scoobysnacker
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I just bought a case of this, and wanted to relay the info to those who might find it useful.
I bought the 124 grain ammo, it's FMJ, new brass, with sealed primers and cases. The case itself is $263 for 1450 rounds, or 29 boxes of 50. Bud's charged me $22 to ship it insured, that came out to be $285, or $9.82 a box all said and done.
I have shot this before, I tried a couple of boxes when it was around 14 bucks a box. It is fairly hot, and I had no issues of any sort with my pistols. No failures, no case issues, nothing.
Of note, while this ammo is marketed from Yavexusa in Florida, every box is labeled "made in Turkey". It's listed as NATO spec, and since Turkey is a NATO country, I tend to believe it's basically new production military ammo that was repackaged to sell on the US market.
The boxes are fairly nicely done, they have a black/gold color scheme that looks a lot like Blazer Brass boxes, but the size is smaller, along the lines of Sellier and Bellot (Czech ammo).
A google search led me to another forum where someone complained that the cases were malforming, but it seemed like that forum's users determined the culprit was an aftermarket barrel that didn't support the case fully.
This stuff, as I said, felt hot, way hotter than Blazer Brass. But so does Sellier & Bellot and Fiocchi, to me at least. I think the imported 9mm from NATO countries are all full-powered rounds, while a lot of the US ammo is downloaded for plinking.
An observation about Bud's, Yavex and shipping: the case of 124 gr (29 boxes) was 22 bucks, and all they did was slap a mailing label onto the big Yavex box (they didn't slip it inside of another, brown box, as I've seen from other sites).
They also have 115 grain ammo, 1500 rounds (30 boxes), for the same cost per round- but that costs $33 to ship for some reason. That brings it up over $10 a box, still ok, but not as good a deal.
I bought the 124 grain ammo, it's FMJ, new brass, with sealed primers and cases. The case itself is $263 for 1450 rounds, or 29 boxes of 50. Bud's charged me $22 to ship it insured, that came out to be $285, or $9.82 a box all said and done.
I have shot this before, I tried a couple of boxes when it was around 14 bucks a box. It is fairly hot, and I had no issues of any sort with my pistols. No failures, no case issues, nothing.
Of note, while this ammo is marketed from Yavexusa in Florida, every box is labeled "made in Turkey". It's listed as NATO spec, and since Turkey is a NATO country, I tend to believe it's basically new production military ammo that was repackaged to sell on the US market.
The boxes are fairly nicely done, they have a black/gold color scheme that looks a lot like Blazer Brass boxes, but the size is smaller, along the lines of Sellier and Bellot (Czech ammo).
A google search led me to another forum where someone complained that the cases were malforming, but it seemed like that forum's users determined the culprit was an aftermarket barrel that didn't support the case fully.
This stuff, as I said, felt hot, way hotter than Blazer Brass. But so does Sellier & Bellot and Fiocchi, to me at least. I think the imported 9mm from NATO countries are all full-powered rounds, while a lot of the US ammo is downloaded for plinking.
An observation about Bud's, Yavex and shipping: the case of 124 gr (29 boxes) was 22 bucks, and all they did was slap a mailing label onto the big Yavex box (they didn't slip it inside of another, brown box, as I've seen from other sites).
They also have 115 grain ammo, 1500 rounds (30 boxes), for the same cost per round- but that costs $33 to ship for some reason. That brings it up over $10 a box, still ok, but not as good a deal.
, so my total this time around is $278; or $9.58 a box.
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