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Offline velo918

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Ammo for kadet upper
« on: August 15, 2013, 07:36:36 PM »
I know .22 is finicky by nature, but does anyone have experience with certain ammo brands that seems to work better than others in their kadet?

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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2013, 07:57:08 PM »
Federal's 525 rd value pack has been my favorite! But, I've also had good luck with
CCI and Winchester! Right now, its whatever you can find!!

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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2013, 08:29:59 PM »
The Kadet is an excellent design, with the lightweight slide they will run on bleep near any standard or high velocity ammo. Gotta love that.

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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2013, 08:54:47 PM »
Ran blue box federal today and yesterday. 1,000 rounds.  Lots of FTE

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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2013, 10:02:20 PM »
So, it all fired but wouldn't extract?
Was the slide well lubricated? 
What's the velocity listed for "blue box"?

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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2013, 10:34:07 PM »
"Blue box" isn't "blue box". It all has numbers, like 710 and 714. You have to quote the Federal number on the end flap of the blue box.

My experience with my son's Kadet is the same as Derweibhai. The gun shoots any name brand cartridge.
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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2013, 11:20:47 PM »
Don't know the number.  It's gone. Federal Champion

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Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2013, 11:21:36 PM »
This is a kadet upper on a 75bd lower

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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2013, 12:26:45 PM »
There's a train of thought circulating that says that all the new .22 has gone downhill (quality wise) since the factories have added shifts to catch up and not all the new employees are qualified or trained. In other words, the factories are rushing like crazy to ship product and not everything they ship is up to the pre-December '12 quality levels.

If your ammo was made this year, then that may be your issue.
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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2013, 01:10:35 PM »
They made .22 ammo this year?   ???
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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2013, 05:34:31 PM »
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They made .22 ammo this year?
"Millions" of rounds/week.  They are a subsidiary of ATK.
re "which Federal .22 LR:
http://www.federalpremium.com/products/rimfire.aspx
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Re: Ammo for kadet upper
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2013, 03:54:23 PM »
My kit feeds/fires/extracts federal bulk and CCI MiniMags with no problems.
I haven't tried any other ammo brands because I happen to like federal ammo and haven't had to resort to anything else.

I think i'm down to 8000 rounds of federal bulk and 700 rounds of MiniMags, so I'll have to resupply eventually.
Anything less than 10000 rounds of .22lr on hand makes me nervous...

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