Fiocchi - Good or Bad?

[defiant1]

My local sporting goods store lacks options for .357 and 38 Special. They have Hornady and Fiocchi. The Fiocchi is less expensive and would be used for training, but I have no experience with this brand of ammunition.

If Fiocchi is legit, looking for recommendations on what grain to choose. It would be used in a 327 2" snub nose and a R8 5" barrel.

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[Muley Gil]

My local sporting goods store lacks options for .357 and 38 Special. They have Hornady and Fiocchi. The Fiocchi is less expensive and would be used for training, but I have no experience with this brand of ammunition.

If Fiocchi is legit, looking for recommendations on what grain to choose. It would be used in a 327 2" snub nose and a R8 5" barrel.

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Fiocchi has been around for many years. I have had good results with it in the past.

 

[nutsforsmiths]

I've used Fiocchi over the years. I have had no issues with it. I've found It's usually a but hotter than domestic ammo.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

There were essentially two Fiocchi ammo makers but spring from the same origins.

It was an Italian company that partnered with S&W back in the '70s and made ammo in the US. Most of it was not well received if memory served...as the QC was suspect and performance was all over the place...very inconsistent. That was with the exception of the Nyclad which may or may not have been made by someone else prior to being sold to Federal.

Eventually Fiocchi of America was formed and has been selling ammunition here since. The brand was used by Olympic and World Cup shooters so the quality is there.

 

[Jim Watson]

I use Fiocchi .32s in my KelTec, it is faster than domestic and reliable thus far.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I have had very good luck with Fiocchi. They are almost the only supplier of some really oddball ammunition as well as a good assortment of more run of the mill stuff. I have been very happy with it.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

The only Fiocchi I have shot is 380, Ruger LCP Max.
No Problems!

 

[jdlii]

Fiocchi ammo / GOOD!

My experience with Fiocchi covers everything from rim fire to 12 gauge shotgun shells. Their U.S. Plant is in Missouri and the quality is equal, IMO, to any U.S. manufacturer. Buy and shoot with confidence!

 

[H Richard]

I have never shot any of their 38 or 357, but have used a lot of their .32's. No problems and good repeatable accuracy. Their 12 Ga shot-shells are also fine, and used be many Olympic competitors.

 

[Stewboy]

I shoot their .22 offerings out of my model 41s and Beretta 70s; I actually prefer Fiocchi to just about everything else, at least in .22lr.

 

[NYlakesider]

I have shot plenty of it and hope to shoot more!

 

[Valmet]

I’ve shot tons of Fiocchi over the years and it’s been great- wouldn’t hesitate to buy more of it.

 

[DWalt]

Does anyone have any current information about the new Fiocchi primer manufacturing plant in Little Rock? I have seen nothing in quite awhile and everything I have seen has been stale news. Wonder if the project may have died at birth. I do know they made a serious blunder in the purchase of land they planned to build on. It was swampland. Hard to believe the company was that dumb. Anyone here from the Little Rock area who knows the status?

 

[SWFan27]

It has always worked well for me.

 

[Empe]

I've used Fiocchi in both 9mm and .45 ...pretty clean burning and reliable , accuracy on par with anything else in it's price range.

 

[375hh1973]

Shot a.lot of .357sig and it's great ammo

Also shot a ton of 12ga target loads and it's good as well

 

[ralph7]

Are the c's in the name pronounced hard or soft?

 

[Richard93]

Are the c's in the name pronounced hard or soft?

The "c"s are pronounced hard because it is written in Italian.
Personally I am not a fan of Fiocchi cartridges. The factory is in Lecco in Italy, not far from where I live and I buy them because they are cheap but every time I ask myself why I bought them...
As for cheap cartridges I prefer Selier&Belot both because they are more accurate and consistent, and because they are more reliable. I recently used some 44 mag Fiocchi cartridges and I noticed that they were too loaded. The primers were completely mashed and the recoil was absurd. I then opened another box purchased a couple of years earlier and it didn't even seem to be the same cartridge. Half the recoil and the primers had no signs of overpressure.

 

[smoothshooter]

There were essentially two Fiocchi ammo makers but spring from the same origins.

It was an Italian company that partnered with S&W back in the '70s and made ammo in the US. Most of it was not well received if memory served...as the QC was suspect and performance was all over the place...very inconsistent. That was with the exception of the Nyclad which may or may not have been made by someone else prior to being sold to Federal.

Eventually Fiocchi of America was formed and has been selling ammunition here since. The brand was used by Olympic and World Cup shooters so the quality is there.

Fiocchi has two plants. The main, original one that has been in business since the 1870’s is in Italy. A small offshoot plant was built just south of Springfield, MO, in SW MO. I used to work there years ago.
It is a fact that the Italian pistol ammo is loaded a little hotter than the American stuff. The Italian pressure specs follow CIP Standards. CIP is their equivalent of American SAAMI.
I live about 4 miles from the Missouri plant.

 

[URIT]

Lucky Gunner, the ammo people, has the following comment for Fiocchi...

Fiocchi ammo is produced by Fiocchi Munizioni, a privately held company that was founded in 1876 by Giulio Fiocchi and is still owned by the family. The main production facility is in Lecco, Italy (just south of the Swiss border) and is a world-leader in shotgun, center-fire rifle, center-fire handgun, and rimfire ammunition production.

I've never had a problem with their ammo, and ran through a few cases of 9mm and .40S&W.