I've never tried any Winchester .22's but it's hard to beat good ole CCI.
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Don't bother with the stingers (as others have said), as they tend to be for shooting at pests.
The 36 grain CCI Mini-mags are hollow points and the 40 grain are solid projectiles, but I don't notice any difference for range shooting. Both work flawlessly in my 22QD as do Remington Thunderbolts and also CCI/Blazer.
Don't bother with low or standard velocity rounds (below 1200fps seems to be the point at which mine doesn't work well) in the 22QD, as unless you have a really unusual one, they don't like them.
I also recommend three other things to you. Others may disagree, but you never know unless you try them. In order of cost (highest first):
1. Upgrade to the 5 inch "target" barrel. This alone allowed more types of rounds to function in it flawlessly.
2. Don't judge the gun until you have broken it in with at least 500 rounds. Once you get at least that number out of the way, it gets more "tolerant".
3. I lube my gun with more gun oil than most people do. This, as was also suggested to me, putting plenty of oil into the magazines and leaving it there, helps with feeding issue these guns can also have.
BONUS TIP: Try to lube your ammo. SOME round have a surface treatment on them and others don't. You might find that searching in here reveals some interesting info on this.
It took me at least 1,000 rounds through my 22QD and to install the 5" barrel for me to be happy with it. Remember, it's a not very expensive weapon so we should not expect high end performance from it as shipped. If we have to mess with it and play around to get it to perform reasonably reliably and decently, then that's all part of the fun of owning one of these.
By the way, I have a couple of boxes of different ammo that won't work with it in my safe too so you are not alone in this.
Perhaps they are waiting for my next 22LR gun purchase? Good luck.
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