Never seen this before:

[CH4]

Sportsman's Warehouse had an ammo sale so I picked a box of Remington Core Lokt ammo, 180 gr 30-06. It wasn't until I was half way through the box when I found a cartridge with an inverted bullet.

Last month I had a bad batch of Federal .22lr with bad crimps and Federal .32 magnum with split cases. Federal was very responsive and replaced my ammo. However, when I called Remington I got the, "sorry our offices are closed" message. I'll take it back to Sportsman's Warehouse to let them know for safety reasons.

Anyone else ever see this?

 

[CA Escapee]

Yes. And, I've seen rounds with the primers in backwards.

 

[Muss Muggins]

I've seen it with American Eagle .40 S&W . . .

 

[Breakaway500]

wadcutter..

 

[Loyaljeeper]

Nothing surprises me with ammo manufacturers. I have seen tons of primers flipped backwards but that is the first backwards loaded bullet I have seen. Other than some of the boutique ammo, I have never heard of a double charge with factory ammo. I know no powder charge is a lot more common resulting in a squib.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Nice! Looks like one of mine! Is the primer flipped backwards too? Then it would be mine.

 

[Muss Muggins]

wadcutter..

It chambered and fired . . .

 

[Pisgah]

Having toured Remington's ammo-loading facility in Lonoke, AR years back, it's a wonder to me that every other cartridge doesn't have a bullet or primer seated backwards. Ammo pours out of those machines like water from a hose...

 

[K Frame Keith]

I have a 5.56mm with the primer backwards somewhere in my collection of junk. It happens. Good lesson though. Inspect every round before use.

 

[CH4]

Sportsman's Warehouse said they'll give me another box. I've always had good CS with SW.

 

[SweetMK]

That is a special round for shooting behind your back,, without turning around,,,

 

[Walter Rego]

I bought a box of .357 Magnum 158 gr. JHP, it was the generic "white box" stuff sold by one of the gun show vendors with a regular large presence.
One cartridge had the bullet seated backwards.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I've seen a couple seated backward over the years. I even got one round without a primer and one or two with the primers upside down.

 

[mckenney99]

How about new factory 5.56 ammo with NO flash hole in the case. Primer went off, flashed and blew **** back into action and of course nothing else, but primer backed out against bolt face. Pried the popped primer out and low and behold, no flash hole.

 

[cmj8591]

Be careful! That bullet could come out the back of the gun and hit you in the face!

I'm guessing that the quality control person who was about to loose their job in the bankruptcy took a long lunch that day!

 

[stansdds]

Remington quality.

 

[WR Moore]

Prior to retirement, we used to get ammo shipments in tractor trailers. Over time, we developed an interesting collection of ammunition oddities. Bullets & primers backward, primers sideways, missing powder, missing flash holes, massive burrs on the case mouth, occasionally a wrong caliber round(s) in the box, etc.

The automatic loaders don't care which direction the component is in when it performs their functions. Never have, never will. Catching those is supposed to be the job of the QC department-I expect at lot of that is now done by optical scanners and computer programs- and is why you need to carefully inspect every round before putting in a magazine/chamber.

If you don't want to do that, Black Hills brags about the picky ladies who examine each and every round that goes out the door. Every ammo company I've ever dealt with has cheerfully made things right when they had an issue like this.