What’s your go to range ammo for consistent reliability and performance? I’ve always been a fan of Winchester white box for pistols and rifle rounds and CCI for rimfire.
I also used to be a big fan of federal ammo and still am as far as deffensive ammo and rifle rounds are concerned but lately I’ve gotten a good bit of subpar pistol and .22 ammo from federal. I had a few boxes of 115gr federal American eagle that was so bad it wasn’t even strong enough to cycle the slide and eject the spent case. I went through 3 brand new 50rd boxes like this and only about every 7th or 8th round was actually powerful enough to cycle the slide. Also had a box of CCI blazer ammunition 9mm that came with 2 rounds with the bullets seated down about double the rest of the rounds. At first it looks like two rounds of 9 mm short. I wasn’t going to risk firing it but I’m almost certain the pressure from those rounds would’ve been way too much. Also had an 800rd range pack that about every 5th round would not fire regardless of how many times I re loaded it and struck the primers. This made me a lot nervous since I have a good bit of federal defense ammo some old some new and 223/5.56 all new. I decided to test a little bit of everything federal that I had that was purchased this year and all of the deffensive ammo and rifle ammo performed just fine.
what’s your experience been with ammo quality as of late.
I also used to be a big fan of federal ammo and still am as far as deffensive ammo and rifle rounds are concerned but lately I’ve gotten a good bit of subpar pistol and .22 ammo from federal. I had a few boxes of 115gr federal American eagle that was so bad it wasn’t even strong enough to cycle the slide and eject the spent case. I went through 3 brand new 50rd boxes like this and only about every 7th or 8th round was actually powerful enough to cycle the slide. Also had a box of CCI blazer ammunition 9mm that came with 2 rounds with the bullets seated down about double the rest of the rounds. At first it looks like two rounds of 9 mm short. I wasn’t going to risk firing it but I’m almost certain the pressure from those rounds would’ve been way too much. Also had an 800rd range pack that about every 5th round would not fire regardless of how many times I re loaded it and struck the primers. This made me a lot nervous since I have a good bit of federal defense ammo some old some new and 223/5.56 all new. I decided to test a little bit of everything federal that I had that was purchased this year and all of the deffensive ammo and rifle ammo performed just fine.
what’s your experience been with ammo quality as of late.
