THE PILGRIM
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It's a no-go for me, all calibers.
Plenty of better brands available, why take a chance?
Plenty of better brands available, why take a chance?
Armscore, you have a real problem
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Just say no. Shooters don't let other Shooters load Amscor.
This has been a Public Service Announcement.
This has been a Public Service Announcement.
SWFan27
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I won't risk another penny spent on anything Armscor, but my S&W 617 ten shot 22LR revolver will shoot anything. If it does not go bang the first time, I just flip the round so the firing pin hits a different spot on the rim where it most likely has some primer.
For target 22LR the copper plated Federal Champion is hard to beat. Very low failure rate, accurate and always easy to extract from the revolver's cylinder. A lot of brands have me smacking my ejector rod to get the brass out because it is thin and expanded after being fired.
Yendor357
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I took inventory, I've fired 10 boxes, or 500 rounds of Armscor 36 grain brass plated HP. Still not a malf. ( Ruger Mk II, 10/22, 617)
You won't try the stuff? COOL! That just leaves more good quality, low priced 22 ammo for me.
EDIT: In the interest of science, I ran 100 rounds of Armscor 36 grain HP brass plated thru my 7 inch M41. Some people say those guns are fussy, but that's not been my experience with my 2 M41s. That target is not my best work. But honestly, as badly as I was shaking, I'm surprised it was that good. 64 year old dude, drinking a big ol' diet Dr Pepper, then trying to get all squinty eyed isn't conducive to fine results.
I then hit my 3 inch steel round 20 in a row from 27 yards. Then I stretched it out to 100. My victim was Mini Iron Man.(16X12 with a 4 inch square head) I missed shot #29 out of 30. Darn!
I shot one round into 2 milk jugs laid end to end. The bullet went into one cap traveled thru both jugs and out the back cap, striking a board I place back there, in case it got thru both jugs, which it did. The hollow point was plugged with red plastic from the cap. I found the bullet. Zero expansion.
You won't try the stuff? COOL! That just leaves more good quality, low priced 22 ammo for me.
EDIT: In the interest of science, I ran 100 rounds of Armscor 36 grain HP brass plated thru my 7 inch M41. Some people say those guns are fussy, but that's not been my experience with my 2 M41s. That target is not my best work. But honestly, as badly as I was shaking, I'm surprised it was that good. 64 year old dude, drinking a big ol' diet Dr Pepper, then trying to get all squinty eyed isn't conducive to fine results.
I then hit my 3 inch steel round 20 in a row from 27 yards. Then I stretched it out to 100. My victim was Mini Iron Man.(16X12 with a 4 inch square head) I missed shot #29 out of 30. Darn!
I shot one round into 2 milk jugs laid end to end. The bullet went into one cap traveled thru both jugs and out the back cap, striking a board I place back there, in case it got thru both jugs, which it did. The hollow point was plugged with red plastic from the cap. I found the bullet. Zero expansion.
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SWFan27
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Looks like you got lucky, and I am glad to hear it. Armscor is way to hit or miss for me to take another chance on.
I haven't shot much of their ammo. Just a couple of boxes of 44spl, and a brick or two of their 22LR.
No problems so far.
No problems so far.
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American Quality/Armscor/Cheaper Than Dirt
In September of 2025 I purchased 250 rounds of American Quality 5.56 62 gr. ammo from Cheaper Than Dirt.
Out of 250 rounds, I have fired, or tried to fire 88. Of the 88 only about 45 functioned properly, the remaining were either duds, or had jammed in both my AR rifles.
This is a failure rate of more than 50%.
Cheaper Than Dirt has changed ownership in the time since I placed this order and the new owners aren't taking ownership of this issue.
In September of 2025 I purchased 250 rounds of American Quality 5.56 62 gr. ammo from Cheaper Than Dirt.
Out of 250 rounds, I have fired, or tried to fire 88. Of the 88 only about 45 functioned properly, the remaining were either duds, or had jammed in both my AR rifles.
This is a failure rate of more than 50%.
Cheaper Than Dirt has changed ownership in the time since I placed this order and the new owners aren't taking ownership of this issue.
After the gouging shenanigans they pulled during the big 22LR shortage a few years ago, I haven't ever visited their website since - and don't intend to.
So, this situation with the dud ammo doesn't surprise me one bit. Sounds like the new owners are no better than the previous owners.
No thanks.
But thank YOU for letting the rest of us know.
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I had the same problems others have described with their .22LR ammo during the Obama drought. I contacted them. They sent a shipping label to return the ammo and refunded my money. Might be worth a try.
Golden Bullets?
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Shooters saving a few pennies on a box of ammo. Why not buy American?
I agree 100%. I won't buy foreign ammo at any cost.
However, there is American ammo that is often **** as well. If someone gave me anything that said Remington on the box I would give it to someone else.
Stevensville; also in Utah and Nevada. I'd have to be mighty hard up to shoot Armscor guns or ammo.
I really never had much trouble with Remington... I shot tens of 1000s of rounds of their ammo A batch of 22s were not great...bit Winchester sucks these days. ...esp since they did away with the original style AA ammo. Still have 30 or so cases of Rem shotshells and a few 1000 centerfire of all cals. but very little is currently made ammo
.38SuperMan
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I had pretty good luck with Armscor 22LR until getting into a couple of new bricks. I've tried them in a Ruger Ranger, Colt King Cobra 22, model 63 Smith and model 34 Smith, several other handguns and a couple of different rifles and get on average 1/3 duds. Roughly 2 in every cylinder of 6 shots will fail.
When I get a failure I take it out and rotate it and put it in a different chamber to see if it will fire and 99% of the time the fail to fire again. I even take them and try in another gun and never get them to fire.
I contacted Armscor and finally received a complaint form after nearly 2 weeks. I'm going to fill it out and return it and see what happens. I have two more full bricks and would like to get my money back. I'd suggest you contact them also.
When I get a failure I take it out and rotate it and put it in a different chamber to see if it will fire and 99% of the time the fail to fire again. I even take them and try in another gun and never get them to fire.
I contacted Armscor and finally received a complaint form after nearly 2 weeks. I'm going to fill it out and return it and see what happens. I have two more full bricks and would like to get my money back. I'd suggest you contact them also.
There's no "e" in Armscor.
Your ammo is listed as being made in the US. Most of their other pistol ammo is made in the Philippines. Dunno what that would mean as far as quality of production though.
Could be a bad lot made, could be bad primers, could be a lot of things. Like a lot of mfgrs, they probably have a hard time getting good help.
Allow me to suggest GA Arms for your practice ammo. They're priced well & are high quality.
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'79 Magnum GT
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Back around 2016 or so I bought a case (5000) of Armscore 22 LR. I haven't shot any of it so far, might take years before I get to it. I 've got over (9000) other 22's Winchester, Remington and so on. I'm using a Chiappa M1-22 Semi Auto Rifle and a S&W M-17.
I hope I won't have any problems but you never know.
Rick
I hope I won't have any problems but you never know.
Rick
They have a retail space in Stevensville (south of Missoula) and my understanding is that there a a factory or two nearby. Nobody really knows what the arrangement is around here. They bought a similar, well-known local ammo company and merged...or that company bought them?
In any case, I would often buy .38 & 9mm ammo in bulk at the Stevi office because there was no shipping charge. It was cheap, reliable, and plentiful. Thanks to them I was able to keep shooting all the way through COVID.
But, in January 2023, I picked up my first, brand-new M&P 340 and was benching it with some Armscore .38 to find out where it was hitting at 25 feet. Then a "soft" feeling shot.
Thank the good lord I happened to check the pistol out. The bullet didn't quite exit the barrel. Had to head home. Armscore taught me to always take more than one pistol to the range and to keep carry pistols and range pistols separate. When I called to tell them their answer was, "Thanks for letting us know. Have a good day".
I never spent another dollar there, and in fact, I started to pick up Dillon equipment right after. I have a nice picture of that squib in a brand-new gun and will post it after my paid account is fixed up. After that I heard that the company changed ownership (yet again) in some way during 2022. The problems began after.
Side note: Being my first squib (and my first new revolver), I didn't know to remove the crane/cylinder before beating it out with a dowel. I'll post a picture of the love marks that process left on the frame of my new gun too. Lesson learned.
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shovelhead
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Had a customer at our range that brought in some Armscor .22. He gave up on the first box and bought some of our ammunition. As a result he gave me two and a half boxes of it.
All 100+ went through my Glock 44 without a hiccup. Personal opinion was that his gun was the problem.
All 100+ went through my Glock 44 without a hiccup. Personal opinion was that his gun was the problem.
giddydog
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I had a brick of their 22LR. Ove a 20% failure rate. Even after trying in multiple guns.
We had several failures to fire from a box of Armscorp 380 ammo in three different pistols.
Robert
Robert
max503
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Armscor is the only 38 ammo in stock at my LGS.
Sure glad I reload.
Sure glad I reload.
