AMMO TALK

Haha oh man, salt in the wound..

Wholesale Hunter doesn't give refunds for ammo. Great! Can anyone tell me the legalities of selling ammo?
edit: Nevermind, Google knows all! Just to make sure though: Online sale of it is completely legal in CA? No paper work etc.
 
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I picked up a box of Tactical today at the local Cabela's. It was $17.99 + tax.

Will probably hit the range on Monday to see how it does in the 15-22. Would be nice to see accuracy pick up (for once).
 
I wish I lived closer to our Cabelas to get in on that price. I'd probably buy ten of them, lol.
 
arizona98tj said:
I picked up a box of Tactical today at the local Cabela's. It was $17.99 + tax.

Will probably hit the range on Monday to see how it does in the 15-22. Would be nice to see accuracy pick up (for once).
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Nicee. I'll be asking a friend or two to ship me a box..or two.
 
I have been shooting Winchester bulk 333 packs in my MOE and they work pretty good off the bench. But when plinking rapid fire and running some drills I have been getting a nasty FTF that ends up with the round straight up and wedged forward in the magazine. Hearing all the joy about CCI Blazer bulk RNL I added a pack to a larger online purchase I was making last week of 9 ammo. Went to the range yesterday and tried them out. No hiccups but after about 250 rounds I was shooting a scatter gun. Now I have 9 mags and run them fairly quickly so I do get the barrel hot. The last couple mags before I stopped the smoke from the barrel was clouding up and I was missing the steel plate half the time at 20 yards.
I set it down and went to work with my Glock.
I knew the barrel was fouled but I was blown away by how much. A look down the bore looked like the interior of an Afgan cave it was so rough. I shot some CLP down it and proceeded to drop the bore snake down the barrel and I thought I was going to break the cord it was so hard to pull through. Some lead chunks came out and I grabbed the cleaning rod and a jag and started unleading the thing.
By the time I was done I had enough lead on the bench to form a bullet :eek:
I put 375 through it and wont do that again. Good news is no failures. By comparison after 600 rounds of the copper Winchesters I usually run the soaked snake down the bore a couple times and call it done. Nice and shiney.
Maybe I try the Federal HP bulk packs at Wally World and see how that goes but I would rather have a plated round nose solid that is bulk priced.
 
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Good to know Dobie; glad I only shoot copper jacket CCI's. (except for the 100 rounds of Blazers that were a present....boy did my hands get dirty loading those mags, haha). Glad it didn't cause any real problems for you.
 
Just got back to the range today, got off work early. :D

I had previosly shot CCI Blazers and they shoot great, they are just a mess to clean up and they leave a million little lead grains in your rifle making your gun gritty.

Today, I shot both CCI min mag 36gr. and 40gr and they both shot well. I actually shot a little better with the 40gr. ones, the 36 had slighter bigger spread. I am no pro though so it could've just been me.

The biggest difference to me is the copper plate on the mini mags. At the end of shooting and stripping it down, I was amazed of how clean it still was and how easy it was to clean.

Even though they may cost more then the blazers and I shot well with the blazers, I will not go back to them. I will pay a little more to have a much cleaner round go through my rifle.

Chad
 
Shot the 36 grain Federal bulk HP from Wally World today and a much better result than Winchester bulk. Maybe not as accurate off the bench but close and I shot 550 rounds with only two failures. One didnt detonate - on the second try it did. Had a visible strike on the rim the first time. No biggie it happens with bulk 22 ammo. Second failure the bold failed to close completely. Lacked about 1/4 inch from full battery. Reloaded and it fired also. For my needs this may be my go to ammo. I will buy another box from Wally and given equal results go get a case from the net.
 
Quick question about ammo not firing (I'm a beginner). If it doesn't fire, it's safe to just eject it, turn it around so the hammer can try again? I wait a few seconds to make sure it's not a 'hang fire' and I would toss them in this can at the range. I had quite a few failure to fires in my 525 pack of Blazers my 2nd and 3rd time at the range.
 
I just bought a m&p 15-22 and was wondering if anybody has shot lead ammo and what brand through it with no issues , any help appreciated
 
Jav said:
Quick question about ammo not firing (I'm a beginner). If it doesn't fire, it's safe to just eject it, turn it around so the hammer can try again? I wait a few seconds to make sure it's not a 'hang fire' and I would toss them in this can at the range. I had quite a few failure to fires in my 525 pack of Blazers my 2nd and 3rd time at the range.
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Hang Fires are a pretty rare event, I have never witnessed one with modern factory ammo. You hear the click, you look at the bolt and then I eject it pretty quick. In a gunfight you dont wait around. My 15-22 is my cheap trainer for my 556. I always cycle it again unless the round is deformed from FTF or something. If you dont want to, then dont its only a few cents.
 
Dobie said:
Hang Fires are a pretty rare event, I have never witnessed one with modern factory ammo. You hear the click, you look at the bolt and then I eject it pretty quick. In a gunfight you dont wait around. My 15-22 is my cheap trainer for my 556. I always cycle it again unless the round is deformed from FTF or something. If you dont want to, then dont its only a few cents.
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Haha I wouldn't either. Yeah, they're definitely cheap but I still don't want to be wasting it if it would fire on the other side of the rim with me putting it back in. I was just taught to wait a while to make sure it isn't one. Like I said, I've been just discarding them and moving on but if it's safe and common to turn it to try to fire again, I will.
 
Sent 300 rounds down range today! Felt great to finally go out shooting after a 2 week hiatus.200 CCI Mini-Mags & 100 Winchester Super-X, both roundnose. No hiccups at all! The previous two times I had quite a few failure to fire's with my 525 pack of CCI Blazer. I think it was my failure to clean the bolt well? Or a bad box, no clue. I'd get another box anyways
 
theres 20 pages of good knowledge here, if you have questions please READ through the thread first you might learn something. i think the last 5 pages were all just repeat questions.
 
I just picked up 100 rounds of Federal Lightning for 3.18 at Walmart. These any good? If so 550 would be around $18.
 
I finally found CCI tactical somewhere other than cabelas. Gander Mtn had it but heres the kicker, $25 instead of $20. no thanks.
 
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