Gun Geezer
Member
I have never shot or owned "premium" ammo. Just usually shoot S&B FMJ ammo in all my automatics. I have recently surrendered to the philosophy that FMJ is not best for self defense. Thus, I asked for and Santa delivered 2 boxes of Speer Gold Dot ammo for my 380 ACP CCW.
In one box I found one cartridge with cracked case. The crack extends from the case mouth to about 1/4" from the case mouth. This cartridge was right out of the box. Never loaded into a mag and never chambered. The box exhibits no signs of being crushed, etc.
As I bought 2 boxes, this is 1 in 40 (2 1/2 %) failure rate. I just looked up their website. Too late today to call and the website is not accepting questions to "Ask Speer".
This ammo is pricey and I'm counting on it to function as designed. Is Speer Gold Dot ammo reliable or did I just get a very rare bad cartridge?
In one box I found one cartridge with cracked case. The crack extends from the case mouth to about 1/4" from the case mouth. This cartridge was right out of the box. Never loaded into a mag and never chambered. The box exhibits no signs of being crushed, etc.
As I bought 2 boxes, this is 1 in 40 (2 1/2 %) failure rate. I just looked up their website. Too late today to call and the website is not accepting questions to "Ask Speer".
This ammo is pricey and I'm counting on it to function as designed. Is Speer Gold Dot ammo reliable or did I just get a very rare bad cartridge?