I shoot Federal Gold Medal through my Mark III target most of the time. It also fires American Eagle just fine. The real expensive boutique ammunition is lost on me and my pistol skill, I save that $0.19/round stuff for the rifles where 32ths of an inch of group size means something.

Remington rimfire primers are probably the worst of the lot. And I can say that being that my "plinking" ammo of choice in my 22LR rifles is Remington Golden Bullet 40gr round nose. The dead primer ratio (and the "dead primer spot - the ones you can turn 90 degrees and get a primer hit on) is probably the worst I've seen in any ammunition manufacturer. If it wasn't for the fact my rifles love loading the stuff (as long as it's not hollowpoint) I'd probably give it a huge thumbs down.

Just remember to stick to standard and low velocity rounds in your pistol... no sense hammering the hell out of the bolt stop pin (which also happens to be a part of the mainspring housing) with hyper velocity ammo.

Bren R.