Perfecta ammo at Walmart

[loeman]

I shot about 200 rounds of Perfecta .45 and at least that many 9mm that were available at my Walmart. They were way cheaper than the other offerings and since I was using them for practice I bought them. They ran perfectly in my 4506, Md 39-2 and Md 5906.

 

[Dezfan]

Picked up another 50 box of 9mm Perfecta, heading to the range this evening to do some plinking.

If I have any issues, I'll be sure to report back.

But to be honest, I don't expect there to be any issues.

 

[Dezfan]

Well, another great trip to the range!

Joined a new indoor range and had it all to ourselves for a hour or so.

Fired the 50 rounds of Perfecta fired through my Ruger SR9C and my buddies Rock Island TAC 1911 (9mm).

We fired magazines of the Perfecta followed mags of WWB.

Both functioned perfectly.

 

[Moe Mentum]

I found a bunch of Perfecta brass at the range, I plan to reload it, the brass looks OK, I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[cyphertext]

I recently shot 100 rounds of this through a brand new Sig P290RS. Out of 100 rounds, I had one misfire. I tried the restrike capability of the pistol, and the round again did not fire. Hit it twice and still looked like a light primer strike, compared to the fired brass from the pistol. Also had one fail to feed on the last round of an extended magazine.

Since this was the first one hundred rounds through the pistol, not sure if it was the gun or the ammo.

 

[R1V3R5]

Fiocchi makes good ammo. Will have to look for this next time I'm at Walmart.

 

[safearm]

I wanted to get some more 5.56 ammo and stopped at the local Wally World to check their prices, not really expecting anything on the shelves. They had two 50 round boxes of Perfecta .223 ammunition, priced at $18.97 each. As normal, no one was around the sporting goods counter, so I walked over to Automotive and asked them to page someone for me.
Four pages and 20 minutes later, no one had shown up, so an assistant manager came over. When the sporting goods knuckle-head finally arrived (he had gone on his break with the keys to the ammo case), the assistant manager told him to discount the price to $12.00/box; I wish they would have had more than 2 boxes.
It's labeled as .223, brass cased, boxer primed, 55 grain FMJ, and according to the box, manufactured in Italy. Even at $18.97, it's only $.38/round, which isn't bad for factory practice ammo.

 

[donhov]

OK I also found some a Wal Mart today in Tampa Fl. Bought 2 boxes for my sig P389. gun is fussy but if it won't run there will us it in my Kal Tec P11. It eats anything i throw at it.

 

[Protected One]

I bought and fired a box of 9mm through mu Shield last week. No issues at all.

 

[Beretta Dawg]

I shot through a box of 50 today, and it was excellent. I wasn't shooting a Smith on this trip, just my 92fs. I cleaned her up after getting back home as well, and it didn't seem particularly dirty either. I will say it seemed a little on the warm side, but I kind of like that. Anyway, I will be buying more on future trips to Walmart.

 

[Sharpshooter76]

Perfecta 40 s&w feed issues in M&P 40 VTAC

I bought 6 boxes of the Perfecta 40 to break in my M&P 40 VTAC today and I shot 2 boxes, 100 rounds with lots off failure to feed issues. I averaged 5 ftf's out of 10 rounds sometimes more and I couldn't hit the 30 yard steel plates consistenty at all. To see if it was an ammo or gun issue I bought some blazer steel cased ammo and the gun ran all 50 rounds flawlessly. Not only did it run flawless I was able to hit the metal plates very consistently. Almost on every shot I was able to connect with the Blazer 40. I also noticed that the Perfecta ammo was very underpowered as well. If anyone is interested I will sell my 4 boxes, 200 rounds for $65 shipped.

 

[Ottsix]

Perfecta doesnt shoot well in my M&P .40

I fell for the cheap price and bought 4 boxes of "perfecta" .40 and it feed well when shooting the .40 shield. i loaded up a few mags for my M&P full size and it had alot of fail to feeds, jams,failed to ejects, and was inaccurate. I found that to be odd so i loaded my XDM full size and it had the same problems. I was hoping my older sigma .40 would prove the other 2 pistols were just picky. The exact same problems with the 3rd .40! I usually dont shot off brand ammo and now i remember why i will probably measure OAL and get a grain count or weight when i have time. switched back to federal/winchester the same day and had none of these issues. The Shield still performed well with the perfecta .40 for some reason? just pay the extra money and stay away from cheap ammo!

 

[pharmer]

OAL seems to be a problem. I was given a box of 9mm Fiocci with XTP hp's. The bullets were seated at many different depths and had problems chambering. On the upside it was full power. Joe

 

[biglos]

OAL seems to be a problem. I was given a box of 9mm Fiocci with XTP hp's. The bullets were seated at many different depths and had problems chambering. On the upside it was full power. Joe

I ran the .40Cal Fiocci XTP and had a lot of miss feeds as well. Ran Federal, Win, Independant, & PMC and no failures. I believe the OAL seems to be the issue according to others as well.

When I had a look at the Perfecta .40 Cal, the OAL seemed a bit high, just like like the Fiocci. SO I think I'm staying away. Though I may give it a try one day....

 

[Billsfan53]

Bought some of this for my MP10 .308 would not feed every round jammed had a couple stack on one another.Not a good round for the MP10 the rest went in the trash.Just a heads up guys.

 

[O2Guy]

I bought 2 50 round boxes of the Perfecta ammo in .380. In my little KelTec P3AT it would fail to extract. I've never had this problem before. After examining the ammo I found that the rim is not cut square, it has a chamfer or an angle on the outside. I could not run an entire magazine without a problem.
I switched to some Tula and it ran perfectly, like it always does. My buddy has one of the Colt Mustang XSP's. I'll give him the rest of the ammo and we'll see if it will run in the little Colt.

 

[perfectcircle1]

I bought four boxes of 9mm. They are super low powered. The shells barely make it out of my glock and sometimes don't on my SIG 226. In fact the slide won't lock back on the last round on the SIG. Happens everytime.

 

[Beretta Dawg]

I've only had a couple more boxes since my first post on this thread and didn't have any problems with it through my 9mm Shield or Beretta 92. I do agree they are pretty weak loads, though. I haven't bought any more of it because it is cheaper to buy the 100 round packs of WWB.

 

[schgsd]

I have a Steyr L9 and it is fussy.
I found TulAmmo 9mm BrassMaxx out of Wally World 50 round boxes that say made in Italy. I bought the last 5 in the case that day, haven't seen them again. What I do see is the 100 round cardboard "can" and I get those. They work fine, actually seem a little hot. The round BrassMaxx cans say made in Bosnia Herzegovina.

I suspect the Perfecta being put out by TulAmmo and made in Italy is the continuation of some Italian BrassMaxx deal. I saw somewhere it was felt Fiocchi was producing BrassMaxx for TulAmmo. Stands to reason perhaps TulAmmo wanted to preserve BrassMaxx for themselves and so now we have Perfecta made in Italy for TulAmmo.

Sadly Perfecta wasn't hot enough. Even more disappointing a blue box of Fiocchi was worse than the Perfecta.

Have also tried the ZQ 9mm "nato" branded as well.

All three brands and their respective partially full boxes are in the back corner of the ammo locker.

 

[sop]

Got one box (50) of "Perfecta 9mm Luger 115 Grain FMJ Brass Case Non-Corrosive Boxer Primer" on my way to the range yesterday. I had never used it before. The bullets looked oddly shaped, longer than normal with a peculiar color cast to them.

My Glock G34 Gen 4 will run with anything, but this Perfecta ammo completely failed to chamber about ten or twelve times with the first three Glock 17rd magazines I loaded up with the stuff. Rounds got stuck as they started up the ramp, wouldn't even enter the chamber. Never had this happen with that pistol.

I had three other boxes of 115 Gr. FMJ ammo (not Perfecta) with me. I immediately loaded up the same three 17rd magazines and the gun ran perfectly, as did all the rest of the ammo I fired. I will not be buying any more Perfecta in the future.