Does anyone have any experience with this ammo? I got a case at a decent price and everything I have heard so far has been really good, except that they seem a little on the slow side. (Good for can?)
TL;DR Failure to Fire in 10-20% of rounds.
Many do not like the plastic boxes, but I kind of like them, and with the sealed primers as well, the box likely factors in to the 15 year claimed shelf life.
I am far from expert, but the round themselves look very nice. Compared side by side to some other range ammo rounds I had, the brass looked cleaner, thicker, shinier and of better quality. The bullets, 124gr FMJ also looked more consistent, with less imperfections, and the crimps all looked perfect.
https://belom.army/9-mm-luger-eng/
It is Serbian made in a new "state of the art" factory. The full specs are available at the link.
Got them to the range and had mixed, but poor results. I was testing two ammos. The Sig Elite Perfomance V-Crown 124gr JHP, and the Belom. I put about 100rnds of each into 2 separate targets at about 10 yds. I was hoping they may pair well for a training/range vs carry ammo, and I was most interested to see how well my pistol fed the JHPs as these are the first it has seen. The JHPs fed great and went bang every time. Group was bigger than Id like, but centered on the bullseye.
The Belom had a tighter grouping to be sure. A big jagged hole for the most part after 100 rnds. Problem was it was 6 inches north of POA. This will not make a good pair. Much worse, in the first 50 rounds, I had 10 failures. Click, no bang. I should have examined closer, but each one went bang on the second strike. Except for one. I took a look at that one and it looked like a solid primer strike. It went bang on the third strike. The second 50, also had failures, at a lower rate. Perhaps 1 in 10. Needless to say, I was very disappointed with this performance. I did not have a single mag without at least one failure. Most having 3-4.
I was shooting a relatively new FN 509C Tactical. I have the Apex heavy duty striker installed, and the striker hits all look solid, centered, and consistent. I had a chance to put 10 rounds through an M9 and every round went bang.
Perhaps my gun and this ammo just don't get along, but I will do some more testing when I can. Does anyone else have any experience with this ammo?
TL;DR Failure to Fire in 10-20% of rounds.
Many do not like the plastic boxes, but I kind of like them, and with the sealed primers as well, the box likely factors in to the 15 year claimed shelf life.
I am far from expert, but the round themselves look very nice. Compared side by side to some other range ammo rounds I had, the brass looked cleaner, thicker, shinier and of better quality. The bullets, 124gr FMJ also looked more consistent, with less imperfections, and the crimps all looked perfect.
https://belom.army/9-mm-luger-eng/
It is Serbian made in a new "state of the art" factory. The full specs are available at the link.
Got them to the range and had mixed, but poor results. I was testing two ammos. The Sig Elite Perfomance V-Crown 124gr JHP, and the Belom. I put about 100rnds of each into 2 separate targets at about 10 yds. I was hoping they may pair well for a training/range vs carry ammo, and I was most interested to see how well my pistol fed the JHPs as these are the first it has seen. The JHPs fed great and went bang every time. Group was bigger than Id like, but centered on the bullseye.
The Belom had a tighter grouping to be sure. A big jagged hole for the most part after 100 rnds. Problem was it was 6 inches north of POA. This will not make a good pair. Much worse, in the first 50 rounds, I had 10 failures. Click, no bang. I should have examined closer, but each one went bang on the second strike. Except for one. I took a look at that one and it looked like a solid primer strike. It went bang on the third strike. The second 50, also had failures, at a lower rate. Perhaps 1 in 10. Needless to say, I was very disappointed with this performance. I did not have a single mag without at least one failure. Most having 3-4.
I was shooting a relatively new FN 509C Tactical. I have the Apex heavy duty striker installed, and the striker hits all look solid, centered, and consistent. I had a chance to put 10 rounds through an M9 and every round went bang.
Perhaps my gun and this ammo just don't get along, but I will do some more testing when I can. Does anyone else have any experience with this ammo?