Is Sellier and Bellot Good ?

[6GUNSONLY]

Their 9mm ammo clocks at near 9mm NATO standard velocities. I've had no issues with it at all, but it's also the only S&B ammo I've used thus far.

 

[LVSteve]

My experience with S&B is spotty. .... 115 gr 9mm is under powered and inaccurate...

Never a problem for me, I'm a 124 gr guy.

 

[HeloMt]

Several years ago, I got a great deal on a little Sako Vixen in 222 Remington. I had an extra 2x7 Leupold I threw on it and went to the LGS for some ammo. 222 was not plentiful, but they had a couple of boxes of S&B 50 grain soft points. The first 5 rounds at 100 yards were touching. Yeah, I like it!

 

[pantannojack]

Possibly not relevant now, but 25 years ago I fired just a few 12 ga bird shot loads in my Winchester m 50 short stroke semi auto, neglected to clean right away, and while showing to a friend 2 weeks later discovered, to both our surprise, rust in the sliding chamber. Not much but enough to not trust again with out proof of non corrosive, which was described on the box.

Whom was it once said: <if you don't drink a country's water, don't shoot their ammo>. Apology for not proper notation.

 

[Rider1300]

I bought some but did some research first. They’ve been in business for 200 years and their 380 and 32 ACP is very clean, consistent, and accurate if I do my part. I just ordered another bunch of 32 ACP. Round nose is my carry load in 32 since every thing I have read about hollow points is that they don’t expand at all at the speed of a 32 OR, if they do expand, they do not penetrate deep enough to do any damage.
Buy S&B I’m certain you’ll be happy with them

 

[serger]

S&B's good stuff. If you reload their brass be advised S&B has
tight flash holes and primer pockets. I don't mind that but the
whiners do.

 

[bobsguns]

I tried their 9mm many decades ago & it was not accurate for me at all. I switched to PMC for cheap ammo & it was/is amazing.

Never bought it again, but now that CZ has it, I may need to try it again.

 

[pasound]

Bought a short case of their 124gr 9mm a few years back. Recoil was a bit heavy. After I bought a couple of cases of WW military 9mm from SGAmmo, I could tell it's the equal to NATO ammo. Accuracy is good in my 365's, ok in my 3913.

 

[doubletapp357]

So I have had issues with the 10mm ammo none with 9mm

 

[SWFan27]

Their 357 Mag FMJ ammo was affordable and great at the range. Wish I still had more of it.

 

[Imissedagain]

As stated, tight primer pockets.
Have used a few thousand 380s and a few hundred 38spl.
Reload the brass without problems.
Sel & Bel rings great.
Still have some that is in the rug with my DS.
Think that's S&B in pic.

 

[A10]

Yes. I've shot a bunch of their pistol ammo in the past and never had a problem.

I'm pretty sure they're the only ones making 9.3x72R nowadays.

 

[Bald1]

I’ve shot a lot of it in my .32acp Tomcat and my 77/22 Hornet. I’m very happy with it. I recently got a box of 44 mag 240gr JSP. Only shot 12 rds to test and it grouped nicely from a 3” 629. It all seems to run clean as well

 

[tom2]

Only stuff I recall is their steel cased 7.62X39 in the blue boxes. The cases were gray. When I messed with SKS rifles it beat the Russian stuff for accuracy and no issues. Not that accuracy is an SKS thing, really, IMO.Still got part of a box left.

 

[Chuck Edwards]

I've gone through several cases of their 9x19, mostly 124-grain but including one case of 115-grain. I never had any issues with it in my Berettas, Glocks, or Walthers. Older brass was hard to re-prime, but the current stuff works fine in my Dillon 550.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

Never had any issues with any of their factory loads. I have encountered some overly tight primer pockets when reloading some of their pistol brass.

John

 

[1sailor]

Some years back Cabela's had a sale on S&B primers. I wasn't sure how good they were but for $18.50 a brick I figured it was worth a try. Out of the 8 thousand I bought I didn't have a single issue. Even when used in guns with reduced power springs.

 

[heeter3]

Narragansett,I occasionally shoot it in my .38s and it's been very reliable.I usually buy it from SGA when they have it in 158 gr and 500 round lots.Its also pretty reasonably priced.

 

[Valmet]

I’ve shot tons of S&B over the years- mostly 9mm, .38 Spl and 45ACP and it’s always been great ammo.

 

[Buford57]

About 15 years ago I was given a box of .38 Spl. with the purchase of a revolver. 3 or 4 rounds failed to fire - in anything - kept trying until the primer cups wore through. About a year later had the same experience with .357 (for which I paid). Gave up on it. Clearly others have had better results. You may, too.