Sellier & Bellot ammo, any good??

[Dave Markowitz]

Its fine. It is basically indistinguishable from Winchester white box...

Indeed. Much Winchester White Box is actually made by S&B. E.g., I have several hundred rounds of WWB which says "Made in the Czech Republic" on the box. It was made by S&B under contract to Winchester. Likewise, WWB 7.62x25 and 7.62x54R is made by S&B.

S&B is good stuff. I've never had a problem with it in 9mmP, .45 ACP, 7.62x25, or .303 British.

 

[Glockfan.45]

Its ok for plinking ammo but I have found the accuracy of their .223 to be inconsistent. Price is on the high side for import.

 

[dboutwell]

great ammo

but not that great to try and reload, primers are swagged into the pocket,,,,,,,,,other than that , good stuff

 

[GreyAwakened]

good stuff

I have shot thousands of round of S&B ammo in 9mm, .45 ACP, .38 Special and .357 magnum. Never a problem. It's priced right, fairly accurate, hot, and reliable.

For the reloader there are two shortcomings:

- as mentioned before, the primer pockets are military crimped, which means that pushing a new primer in is a bit tough

- the brass used in the cases is so hard that it cracks after a couple of reloads. .357 magnum cases seemed to last only a couple of times of reloading.

I buy it myself only for calibers that I don't reload.

Magtech is the same price, and their brass is softer and gives more reload times. Not as hot and accurate, though :/