Do some 22lr ammunition jam more than others?

i like to eat what tastes good to me............feed your .22 the same kind of diet and your troubles shall be over:D
 
+1 for the Mini Mags. They work in all my 22s, pistols as well as rifles. All the bulk brands cause me grief, in every thing I shoot them in. I get the best results with the bulk brands, by keeping my 22s clean. A couple hundred rounds of Thunderbolt, through my MKII, will result in a non-functioning pistol. A good cleaning reverts it back to it's old self. Shooting Remington Golden bullets in my 10-22s is very frustrating. Dud after dud. I've had some boxes of Federal that were the same way. I have pretty good luck with Dynapoints. They are 29.99 a box at KMart! Mini Mags are the best thing going in the 22 world.
 
My High Standard does the same with Win Std Velocity. I can shoot CCI std velocity or Federal target right behind the Winchester with no problems.
The Federal shoots dirty.
Mini-Mags are good rds but aren't good for tweaked target pistols.
 
.22lr ammo is no different than any other calibers as far as functioning in semi auto handguns.
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Do you really mean that? Rimfire vs Center-fire: Big difference....I've had two semi-auto .22's; both failed miserably in terms of FTF: finally settled on a revolver. (The two: Ruger MK 11 and Beretta 21A; I couldn't wait to sell them in the aisles of the next gun show)...:)
Yes, hypervelocity loads helped, but didn't cure the problems for me...
 
I`m one of the fortunate ones I guess and for that I`m thankful. Got a MKII that has literally ran 1000`s upon 1000`s of rounds through it. Never had any feed problems with it on any ammo except for some Phillipino junk I bought about 15 yrs. ago. Couple boxes of that stuff and it was like I poured sand down the slide. Two el-cheapo Jennings pocket guns. Same thing. Other than a bad round once in awhile, no problems with name brand ammo.
 
Federal Bulk Box Beware

Probably the worst experience I've had with .22 lr ammo in an auto loader was with the Federal 36-grain bulk box, commonly sold at Wal-Marts. I even called Federal and the tech there was open and honest. He told me not to use those 36-gr rounds in a semi auto .22 gun, as they aren't strong enough to cycle many guns. To Federal's credit, they took my unused rounds back and paid for them. Now my favorite .22 rounds are the Federal 40-grain rounds that are packaged in boxes of 325, and also found at Wal-Mart in a cream-colored box. I haven't experienced a single bad round or failure to feed. Accurate too...
 
After 10-15 years in the safe I decided to shoot my Remington 541 .22
I had 11 different shells (Federal, Remington, Blazer, Western and Winchester)
Shot over 100 rounds and all shot fine EXCEPT ALL 3 types of Winchester wouldn’t fit in the gun or if it did I had to use a rod to get the casing out after firing. Anyone else have this problem with MP-22, Super X and 36 grain hollow points.
 
My last box of super x had a bunch of duds in it, won't buy that again. I've been picking up blazer 500 Rd bricks for $25 lately. Accurate and reliable. Those blazer rounds even brought a magazine back from the dead that wasn't functioning well with any other ammo.
 
The worst I've seen in my Ruger MarkIII was the CCI Christmas LRN's. These even made my Neos go nuts. I gave all that I had left to my dad for his Heritage .22 revolver, which worked perfectly for him.
 
I've had more issues with bulk ammo jamming than non-bulk ammo, but that's about all I can say with certainty. Winchester White Box was the worst in that regards, but it was pretty accurate once it got into the chamber and fired.
 
.22 ammo is a funny thing. What some guns like certain brands other guns, often the same model, won’t. I think its user perception as well, for instance I love Golden Bullets, I find them accurate and fairly reliable for a bulk round but Golden Bullets seem to be one of the most hated rounds out there on the internet. I also have good luck with the Federal 525 Value Pack, but that’s another one that people seem to hate. On the flip side, I’ve had nothing but trouble out of Federal Auto Match, even trying it in 4 of my semi-auto’s but others seem to love the stuff.

A general consensus is that CCI Mini Mags are almost always reliable and pretty accurate in just about all .22’s, but it’s not really a cheap bulk round. I really like CCI Standard Velocity too, but its not strong enough to cycle all guns, and even if it does you need to keep that particular firearm pretty clean. Aguila seems to be pretty reliable as well for most folks and from what I’ve seen they are cheaper than CCI. CCI’s bulk round, Blazers were always good to me but that was before the .22 “shortage” when they were more expensive. Now they are a heck of a lot cheaper and I wonder if they’re still just as good.
 
I've experienced more variation from batch to batch with
22lr. Federal Auto Match was good to me for a while, but the last couple boxes, I've had many problems including a squibs in my Heritage 22
 
On the flip side, I’ve had nothing but trouble out of Federal Auto Match, even trying it in 4 of my semi-auto’s but others seem to love the stuff.
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That has been my experience as well. I tried Auto Match in 7 different semi-autos with no success. I was starting to wonder if it would even function in my bolt actions. (It did function in my 1416 Anschutz but accuracy was poor.) I'll never buy it again.

I have been buying CCI lately. I get the best accuracy and reliability with Blazer and the new poly coated 40 gr. solids. Mini Mags and SV shoot quite well too as do the Winchester 40 gr Power Point HP. The other Winchester Super X loadings have been a disappointment so I only buy Power Point.
 
My Ruger Mark III Hunter will eat anything and I barely ever clean it.

My wife's SR22 is more picky. It chokes on AutoMatch. Works OK with Remington Thunderbolts. Flawless with MiniMags.

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In my experience, 22 LR pistols are EXTREMELY picky on ammo.

And, the higher velocity the ammo, the more likely it is to cycle properly. Buy the highest velocity stuff you can find and you'll probably find success.
 
After experimenting with about 7 or 8 loads in my pistols I have found the most accurate

Ruger MK II 22/45 4 3/4" standard-Federal American Eagle 38 g HP
Ruger MK III 22/45 5.5" Bull Target-CCI SGB 40 g Solid
Revolver-Ruger SP101 4.25"- Remington Yellow Jacket hyper velocity (I know, and they don't make them anymore, or exceptionally hard to find now) It will group some others almost as well.

After shooting the AUTOS for years I have not found them 100% reliable with almost any ammo. The revolver has never failed except the usual occasional failure to fire which is a dud and not the guns fault.
 
The only feeding/malfunction problems I have are with HP ammunition (any brand). Guns include: S&W M41, two Sig 22LR uppers for my P226 & 11A1, a Ciener 1911 .22LR upper, & a Marvel unit for the 1911's.

One secret for success has been to keep the guns clean, especially the chamber and bolt face. I also have less problems if I lube with a lighter oil...CLP works well. For most of my center-fire autos, I use grease on the rails, but not with the .22's.

The problem with HP's seems to be the blunt, almost square edge of the HP catching on the bottom of the barrel ramp or on the front of the mag. Solid .22's do not have any problems feeding, although standard velocity stuff will cycle only so-so.

The gold standard for reliability and accuracy pretty much is CCI Mini-Mags for me. The Smith M41 is more accurate with selected ammunition, but with the rest it's pretty hard to tell at 25 yds. All will do well less than 2" gps at 25 yds with most anything you can stuff into them. The M41, of course does much better...and that's with iron sights and a 72 yo doing the steering. YMMV, Rod
 
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