Winchester Ammo Wildcat 22 LR 40gr LRN 500/Bx

Most people shooting 22LR from magazines are familiar with jams & sooty chambers/barrels.  This ammo gave me only one FTF over 275 rounds fired through SWM&P 15-22 rifle. Fairly clean chamber compared to most 22LR range ammo. BEST PART: Consistent 1-1/2" groupings at 25 yds at range USA. So, it makes sense that this product is marketed for small game hunting as well as plinking.

everything was fine.

I had doubts. Generally Winchester ammo is never reliable through any of my semiautomatic pistols or rifles. I took a chance, mostly because it was the only brand available at the time, and I bought 5 boxes. I figured if it was as bad as I thought it was going to be, I would use it in my revolvers.

I ran this through a GSG 1911 and through my AR15 with a .22lr conversion kit and between the two guns, had only one failure to feed. I was shocked to say the least.

Hopefully this is a sign of a good trend in Winchester producing a better quality .22lr product. They certainly seem to have got these right.

It was over pressured. worked well in semi-auto's but in my revolver the overpressure was every now and again pushing the case back enough to where i could feel it as the cylinder was turning. A couple time it even completely prevented rotation of the cylinder. I think that Winchester may be over compensating in the load to make its ammo more reliable in semi-auto's.