UPDATE ON Some went BANG and some went CLICK

[JimT]

I went to the Range with the re-reloaded .22 Ammo plus the last 2 boxes of Armscor .22's from the 500 round carton and my old model Single Six.

On the Range the first round went PIFFLE. I thought "C.rap ... I didn't bring a rod to punch out a stopped bullet." I pulled the cylinder and looked the gun over and the bullet had cleared the barrel. Phew! I replaced the fired case and shot 5 then checked the target. All shots were about 4 to 5 inches above POA so velocity was quite a bit lower than factory. They shot a nice pattern for a shotgun, barely covering the area of an 8" paper plate. At 20 yards! Several of the bullets had keyholed, one almost sideways, indicating to me that the pressure was low enough that it did not expand the bullet base. I believe that I crunched the bases too small to get a good crimp on them when I reused them. My reloads with new unused bullets shoot accurately.

I fired the Armscor ammo that I took and the box that gave the misfires had several more. The other box of 50 worked just fine. So maybe it was a fluke? Or some issue that they caught? I have 500 rounds left and will use it up as practice ammo and see how it does.

I also shot Federals and Aguila ammo with no issues while I was there.

So I think I will stick to reloading .22's with new cast bullets and not try to pull and reload the factory bullets.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

How are you re-priming the rimfire cases?

[JimT]

How are you re-priming the rimfire cases?

I am not for these. I have a bunch of primed Russian made Long Rifle cases. Easier than priming the old ones.

I have a reloading kit and dies to reload rimfires. It comes with a priming compound that you mix. The compound can be used to make percussion caps or reload center fire primers.

[JimT]

You can find the website and information here https://22lrreloader.com/

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Interesting. I've seen the Cutting Edge stuff but not the one you mentioned. Though the logo looks familiar. Maybe from Powder Valley.