Decent Price; Average Ammo
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by 2tMonte on 2/15/2016
To begin this review I will remind everyone that this is, and is advertised as, target ammo. I would strongly urge all purchasers to only plan to use the ammo as such.
The ammunition is once-fired and reloaded. This does not pose a problem presuming the brass is inspected prior to reloading and by examining the rounds ahead of time, I feel the company did a fine job of that. All rounds I inspected were relatively clean, the bullets seemed to be pressed properly, and there did not appear to be any burrs or obstructions.
When firing however, there were several malfunctions that I have never experienced with my handgun when purchasing more premium ammo. I fired 2 bags today (200 rounds) and had 7 misfeeds and 1 failure to eject. Now, since I was on the range and not trying to defend myself, this was not too big of a deal. In fact, it is not a bad idea to practice with malfunctions now and then just to ensure you can recover quickly. But as I stated earlier, I would not depend on this ammo in a life or death situation.
Another downside to this ammunition was accuracy. I was quite noticeably less accurate with these rounds than other ammunition (premium). This was a little more annoying to me as the point of practicing is to improve on shooting skills, one of which assuredly being accuracy. It was not horrible but my grouping increased by about an inch when compared to other premium ammo which I shot today as well.
All in all, if asked would I buy this ammo again, maybe. The price is decent but not terrific when compared to the quality but either should be adjusted a little. I will look for other economy ammunition in search of better performance. If I can't find any differences in other economy ammo, then I might buy this again.
The basic summation is, this is okay ammunition at a decent price. It is not great and it is not extremely cheap. Fine for practice, but make sure you purchase better for carry purposes.
