jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
I've shot a bunch of ammo from Georgia Arms, 9mm, .223, 10mm, and 44-40. Good stuff, not outrageously priced. I pick up at the Chantilly Gun Show. Canned Heat is the best value.
Fired out of Battery, or Bad Ammo?
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I've shot a bunch of ammo from Georgia Arms, 9mm, .223, 10mm, and 44-40. Good stuff, not outrageously priced. I pick up at the Chantilly Gun Show. Canned Heat is the best value.
GoGoGadget
Deplorable Member
That's were I get it too. Their .38sp wadcutters are super fun to shoot, they sell out every time, so I hit Chantilly on Friday afternoon and hit the GA table first, then browse for other stuff…
CaribooLou
Active Member
FWIW I've shot 700 rounds of this same ammo through this pistol and about 400 or their 223 through my AR, this is the first issue I've ever had. I can't say that I wont give their new ammo another chance, I'm going to stay away from reloads through.
I was playing with it again tonight, if I move the slide back a tad more than a 16th of an inch it will fire, is that normal? I'm waiting for some parts to come in before I take it to the smith. First issue I've ever had with this pistol, it only has 800 rounds through it.
TomisinMd
Ultimate Member
Freedom has problems? I've bought their new stuff for quite a while. Never had an issue. I will stay away from S&B and others, but love me some new freedom.
OrbitalEllipses
Ultimate Member
S&B? Really? Generally regarded as fine plinking ammo. I've had some low-powered boxes of FM 9mm, enough that I'll likely look elsewhere for my next few thousand rounds. At this point the savings of $25/thousand aren't worth it.
donw@fyi.net
Active Member
I've had good luck with Freedom
I've run about 1K rounds of .45 ACP and another K of 9 MM from Freedom ammo. Frankly, I no longer pay much attention to whether it's new or remanufactured. All my guns seem to be happy with the stuff.
I've run about 1K rounds of .45 ACP and another K of 9 MM from Freedom ammo. Frankly, I no longer pay much attention to whether it's new or remanufactured. All my guns seem to be happy with the stuff.
grayson71
Ultimate Member
me as well, I shoot 9mm, 45, 5.56 from them all the time, have only had one or two FTF and only one light load in 1000s of rounds. I do check the rounds as i am loading, but have never seen anything out of the ordinary
TomisinMd
Ultimate Member
Yes S&B (or herters, made by S&B). Never again. I had 5 broken shell casings from 357 mag in a Winchester 1873. Cabelas took all three boxes back and were pissed. I fired 17 rounds of it. never again!
CaribooLou
Active Member
Has anybody ever dealt with Freedom Munitions customer service? They haven't responded to my email, and the only number on their website is for sales.
I emailed concerning the 9mm luger loaded in the 9mm Makarov case and they did respond with thanks for letting us know and to let them know if I found any other problems.
Venge
Active Member
I'll never buy from them again.
Out of 500 rounds, over 5 were loaded so poorly that the bullet was just rattling around and dumping powder everywhere.
Would rather not risk it.
I guess that's the difference between a professional company and some hacks who make ammo. I had a box of CCI 9mm with poor crimp, they exchanged the entire box, no questions asked.
Dirichlet
Active Member
- Jan 3, 2013
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I've only used Freedom Munitions "new" ammo. I've fired thousands of rounds (9mm and 5.56) without a single problem.
CaribooLou
Active Member
Freedom has agreed to take back not only my reman .40, but all of my new .223 as well. I'm pleased with their customer service.
Dan_Br
Active Member
Who or what is S&B?
Sellier and Belliot. I believe its czech.
Magnumite
Ultimate Member
City of Prague, Czech Republic....
Dan_Br
Active Member
thanks
don't give up on factory reloads
Many remanufactured brands shoot better than factory new...
At TomkatAmmo, we inspect our components at every stage of
the operation and each round gets gauged and a final visual...
This was probably just bad ammo, this one case probably took a couple of trips through the acid wash in the corner of a tumbler..... I have to ask, was it bargain basement stuff?
A lot of shooters are shooting either foreign ammo or steel case stuff
to save money. Why have a nice gun if you are going to feed it junk food?
I'm glad you were not hurt and I definitely wouldn't shoot that gun until
a good gunsmith looked at it or you may even want to send it back to
the factory...
Many remanufactured brands shoot better than factory new...
At TomkatAmmo, we inspect our components at every stage of
the operation and each round gets gauged and a final visual...
This was probably just bad ammo, this one case probably took a couple of trips through the acid wash in the corner of a tumbler..... I have to ask, was it bargain basement stuff?
A lot of shooters are shooting either foreign ammo or steel case stuff
to save money. Why have a nice gun if you are going to feed it junk food?
I'm glad you were not hurt and I definitely wouldn't shoot that gun until
a good gunsmith looked at it or you may even want to send it back to
the factory...
photoracer
Competition Shooter
OOBs are usually the relm of blowback action guns, like .22s and some .380 and under pocket guns. I would look for another cause first. In fact all the ones I have seen over the years have been .22 rifles.
