GBExpat
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Lesters! 
What are some good ammo brands?
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I’VE never had any problems with Lester’s...
Right! Me either, it was just dirty. On the outside, like they swept the floor with the box they were in before they put cartridges in them.
Not less accurate than average, just, not clean.
As far as after the first firing, I prefer Winchester brass, in 45Auto.
Right! Me either, it was just dirty. On the outside, like they swept the floor with the box they were in before they put cartridges in them.
Not less accurate than average, just, not clean.
As far as after the first firing, I prefer Winchester brass, in 45Auto.
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BuckWildM9
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Well my guy, sometimes it wouldnt cycle right, sometimes it wouldnt load right, and then there were haymaker shots that would fly off to the side. Normally id blame myself for a wildly placed shot. But theres no way i could be shooting 5ft to the left at 20ft. But again it may have been the gun as well
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vito
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I'm surprised that your Ruger P95 gives you grief with cheap ammo. My P97, essentially the same gun but in 45acp, shoots everything from the cheapest to the costliest without ever a single problem. In all the years I've owned this gun I can't recall ever having a FTF or FTF, but in honesty, I don't shoot this gun very much any more. With my Glocks, shooting 9mm, even the cheap crap Russian stuff seems to work just fine. Maybe I'm just not too picky because I am not a competitive shooter, and with my shaky older hands and diminishing eyesight, my expectations of accuracy are very low and easily satisfied. I pretty much just want to be prepared to defend myself at under 5 yards and that makes accuracy much simpler.
illinoisburt
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Huh, it's always been my observation the high velocity stuff significantly loses accuracy past 75-80 yards compared to standard as it destabilized from dropping subsonic. They might shoot right on top of one another at 50 yards, but the high velocity stuff always seems to open up to double the group size at 100.
bdickens
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It's gotta be a broken gun. The Ruger P series has been called many things but "unreliable" is not one of them.
bannockburn
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Good ammo brands:
.22LR-CCI SV, CCI Mini Mags, and Wolf Match Target.
9mm.-Federal, CCI Blazer Brass, S&B, and Fiocchi.
.22LR-CCI SV, CCI Mini Mags, and Wolf Match Target.
9mm.-Federal, CCI Blazer Brass, S&B, and Fiocchi.
Deus Machina
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My go-to for general use in everything is Federal.
IME it always works, may not be the best but is inexpensive and available locally.
Plus they make the best JHP, the HST. They also make (or used to, I haven't seen them in a long time) an 'expanding FMJ' that worked well for stuff with reliability issues.
If I need that absolute best, I have other brands but they cost twice as much or I can't find them locally (S&B is a favorite; it's good, inexpensive when I can find it, and the boxes fit wonderfully in a can), and if I want super-cheap I have others, but guns can get picky about those.
IME it always works, may not be the best but is inexpensive and available locally.
Plus they make the best JHP, the HST. They also make (or used to, I haven't seen them in a long time) an 'expanding FMJ' that worked well for stuff with reliability issues.
If I need that absolute best, I have other brands but they cost twice as much or I can't find them locally (S&B is a favorite; it's good, inexpensive when I can find it, and the boxes fit wonderfully in a can), and if I want super-cheap I have others, but guns can get picky about those.
bdickens
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is probably not the ammo....
Dudedog
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Before I was reloading 9mm I shot a lot of S+B and Privi,
never seemed to have any issue with it.
Not always the best price but usually decent, sometimes excellent sales on LE Gold Dot,
large selection of 9mm to choose from
https://www.targetsportsusa.com/
never seemed to have any issue with it.
Not always the best price but usually decent, sometimes excellent sales on LE Gold Dot,
large selection of 9mm to choose from
https://www.targetsportsusa.com/
maxxhavoc
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A good 9mm will eat just about anything, with minimal changes in accuracy at the ranges people usually shoot pistols. Your Better should fall into this category.
As far as. 22 is concerned, you have to try many brands in each gun to figure out what it likes. The high end brands usually shoot more accurately, but sometimes you will end up with a gun that likes beer and pretzels instead of champagne. I had a 10/22 with a Butler Creek barrel that liked Aquila the best. And that is after trying over 30 brands of ammo.
If your 22 does not function 100%, CCI is the go to for reliability.
As far as. 22 is concerned, you have to try many brands in each gun to figure out what it likes. The high end brands usually shoot more accurately, but sometimes you will end up with a gun that likes beer and pretzels instead of champagne. I had a 10/22 with a Butler Creek barrel that liked Aquila the best. And that is after trying over 30 brands of ammo.
If your 22 does not function 100%, CCI is the go to for reliability.
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