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Fun only if you don`t mind spending the collector price per pack for the Chicklet box Rems. They fetch a big $ on the collector market. Check them out. They have been out of production for near 50 yrs.
SmallCal

 

The Remington Rocket and the Peters Thunder bolt had a velocity of 1710 feet per second. With a composition bullet. These are the same bullet as the Remington 6722 new and improved gallery round.

There now collectible The Rockets by the brick will sell for either side of $300.00 a brick. The peters Thunder bolt either side of $500.00 per brick.

I put 2 bricks of each away before the price got crazy.

I have shot the rockets doing some testing and when they hit steel plates like on a shooting gallery they spark and crumble apart just like the 6722 gallery round.

 

I 'assumed' they were collectible. This ad is from the middle of 1955; I got into shooting in 1959/60 and I never heard of them so I'm guessing they did not last very long on the market.

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bullets were made of powdered iron - lead free rimfires before their time - i think that they were discontinued because of barrel wear issues -

 

:yeahthat: A well used galley gun is almost always durn near a smooth bore from those loads

 

I had some as a youth, (11 years old) they were hot but only purchased one box they must have been expensive for my budget back in those days. My ammo was paid for at the time by picking up soda bottles along the road.

 

My main recollection about Rockets back when I started to shoot is that every kid wanted them but their fathers said "You're not shooting those things in my rifle. Wait till you can buy your own rifle and you will not want to shoot them then if you have any sense".

 

dear roadrat:

I shot a lot of Remington Rockets from my Winchester low wall .22 Short chambered rifle, which had good Lyman peep and globe sights on its 28" barrel. Its sharp "crack" at 1,700 fps was a new thrill, but it did not prove as accurate as Rem. HV 29gr lead .22 Short nor as effective on squirrels. Gallery use seemed the main reason for its existence in that it presented less of a hazard than Lead. This did not save it from obsolescence.

 

The bullets weighed only 15 gr, IIRC.

Regards,

Tam 3

 

They were devastating,at short range,on starlings and grackles.Used them quite a bit in my misspent "yute".I saw a pack of them about a year ago at a small gunshow.They were not for sale,display only.

 

I see a pack of them occasionally at a gun show but can`t see getting off the $25.00+ per pack collector price. They show up on Gunbroker collector ammo too but at those same price range.
I may buy a pack of them one birthday or Christmas for a self-present when I feel flush in the wallet. .
SmallCal

 

I remember them well. I didn't think that they were very accurate and the cellophane cover on the box would sometimes tear and the rounds would fall out. I only bought a few packs of them.

 

Remember them too.

I bought 1 or 2 packs in m youth. If I remember right, the 28 pack cost more than a box of 50 shorts.

 

It could have been fatal for me

I remember in 1956 the Chicklet box with the composite bullets. I think they sold a lot to kids because they were so cheap but only good for shooting tin cans. They disintegrated on impact with almost anything. I can swear to that because a 14yr old boy shot me with one due to stupid gun handling. It must have been breaking up in the barrel because it hit my front thigh in two entry wounds. The larger entry was half dollar size but exit was about 22 cal. Lucky it only hit muscle and healed well. That was probably the first of my "lives 9". I'm up to number 8 now.

 

I remember those from my first 22 back in 54 or 55. They were repacked gallery gun ammo, maybe the arcade shooting galleries were already on their way out and Remington found a way to get rid of excess inventory.
I also remember a gun magazine article about a hyper velocity 22 wildcat, 22-243 I think, that pushed one of these 15 gr slugs to close to 5000 FPS. Very impractical but ,ads for good reading.