Retired-LEO
NES Member
A friend gave me a bunch of Winchester .22LR ammunition (2) Types: #1) M22 & #2) Silvertip
First off I have been shooting Rimfire for about 40 years. Out of the 40 years I have found Winchester Rimfire to be some of the worst rimfire rounds made.
The quality control on Winchester is crap. Many of the M22's were crooked, improperly seated and many had primers that would not go off even
with decent double strikes. So I figured it's because the M22 is their bulk crap. So I tried the Winchester Silvertip (which is packaged 50 per box).
As I attempted to fire the Silvertip's out of (2) Ruger pistols that are usually extremely reliable: A Ruger MKIV 22/45 LITE and a LCP2 22LR. both pistols
had constant problems with the Silvertip's they would not fire two rounds in a row both had constant failure to feed and or failure to eject.
After shooting ALL of the Silvertips's 100 rounds (literally one at a time and clear the malfunction. I pulled out a bag of assorted 22LR's (made up
of CCI, Aguila, Remington and Federal... Both pistols had no issues firing ANY of the brands other than Winchester. Needless to say I have ZERO
interest in shooting Winchester Rimfire again!