Browning ammo

[KY DAN]

I have crazy theories about ammo manufacturers of late and they get laughed at quite often and I said I would not buy current production ammo. With that said I found an unopened 500 round case of browning 9mm brass case ammo for an amazing deal and I bought it.

I was kinda shocked when I opened the case and found all the brass to be Winchester or nato style head stamps. I compared to older browning ammo I have and that has a small buck head on it.

I bought my ammo through rural king, so it's not questionable.

 

[Rock185]

I admit I don't keep up with what manufacturer makes what for who, but looks like Winchester is loading ammo to be marketed by Browning. Primers appear to be sealed and crimped. A good thing I think, unless you reload. I've reloaded quite a bit of the Winchester NATO with crimped primers. Always had to remove the primer crimp.

FWIW, I've used I don't even know how many thousands of rounds of the Winchester 9mm NATO with crimped primers. It has been a solid performer in all my 9mm firearms for decades; reliable, never a dud or other issue that I can recall...

 

[lightman]

That is interesting! I've seen Browning ammo with Browning in the headstamp and I've seen the ammo with the Browning antlers on it.

 

[slowr1der]

Winchester makes this ammo for Browning. My guess is that they just ran out of the cases with the Browning head stamp and used their own.

 

[earlthegoat2]

It’s kind of unsettling to have mixed headstamps in the same box of factory ammo.

 

[sparkyv]

Those antler headstamps confuse me. It reminds me of some middle eastern characters...these cases all go into the scrap pile so as to ease my confusion.

 

[lightman]

It’s kind of unsettling to have mixed headstamps in the same box of factory ammo.

Thats kind of what I was thinking! I guess we should be happy seeing ammo return to the shelves.

 

[Sniper66]

At least you found ammo!!

 

[wiscoaster]

What's most odd is an unopened box and casings with two different headstamps.

 

[entropy]

I have crazy theories about ammo manufacturers of late and they get laughed at quite often and I said I would not buy current production ammo. With that said I found an unopened 500 round case of browning 9mm brass case ammo for an amazing deal and I bought it.

I was kinda shocked when I opened the case and found all the brass to be Winchester or nato style head stamps. I compared to older browning ammo I have and that has a small buck head on it.

I bought my ammo through rural king, so it's not questionable.

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Winchester makes all that ammo. With the situation as it is, I'm sure that instead of waiting for the cases with the buck symbol and Browning headstamp to be made separately, they just put ammo from the production lines for Win. and Win. NATO 9mm in Browning boxes, betting few would notice and fewer would care what the headstamps were.
It wouldn't surprise me to find Herter's shotgun shells in Browning boxes and vice versa, since they are the same hull, just different stampings on the rim.

 

[gpb]

Did Browning (Winchester) introduce a new line of ammunition called "Floor Sweeps"? That box of ammunition looks like they cleaned up the production line and packaged whatever they swept up off of the floor. I'm sure it keeps in Brownings (Winchesters) normal high standards of quality.

 

[Will Munny]

With the current ammo market situation, this is going to be the norm, odd ball ammo from less common names with various quirks.

 

[KY DAN]

Did Browning (Winchester) introduce a new line of ammunition called "Floor Sweeps"? That box of ammunition looks like they cleaned up the production line and packaged whatever they swept up off of the floor. I'm sure it keeps in Brownings (Winchesters) normal high standards of quality.

I like that, over all length of cartridges vary .002 to .037 inch in the box I surveyed.

 

[rust collector]

I don't believe Winchester makes any ammunition. Olin applies the Winchester trademark that it owns to some of the ammunition it makes. Other ammo is produced under the Western and Super-X trademarks they also own, or under contract to FN which owns the Browning trademark.

Mixed headstamps in a box may have been sold as blems, providing an opportunity for retailer and consumer to get slightly better pricing.

Pedantic? Me?

 

[MAKster]

Olin owns the Winchester name. They make Winchester ammo but license the Winchester name for firearms production to FN. The Browning and Winchester firearms are made by FN so it isn't a surprise that Olin would make Browning branded ammo.

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

Did Browning (Winchester) introduce a new line of ammunition called "Floor Sweeps"? That box of ammunition looks like they cleaned up the production line and packaged whatever they swept up off of the floor. I'm sure it keeps in Brownings (Winchesters) normal high standards of quality.

FLOORSWEEP TACTICAL; Putting your guns to the TRUE test of reliability with mix matched ammo from what our janitors sweep off the floor. Get the FULL range variety. If you order within the next 5 minutes we guarantee a minimum of two hollow-point ammunitions per box of FLOORSWEEP Mixed Ammunition boxes

 

[gunlaw]

Just looked at some Browning 45acp ammo I bought a few months ago. All Browning head stamp