TRJ Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:08 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:08 PM I'm shopping for ammo for summer classes. My normal brands are Winchester NATO, and Federal AE. I have shot Winchester white box and MFS Hungarian and Remington ball ammo, but I find them weak, dirty, and out of spec so they moved to my avoid if you have other options list. Right now I have the choice of a few brands I've never shot/bought before. Blazer Brass @ .24 eachGeco @ .23 eachSpeer Lawman @.24 eachMagtech @ .23 eachSellierBellot @ .23 each I'm inclined to go with the Lawman or Blazer...both CCI, but if there's a nickel to squeeze that won't cost performance or quality I'm game.
Elmer Fudd Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:14 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:14 PM The Speer is excellent ammo.....the Magtech in 7.62x51 is excellent, and the Sellier Bellot in .45 ACP runs really well.
cola490 Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:16 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:16 PM I have shot 1000's of Speer Lawman in 9mm without a single FTF.
ming Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:19 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:19 PM The only one I haven't shot is Geco. The others are fine.
RandyP Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:20 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:20 PM Before I got into reloading S&B was a winner in all my handguns. Accurate and plenty of power. Blazer brass works well. So did their aluminum cased, might be handy if gathering your spent brass is an issue at class?
Bubbacs Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:24 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:24 PM I wouldn't leave out Federal American Eagle AE9FP.Several thousand rounds with no failures.Clean, Consistent, Accurate.IIRC it's around .24 to .26 perSeveral places on AmmoSeek.com have it a good prices.Got my last case from ManVentureOutpost.com for .25 Hope this helps.
TyGuy Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:24 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:24 PM As long as it shoots reliably I don't care. If it's dirty I don't care. I don't clean my firearms after every outting anyway (except CCW pistols), and I have yet to meet an ammunition so clean as that you didn't have to clean the firearm to get it clean. So who cares? I do find certain pistols like certain rounds more. My M&P9L LOVES 147gr 9+P ammo. It groups much tighter than 115gr standard 9mm. A heads up on S&B - their primer pockets aren't always the normal size. Sometimes they are smaller than standard. IDK why. Bad batch?
tkroenlein Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:35 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 05:35 PM I'd shoot anything you listed without concern. If it's all available, I'm buying the Speer.
Sidisonfire Posted April 8, 2015 at 06:35 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 06:35 PM I buy in bulk and I don't reload. Thank being said, I've shot about 4k rounds of s&b 9mm fmj and haven't had 1 single malfunction. It's also nice that S&B boxes are more compact, yet still secure the rounds nicely.
2A4Cook Posted April 8, 2015 at 07:15 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 07:15 PM I'll second the American Eagle. Blazer brass is ok, never had a problem with it. Magtech 9mm is excellent, but the .45acp is filthy.
BIGDEESUL Posted April 8, 2015 at 08:11 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 08:11 PM Yeah, S&B Is one of my favorite manufacturers.
stm Posted April 8, 2015 at 08:51 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 08:51 PM Remington isn't on your list. I've shot a lot of Rem. 9mm over the years and never been disappointed.
ChicagoRonin70 Posted April 8, 2015 at 09:14 PM Posted April 8, 2015 at 09:14 PM 165 grain Speer Lawman is my .40 caliber practice round of choice and I've fired thousands of rounds of it without a glitch. It conforms ballistically very close to the rounds I use in my carry, and the TMJ format is extremely clean (no lead vaporization). In any caliber, that would be a winner for practice/teaching ammo.
Double-J Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:15 AM Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:15 AM S&B all the way. Haven't had a failure in thousands of rounds.
Chitownshooterz Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:30 AM Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:30 AM I'VE shot all but Geco with no issues. Been shooting mostly lead free at indoor ranges to cut exposure. Magtech seems to shoot stronger than the others especially .38's.
lee n. field Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:31 AM Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:31 AM I'm shopping for ammo for summer classes. My normal brands are Winchester NATO, and Federal AE. I have shot Winchester white box and MFS Hungarian and Remington ball ammo, but I find them weak, dirty, and out of spec so they moved to my avoid if you have other options list. Right now I have the choice of a few brands I've never shot/bought before. Blazer Brass @ .24 eachGeco @ .23 eachSpeer Lawman @.24 eachMagtech @ .23 eachSellierBellot @ .23 each I'm inclined to go with the Lawman or Blazer...both CCI, but if there's a nickel to squeeze that won't cost performance or quality I'm game. They're all basically the same price. Of those, I've only ever used Blazer Brass. Never had any problem with it.
TRJ Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:34 AM Author Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:34 AM I'm shopping for ammo for summer classes. My normal brands are Winchester NATO, and Federal AE. I have shot Winchester white box and MFS Hungarian and Remington ball ammo, but I find them weak, dirty, and out of spec so they moved to my avoid if you have other options list. Right now I have the choice of a few brands I've never shot/bought before.Blazer Brass @ .24 eachGeco @ .23 eachSpeer Lawman @.24 eachMagtech @ .23 eachSellierBellot @ .23 eachI'm inclined to go with the Lawman or Blazer...both CCI, but if there's a nickel to squeeze that won't cost performance or quality I'm game. They're all basically the same price. Of those, I've only ever used Blazer Brass. Never had any problem with it.They are close in price, but in the quantity I need it starts to add up to real money.
pdpsc Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:51 AM Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:51 AM For handguns, I shoot the cheapest ammo I can find, but I will pay up to 2 cents per round for brass over steel cased ammo. One of my favorites is S&B. I've shot literally 10s of thousands of rounds of S&B since I discovered it some 20 years ago. Each and every round has gone bang. But even with the cheap steel cased stuff, I've had issues with probably only 0.1% and it's always been a failure to fire versus the worse option of a squib. My advice: Shoot the cheapest stuff that's acceptably reliable in your gun.
geomick Posted April 9, 2015 at 04:16 AM Posted April 9, 2015 at 04:16 AM I'm shopping for ammo for summer classes. My normal brands are Winchester NATO, and Federal AE. I have shot Winchester white box and MFS Hungarian and Remington ball ammo, but I find them weak, dirty, and out of spec so they moved to my avoid if you have other options list. Right now I have the choice of a few brands I've never shot/bought before. Blazer Brass @ .24 eachGeco @ .23 eachSpeer Lawman @.24 eachMagtech @ .23 eachSellierBellot @ .23 each I'm inclined to go with the Lawman or Blazer...both CCI, but if there's a nickel to squeeze that won't cost performance or quality I'm game. I've never bought the Magtech (as far as I can remember), but I have shot a lot of the other 4, and they have all worked for me. That said, I am most likely to buy range use 9mm from Freedom Munitions now (115 gr or 147 gr).
johnsxdm Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:24 PM Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:24 PM I've shot a lot of the Magtech in both 9mm and .45acp, never a problem.
Xwing Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:59 PM Posted April 9, 2015 at 12:59 PM Shoot the cheapest stuff that's acceptably reliable in your gun.+1. I've used Blazer Brass, Lawman, Magtech, and SellierBellot without any issues. (Never heard of Geco, but it's probably fine as well.) IMO, go with whatever's cheapest. However, after a few issues w/ steel-cased, I now will only buy brass, except for my AK47 which has no issues with steel cased.
Joebillybob Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:56 PM Posted April 9, 2015 at 02:56 PM I'm shopping for ammo for summer classes. My normal brands are Winchester NATO, and Federal AE. I have shot Winchester white box and MFS Hungarian and Remington ball ammo, but I find them weak, dirty, and out of spec so they moved to my avoid if you have other options list. Right now I have the choice of a few brands I've never shot/bought before.Blazer Brass @ .24 eachGeco @ .23 eachSpeer Lawman @.24 eachMagtech @ .23 eachSellierBellot @ .23 eachI'm inclined to go with the Lawman or Blazer...both CCI, but if there's a nickel to squeeze that won't cost performance or quality I'm game. They're all basically the same price. Of those, I've only ever used Blazer Brass. Never had any problem with it.Ditto for blazer brass. Cut my teeth on it with very few problems. No hesitation to load it in...
Gebbster Posted April 9, 2015 at 10:29 PM Posted April 9, 2015 at 10:29 PM I bought some Blazer Brass 9mm FMJ from Cabelas in Hoffman Estates. When I got it home and looked at I found some issues with some of the rounds. Some heads were not in straight, others had like some of the brass coating was sticking out and it would have been a bad deal if I actually shot it. I e-mailed the company and then I got a phone call from them. I sent pictures in and they were like this is not good.They had me send back the three boxes of 50 rounds so they could inspect them. I got a e-mail back stating they had a malfunction in their MFG processes and they thanked me for notifying them. They shipped back 5 boxes of the same stuff Blazer Brass. So while I did pay to ship them back, they made up for it by sending me additional rounds and actually did handle the situation properly in my opinion.Now I make sure that anything I buy or any parts for reloading I use and when completed I fully inspect to ensure that nothing is out of line.
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