Armscor 22 lr review

[Old Dog]

Picked up some Armscor 36gr HP .22L @ Rural King the other day when it was on sale for $3.99 for a box of 50. Wanted to see how it worked. So here is my opinion. Fired from a brand new Ruger Charger. 100 rounds, no, repeat, no failures. Every round went boom at the right time. Was slightly less accurate @25 yds than the Rem Golden 36gr HP that I had on hand. New cases are coated with a dry lube film that gets all over your hands, kind of sticky. Left a lot of gunk in action but did not cause any issues. Dirty ammo, but it worked. Not my top choice, but could get by if it was the only thing available.

 

[grunt soldier]

that seems to be the general consensus. It goes bang but isn't even in my top 10 choice wise lol. I received a 500 round brick of it as a gift. I shot it all and had very little positive to say except that it was free 22lr in the middle of the drought lol.

 

[Bigtanker]

I'll never try them again. Had one with no powder go off in my Ruger MKii. Bullet lodged in the barrel, easily came out though.





The gun has 15k+ through it and has never had a problem other than a non-fire due to a bad cartridge. I've put 2,000 plus rounds through it since that day, zero problems.

 

[Old Dog]

I am always cautious and leery of new/foreign ammo. Guess the results support my caution.

 

[nipprdog]

I'll never try them again. Had one with no powder go off in my Ruger MKii. Bullet lodged in the barrel, easily came out though.





The gun has 15k+ through it and has never had a problem other than a non-fire due to a bad cartridge. I've put 2,000 plus rounds through it since that day, zero problems.

Looks more like an Out of Battery dicscharge.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Looks more like an Out of Battery dicscharge.

You know, when I was reading Big Tanker's original thread I kept thinking the same thing but didn't say anything. The mangled brass and oddly deformed bullet (not symmetrical at all) make it look like the round was cockeyed and only part way in the chamber when it went off. The indent on the case rim also looks unusually large and deep for a Ruger Mark II, from memory I don't think it matches up with the firing pin shape of that particular gun very well.

 

[warthog]

I am always cautious and leery of new/foreign ammo. Guess the results support my caution.

Hmmm, I have fired probably ten thousand rounds of various countries, "foreign" ammo of various calibers.

Seems to all go bang, sure some is "corrosive" but I clean my weapons, even my 22's. I use foreign commercial ammo too, Serbia seems to make particularly nice ammo IMO. In fact, though, while I have some Armscor, I haven't needed it yet since I had/have a lot of 22 of various type around and always do.

Thanks for the quick review, I will note this and perhaps shoot it up and get the dirty rotten ammo out of my stock.

 

[nipprdog]

You know, when I was reading Big Tanker's original thread I kept thinking the same thing but didn't say anything. The mangled brass and oddly deformed bullet (not symmetrical at all) make it look like the round was cockeyed and only part way in the chamber when it went off. The indent on the case rim also looks unusually large and deep for a Ruger Mark II, from memory I don't think it matches up with the firing pin shape of that particular gun very well.

Yep. Not a firing pin indentation. Definitely an OOB discharge. IMHO.

 

[Old Dog]

A follow-up to my earlier post: Have now fired 300 rounds of this Armscor 22 in 2 10/22s and a S&W 17, not a single failure! Accuracy is not bad at 25yds, but it is greasy to handle and dirty to shoot, but otherwise is ok. Won't be afraid to purchase more.

 

[warthog]

Great! Thanks Old Dog!

 

[Tactically Fat]

You know, when I was reading Big Tanker's original thread I kept thinking the same thing but didn't say anything. The mangled brass and oddly deformed bullet (not symmetrical at all) make it look like the round was cockeyed and only part way in the chamber when it went off. The indent on the case rim also looks unusually large and deep for a Ruger Mark II, from memory I don't think it matches up with the firing pin shape of that particular gun very well.

No powder in a .22 LR case doesn't mangle/destroy the case like that one has been destroyed.

Now - perhaps it didn't get into battery fully due to it being dirty from all the other Armscore stuff...

 

[AmmoManAaron]

No powder in a .22 LR case doesn't mangle/destroy the case like that one has been destroyed.

Now - perhaps it didn't get into battery fully due to it being dirty from all the other Armscore stuff...

I think the assumption that it didn't have powder is incorrect. I think it had powder, just that because most of the round was outside the chamber most of the powder gases vented out the top of the gun mangling the case and basically just shoving the bullet only a short distance into the chamber/barrel - note that the bullet does not have rifling marks on it, just the weird deformation on the side which looks like it got hung up on the edge of the chamber.