Beware! Ammo Not What It Was Labeled

[Alec]

It's like buying eggs, folks. Ya gotta check 'em first!

 

[ObsidianOne]

Frightening. I know I'll certainly be checking my ammo in the future.

 

[Gomezy3k]

I had a sort of similar problem. I went to a gun show and bought a bag of .44-40 brass. I reloaded them and I noticed that every so often, maybe 4 times one would be hard to run through the press but not really anything to fuss about.

I went out to the local SASS match and right in the middle of a stage my .44-40 Brass framed Henry hung up. I had to quit and dig the round out since the nose was stuck in the chanber.

Got to looking and discovered that it was .44 Magnum brass. I went through all my reloads and sure enough came up with 4 Magnum brass. Now I gotta figure out what to do with those .44-40 loaded .44 Mag brass... LOL

Now I make sure I check every one when I buy bulk brass.

 

[buck460XVR]

I too buy very little factory ammo anymore, but when I do, I open unsealed boxes and check the contents. Sealed boxes(like 100 count WWB .45ACP) I don't bother. My LGS has a sign stating it is a violation of federal law to accept ammo for returns, for this very reason.

 

[PavePusher]

That's a new one to me....

Have you ever asked them to produce/quote said law?

 

[PavePusher]

What really gets my goat... is that every time I buy a spam-can of Russian, Yugo or Bulgarian surplus 7.62.... it's never, ever filled with some nice brass-cased, boxer-primed reloadable stuff. Ever.

Damn them and their quality control...

 

[ripp]

wow, you loaded the mags and didn't notice the diff between 380 and .32?

 

[HGUNHNTR]

Unfortunately though my experience running a gun shop I continuously noticed guys ripping boxes open, especially of very small, or very large calibers to show their buddies how big or small it was. I tell them they have a gun almost like the one of this caliber. It absulutely infuriated me, as it was nearly impossible to keep a box of Weatherby ammo out on the shelf without it being mutilated by disrespectful customers.

 

[BIGGBAY90]

So far never happen as yet

 

[buck460XVR]

That's a new one to me....

Have you ever asked them to produce/quote said law?

This is the way it has been explained to me by my LGS......

There is a clause in the federal firearm law that says that a company may refuse to take back and give a refund for ammunition, due to the fact that a person can tamper with it, take it back to the store, and then the next person who buys it could end up getting their hand blown off because some guy thought it'd be fun to double-charge a cartridge.

Therefore, if a dealer takes it back, they cannot resell it (that IS federal law), they must have it destroyed.

Could he be BSin' me and other customers in order to protect his behind? Maybe, but he's also protectin' mine.