I lost a nice deer due to cheep ass corelokts today, pulled the trigger and gun went snap. Just as I was about to wrap my new ruger around a tree I decided to look at the cartridge, good thing I didnt hit that tree. The primer on the cartridge was setting way to far in. The primer was just barely struck by the firing pin. Guys I have been a Remington fan for years but never again will I buy their cheap shells for anything serious like hunting.
Lost a good one due to cheap remington ammo
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Lennyjoe
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I make it a habit to visually check all my ammo before loading it into my rifle.
Sorry to hear about your ill fortune.
Sorry to hear about your ill fortune.
On the whole, I'd say that Remington makes some of the best "basic grade" ammo out there. I've seen their basic stuff make mediocre rifles do great things, and good rifles do better. (Strangely, the most impressive incidents of this I saw were with heavy roundnose loads: .303 in 180 RN and .257 in 120 RN. I would have thought that those would be lower accuracy, but they sang out of those two rifles.)
Sucks to lose a good one, especially if you hunted hard for him. I have to say, it's utterly worthwhile to check every round before going in the field. This means see that all chamber, stand on a table without rocking, and passing a visual inspection, front and back.
Now, please don't get defensive, but are you certain that your firing pin didn't come out short? Sometimes this can happen when crud builds up inside the bolt, and you'd never even notice it without disassembling and cleaning the bolt. I've had misfires from this before.
Sucks to lose a good one, especially if you hunted hard for him. I have to say, it's utterly worthwhile to check every round before going in the field. This means see that all chamber, stand on a table without rocking, and passing a visual inspection, front and back.
Now, please don't get defensive, but are you certain that your firing pin didn't come out short? Sometimes this can happen when crud builds up inside the bolt, and you'd never even notice it without disassembling and cleaning the bolt. I've had misfires from this before.
St. Gunner
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I've had some bad luck with various brands. Bought a box of .280 loaded with 160gr Trophy Bonded Bearclaws and had one round that the firing pin cratered the primer, but never ignited the powder. Had a box of Federal stuff once where 2 rds failed to fire. Had it happen with PMC in pistol ammo. The only misfire I ever had on a critter was with Remington stuff and it went bang, just not with enough powder.
I was shooting the .280 and some 150gr corelokts at a big boar laying the water on an August afternoon. Range was about 120yds and I was planning on shooting him right in the eye. Cranked the scope to 9X, laid down and took careful aim off the bipod... Squeezed the trigger and got a loud, "POP" and the bullet landed in the water about half way to the hog and barely made a splash. The guy with me looked at me and said, "How the hell did you miss so bad?" I was sitting there explaining what I thought happened and he said that makes sense, didn't even make a splash hardly. Had two more rounds out the box that where about the same, shooting at 100yds they never made the target.
It happens, it sucks, but it is part of the game. I handload most everything today, but still on occasion have a bad primer, mostly I think it is because they get wet, so I have started using primer sealer on everything. Seems to have helped.
I was shooting the .280 and some 150gr corelokts at a big boar laying the water on an August afternoon. Range was about 120yds and I was planning on shooting him right in the eye. Cranked the scope to 9X, laid down and took careful aim off the bipod... Squeezed the trigger and got a loud, "POP" and the bullet landed in the water about half way to the hog and barely made a splash. The guy with me looked at me and said, "How the hell did you miss so bad?" I was sitting there explaining what I thought happened and he said that makes sense, didn't even make a splash hardly. Had two more rounds out the box that where about the same, shooting at 100yds they never made the target.
It happens, it sucks, but it is part of the game. I handload most everything today, but still on occasion have a bad primer, mostly I think it is because they get wet, so I have started using primer sealer on everything. Seems to have helped.
Lennyjoe
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Not so far. All of the rifle ammo I have used (Federal, Remington, Winchester) has been pretty much uniform out of the box.
I havent had a rifle round "not" go off yet. Hopefully when I do have one do that it will be on the range and not at the moment of truth.
Byron Quick
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I've shot many deer with Remington. I've never had a problem with feeding or misfires. I don't like the CoreLokt bullet though. In .35 Whelen, .35 Remington, .308, and .300 Win Mag, every bullet that I've ever recovered was in fragments with the jacket totally separated from the core.
I'm not using it anymore.
I'm not using it anymore.
Sorry about missing your opportunity to take a deer. I rarely buy any factory rifle ammo, just about everything I shoot is reloads except for some .223 for the AR platforms. The only time I have had bad ammo is with some Federal Premium Safari Ammo in .338 WM. I had 2 out of the $45 box of 20 that failed to go off even with multiple hits. They were Nosler 210gr Partitions. And the rest of the box was horrible for accuracy, the tightest I could group them were 2.75" at 100yds. Velocities were as much as 90fps difference between any five rounds.
I thought of using factory ammo on my safari but after 4 different brands of "premium" bullets that wouldn't stay in a 3" group consistantly I decided to reload my own with Barnes X-bulles and wound up with average groups around .90" and velocities within 20fps of each other. Never again will I use factory ammo for anything "serious".
I thought of using factory ammo on my safari but after 4 different brands of "premium" bullets that wouldn't stay in a 3" group consistantly I decided to reload my own with Barnes X-bulles and wound up with average groups around .90" and velocities within 20fps of each other. Never again will I use factory ammo for anything "serious".
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