Factory Ammo

[Buzznrose]

So , a few gunshops around here are selling some "factory remanufactured" rifle ammo....

Does this stuff appeal to anyone ? ( hey, at least it has primer holes in all the rounds, right ? ) Black hills is doing it, as well as one group selling .223 with hornady ballistic tip bullets in vac sealed bags instead of bullet boxes.

A few of the smaller outfits are offering higher-end precison rifle rounds cased with Lapua or Nosler bras- does this tickle anyones fancy ?

One outfit I've found is offering hand-loaded and inspected SD/HD rounds in a variety of calibers and bullet types- but its nearing $1.50 a round. Would you pay more for a guarantee that your SD/HD ammo was individually loaded by a ballistician, so as to be free of a lot of the defects we see in mass produced factory ammo ?


Apparently a lot is being tried in this vacuum to make your dollar "worth" alittle bit more- either in higher volume, or higher quality, than the standard big box ammo outfits.

I don't buy "garage reloads" from a gun show or LGS, but I'm fine with commercially manufactured ammo produced in a factory using previously fired brass. Being in OR, you are close to a couple commercial outfits, and Freedom Munitions is my favorite. I have shot many thousands of rounds of their 9MM, .40, .45, and .223. It has always performed fine. Ran it during 5 separate Gunsite classes (3 I was in, one each my wife and daughter), and never had an issue. Each class used about 1000 rounds.

I do keep my brass and at some point I'll get back into reloading my own, but right now, I simply don't have the time or space to dedicate. I'll also need to get a new press and dies as my last outfit was sold to my buddy when I left Alaska.

Check them out...prices are pretty good, and quality is excellent.

http://www.freedommunitions.com/category-s/1951.htm

 

[thump_rrr]

I am proud to say that up to now none of my firearms have tasted factory ammo with the exception of my Savage 10BA which had exactly 20 rounds of Hornady Superformance go through it.
It prefers SMK's with Varget in Lapua cases.

I just received 2 crates of 1120 rounds of Norinco .223 M193 Ball ammo.
I bought it because my cost on it is below $0.25 per round and I'm running low on Hornady 55gr FMJ projectiles.
I can barely load my own for that price.
It is non corrosive, boxer primed, brass cased, and the primers aren't crimped so no primer pocket swageing.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

Are you trying to tell me that there are factories that produce ammo?

 

[blarby]

Yep, they still do !

 

[blarby]

Ok, so back to the top, I suppose.

Some further questions, if I may :

1. What kind of premium would you put on quality SD loads, that you know have been inspected from point A to your chamber ? Flash holes, primer seating, charging, bullet depth, etc ?

2. What kind of premium would you put on quality hunting rounds with the same parameters ?

3. For those who buy HD/SD- would knowing that pulls from your lots of your exact ammunition were preserved indefinitely for forensice analysis should you ever need them persuade you to purchase one brand over another ?


And I guess lastly at this point- how much is just too much $ when it comes to high quality ammunition ?

 

[huntsman]

And I guess lastly at this point- how much is just too much $ when it comes to high quality ammunition ?

I have a theory that as the economy continues the slow slide down we may see some of the smaller boutique ammo companies go bust or maybe the highend SD stuff will be discontinued by bigger companies so I'm using my ammo money to pick that stuff up, and if you check the prices this ammo has remained constant the last several years.

FWIW I sold some cheap Federal handgun ammo to finance the purchase of high end hunting ammo, it was 250 for 50 rounds so I'm down 200 rounds but pleased with the deal.

 

[Tcruse]

I look at price first for practice ammo. I try out a few boxes of every variety that is at or below my price point. I like S&B, Winchester, Federal, Cabela's TNJ, MFS 2000 brass, RWS, RUAG, Remington UMC, PMC brass (in order)
Last year there was some nickel plated steel ammo in thin paper boxes, Precision that was really good stuff, accurate, and clean, There was a claim that RUAG produced it.
Steel is not something that I usually shoot because of the indoor range that I use does not allow "bi-metal" jackets.