having fun with the kids all rifles and the handgun get fed a steady diet of whatever ammo is cheap and available in bulk. In this case, the Thunderbolts. Also, they work great as dispatch ammo.

Are they junk? I don't know, never sighted any rifle with them, I prefer jacketed bullets for hunting. I know they go bang when I pull the triggers and usually hit what we're aiming at so...I guess I would need to know why someone considers them junk?


Eh...wot?

Re: 500 22 LR thunderbolt for [Re: adam m] #6703531
12/23/19 11:30 AM
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rogers city mi.
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things are to good Lug couple years ago that junk had people standing in line and paying asking price


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