I have shot a lot of Remington 22LR, along with other brands, over many years, starting in the early 1970's. My impression is that all rimfire ammo was better in the '70's than it is now. (But then, "everything", was better in the '70's, especially me....
) Over just the last two decades, I have learned from shooting rimfire ammo, that quality varies from lot to lot. I bought a brick of Peters 22LR that was just outstanding in every way. Yet subsequent purchases of that brand were less praiseworthy. I bought some boxes of Yellowjacket ammo that turned out to be the worst ammo I've ever bought, with somewhat over 20% misfires, most of which failed to fire on repeated attempts. I all but swore I wouldn't buy anymore of it. But, in The Great Shortage, I ran into some more of it, and you know how that goes; you take what you can get. Expecting the worst from it, it turned out to be just fine. Remington's Golden Bullet used to be the flagship of the line in their rimfire ammo, and they were justifiably proud of it back in the day. I believe that the profileration of hyper-velocity offerings has perhaps lead to management decisions to relegate what was once their best ammo, to a lower status. Having a well functioning quality-control system, should mean that when a production line begins to produce defective products, the line gets shut down until the problem is corrected. Decisions on how much a product is allowed to vary from the standard before the line is shut down and overhauled, could mean that you get some pretty lousy ammo that shouldn't have left the factory. At best, it's not good for the products reputation. At worst, someone get's killed or maimed and there is a huge lawsuit. I think, with rimfire ammo, there is less of a risk for the worst-case-scenario, than with centerfire. Remember, that production line is making a lot of money as long as it keeps running. Overhauling it costs time, and thus money. I want to get my money's worth out of my tires, so I don't replace them until I have to. Same thing. I think that Remington needs to decide to empower their quality-control department better than they used to. I also think that Winchester, Federal, and CCI, generally all make better 22LR products than Remington. Remington can make excellent ammo, and they have..... they just need to do a better job of keeping the defects from leaving their house.