I personally believe there is no difference between Golden Bullets no matter how they are packed.

 

I would make a point of not slumming below CCI branded ammo very often. Some will come out of the woodwork to call me crazy, but dollar for dollar CCI is probably the best shooting ammo that can be found on the shelf of a box store and online.

 

same

what amtex said

 

Ok, I guess golden bullets are a bad example to use. My question is directed at the majority of the brands, they pretty much all offer bulk packs, just wondering if the quality control is the same with bulk vs individual packaging ?

 

I have never seen CCI in bulk. Unless 100 sleeves are counted as bulk. In the last 6 months I have bought 10 sleeves of CCI SV for $7 a piece. That is 1000rds for around $80.00 (got throw some over to the tax man).

That is $40 a brick and by todays standards, a better than avg. to honest price for that ammo.

The last time I bought golden bullets was about 8 years ago. My Nylon 66 loves them and it was a 500 count, loose (bulk) pack for $19.99. I have not seen them on the shelf for several years and have not shot the 66 but a couple times in that 8 year period. Maybe 50 rounds total.

 

well, cheap federal in boxes is the same as bulk.
for plinking that stuff is fine but for serious work you need serious ammo.
my guns prefer SV for tight groups.

 

Cci has been in bulk blazers and 36 grain mini mags with troy Landry for sure

 

My 10/22 really likes CCI SV. I have put a few brands thru it and it has functioned flawlessly. But for more accurate shooting I stick to CCI SV/Mini Mag and/or Agulia Super Velocity.

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I have shot a lot of Remington golden bullets. Mostly the 225 and 525 bulk boxes. They have always been good. I got a 1400 bucket o bullets back in 2014 and they were horrible!

I had a ton of feeding and ejecting problems and honestly they were just as bad as the Winchester 333 white box. I think the 1400 bucket is too much weight and it squashes the bullets and cases slightly out of shape causing all the problems.

That's just my take on why they were so bad compared to the smaller count boxes.

Also want to add that bulk is loose packaged rounds simply dumped into a box. The CCI swamp people is not bulk, its packaged neatly in plastic treys the same way the 100rd sleeves are except its in a paper box instead of a plastic box.

Bulk packaged ammo is different from buying ammo in bulk. People always seem to confuse the 2.

 

to answer your question as directly as possible. it is the same exact stuff. the golden bullets that go into the 1400rd bucket are the same exact rounds that go into the 525rd boxes or the 100rd plastic tray/box. the cci minimag 36gr hp in the 100rd sleeves are the same exact rounds that go into the 300rd troy landry 300rd pk. cci blazers in the 525rd loose pack bricks are the same exact rounds that go into the trays of the 50rd tray/box and 500rd bricks. its cheaper and easier for them to dump 525, 550, or 1400rds into 1 container than to put 50rds in a tray, then into a box, then 10 boxes into another box. no matter what package it comes in, golden bullets are golden bullets, minimags are minimags, sv is sv, and blazer is blazer...

 

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I agree that bulk packs and smaller boxes of the same ammo should pretty much be all the same. What I would suggest to anyone new would be to buy a 50 round box at first if available that way and see how it performs in your particular firearm. It may be perfectly good ammo but you may discover that your results are not what you expected. In that case you aren't stuck with 300 to 1000 rounds of it depending on the size of the bulk pack. My experiences over the years has been that CCI, Aguila, Fiocchi, and Federal work well for me and I continue to buy them in bulk packs with no complaints.

 

Also want to add that bulk is loose packaged rounds simply dumped into a box. The CCI swamp people is not bulk, its packaged neatly in plastic treys the same way the 100rd sleeves are except its in a paper box instead of a plastic box.

Bulk packaged ammo is different from buying ammo in bulk. People always seem to confuse the 2.[/QUOTE]

You are Wrong and apparently unaware cci mini mags swamp people also came in bulk..loose with no dividers so yes I understand the meaning of bulk and I have some to prove it. Seems like your the one that's confused.

 

Also want to add that bulk is loose packaged rounds simply dumped into a box. The CCI swamp people is not bulk, its packaged neatly in plastic treys the same way the 100rd sleeves are except its in a paper box instead of a plastic box.

Bulk packaged ammo is different from buying ammo in bulk. People always seem to confuse the 2.

You are Wrong and apparently unaware cci mini mags swamp people also came in bulk..loose with no dividers so yes I understand the meaning of bulk and I have some to prove it. Seems like your the one that's confused.[/QUOTE]

WOW Really?! YOU are wrong ... You must be unaware because they don't even make the loose packaged bulk CCI swamp people anymore. The bulk maxi-mag was 250rds and the bulk mini-mag was 375rds... BUT... THEY DONT MAKE IT ANYMORE. :bthumb:
Its now 200rds maxi-mags and 300rds mini-mags and its not loose bulk packaged.

 

I've heard all sorts of stories about differences, but I could never tell any difference between bulk and the smaller packaged ammo.

 

I brought it up because someone said they never seen cci in bulk. I'm aware they no longer make it but you came across that they never did bulk or act like people don't understand what bulk is. Cci might not do them but they are still out there.

 

I have seen pallets being unloaded from a truck at my local warehouse gun/sport store. Bulk ammo 6 cases deep and a not very careful fork lift kid trying out for the Indy 500 (or was it the Baja 500 with the hard landings)! We have tested bulk ammo from the top case and the bottom. The bottom case had MANY loose bullets (easy to twirl around in the .22LR case). Lose bullets mean higher velocity variations and vertical stringing. If individual packages were not worthwhile they would not make them as they cost more.

 

My only take is that a brick used to be 500 rounds. A case was 5000 rds. Bought several of these in years past. Now it seems a brick is about 300 rounds, and I saw cases of mini mags that were 3000 round cases. All cost about the same as the 500 and 5000 round items. Prices going up for less ammo.

 

I have bought quite a bit of CCI Standard Velocity in bulk and it 100 round plastic containers. I don't notice any difference in the two packaging methods besides the price.

 

Bulk ammo are the floor sweepings after a day of making ammo! (kidding!)

 

Thats not funny Mister

 

The easiest way for the 500 round brick is to look at the top of the brick/box. Federal Blazer has the "zip" strip to open the box like Federal AutoMatch 325 box's. CCI Blazer has the glued flaps.

 

The easiest way for the 500 round brick is to look at the top of the brick/box. Federal Blazer has the "zip" strip to open the box like Federal AutoMatch 325 box's. CCI Blazer has the folded tuck-in flaps.

+1............and another way on the 500 round carton.

Federal on the Left and CCI on the right.

 

you guys think blazer is better than automatch?
i haven't tried it but i can use cheap ammo in my revolver.
i use expensive ammo in my bulls eye gun, but i like to save money when i can