HAS ANYONE HAD ISSUES USING FREEDOM MUNITIONS (new) 9MM 115GR

[RIDER]

I was thinking about trying some Freedom Munitions 9mm 115gr fmj (new) ammo - not reload, and a couple of people told me they had some issues with this brand. I read online where some people were having issues with high pressure signs on the primers with 124gr fmj (new), but I have not read anything about 115gr problems. Any opinions are appreciated, Thanks RIDER

 

[olivs260]

I've never shot their (new) ammo, but I've fired thousands of rounds of their (reman) in both 9mm (115gr) and .223 (62gr FMJ I think) without a single problem, ever. If their (reman) stuff is good, I can't imagine that their (new) wouldn't be as well. Granted I'm a sample size of 1, so take that as you will.

 

[bigtattoo79]

I was told by Freedom that all New and Reman ammo are the same expect for the brass.
And I buy it all the time and have no trouble at all.

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[speedster]

I'll echo the above post. Never used their new stuff but my experience with the reman ammo is good to go.

 

[Mxav]

Ive never had an issue with them but maybe 1 or 2 rounds not ejecting. I blame myself for that problem though..

 

[oppsImissed]

From experiance last weekend, Both are good to go. Shot a box of new and reman. I could not tell the differance. Both were 124 grain

 

[RIDER]

Thank you all for your replies, I try to take what I read on the internet with a grain of salt, normally you only read about the bad experiences. I've read more good about this brand than bad, and just wanted some input from others who have used it. I finally have my lovely WIFE shooting with me and do not need any injury or damage caused by ammo to scare her away. I know that any ammo brand can have issues at random as I experienced with a bad batch of Winchester, I'm just a little more careful now. Thanks RIDER

 

[king4456]

I got some 9mm reman right after they started the brass trade in and waited to shoot it for almost a year. Stored in ammo can in air controlled room. When I tried to shoot it from my glock last year it was crap. They would not cycle and would jamb every round. The casings would stick in the gun and I could not get them out. Cleared it finally and switched to another ammo I had and it cycled fine. Back to the freedom and again the same crap. I think quality control went down hill after the brass trade in started. I have bought and used various calibers of freedom munitions since the beginning with no problems before this incident. One bullet was loaded about an 1/8 inch to far down into casing. The head stamps were all different. I stopped buying from them that day. I still have a couple thousand rounds left of various calibers that I will shoot some day.

 

[king4456]

This is the casing and it was stuck in my Glock I had to bring it home put it in a vice and beat it out with a Phillips head screwdriver

 

[king4456]

I went and dug out a box.

 

[king4456]

 

[freedive10]

I shoot the remanufactured 9mm from them in large qualities. Around 8000 rds of their 9mm with zero issues out of my M&P9 so far.

 

[king4456]

For the record I still plan to shoot the thousands of rounds I have. The 223 and .40 have given me zero issues. Just sharing what happened.

 

[RIDER]

King4456, Thank you for taking the time and effort to show me what your experience has been. The pics of the ammo look clean and brand new, you would never think it would cause such bad results. Any idea what is causing this to occur? Any damage to your Glock? Have you tried there (NEW) ammo or have you just used there reloads?

 

[king4456]

Just the reman. My opinion is that the casings were expanding too much due to brass that had been reloaded too many times. Not an expert on reloading so I do not know if this was the case.

 

[bigtattoo79]

Just the reman. My opinion is that the casings were expanding too much due to brass that had been reloaded too many times. Not an expert on reloading so I do not know if this was the case.

King, I don't know what the problem is with that ammo but I'm sure it's not the brass. The way I tell when my 9mm brass is done is when the case mouth starts splitting.

If you have the batch number of the box call freedom and they will make it right.


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[jquinnett]

I agree with king4456: too many reloads, too much powder, or a bad edge on the case. I have a bunch of Freedom 9mm and 40 as well as I load tons of Extreme plated bullets (same company) and never had any problems. I have had problems with black flash (smoked) which is usually a sign of not enough powder to seal the case. I have had stuck cases with some of the steel Russian stuff. maybe be case length issue, might measure it and see.

 

[ldn0125]

In two years, I've likely shot about 30,000 rounds of ammo. I have used my share of Freedom Munitions ammo but it has not been the majority of brand. My one and only squib was with a Freedom Muntions reman 9mm round within the last month. Thankfully, it didn't travel too far down the barrel and the following round didn't seat. That turned me off - I'll use other brands instead.

 

[brewer3401]

In two years, I've likely shot about 30,000 rounds of ammo. I have used my share of Freedom Munitions ammo but it has not been the majority of brand. My one and only squib was with a Freedom Muntions reman 9mm round within the last month. Thankfully, it didn't travel too far down the barrel and the following round didn't seat. That turned me off - I'll use other brands instead.

2 years after this post, looking for updates if any. I shipped 2 boxes of empty brass to them and got a credit within 2 days of them receiving. Are there any current issues with NEW 9mm 115 gn. ?
Thanks for any replies.

 

[JBP55]

2 years after this post, looking for updates if any. I shipped 2 boxes of empty brass to them and got a credit within 2 days of them receiving. Are there any current issues with NEW 9mm 115 gn. ?
Thanks for any replies.

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