check your ammo

[jeklog 7]

bought 9mm remington umc, 1 jammed cause it has a deformed casing. check your ammo cause it could cost you your life when you are trying to defend it or your families or simply could get hurt or ruin your firearm.

[Tactical Turtle 11]

Earlier this week there was a post with simular issues hmmm doesn't sound good, quality control is lacking

[Damjan 73]

Had a jam last year from the same reason. Ammo was Federal American Eagle 9mm

[jeklog 7]

imagine your trying to defend your life and your familiy! took me awhile to get the ammo out, it got stuck and afraid the it might go boom. it could have injured me or damage my firearm.

[Kaiser7 33]

imagine your trying to defend your life and your familiy! took me awhile to get the ammo out, it got stuck and afraid the it might go boom. it could have injured me or damage my firearm.

 

I'm always scared that's going to happen when shooting my 50 year old surplus 8mm ammo. I know you're supposed to keep the barrel pointed down range. I had it once, but the firing pin just didn't strike the primer. I think when I loaded the ammo into the gun, I didn't do it right. It's a scary feeling...

[Krdshrk 3,878]

imagine your trying to defend your life and your familiy! took me awhile to get the ammo out, it got stuck and afraid the it might go boom. it could have injured me or damage my firearm.

 

Why would you try to use cheap range ammo to do that?

[Maksim 1,504]

Larger pic please.

 

Contact remington with it.

 

Otherwise, you should be giving every round a visual look as you are loading it.

[GRIZ 3,369]

 

 

Why would you try to use cheap range ammo to do that?

 

There is ammo that costs less and ammo that costs more and ammo that costs too much and ammo that is crap. Some of that "cheap range ammo" you may use are overruns for military contracts and could just as well wound up in some soldier's or marine's rifle in Iraq or Afghanistan.

 

I have never seen a need for "premium" ammo other than falling for the manufacturer's advertising. I've seen millions of rounds in my time and saw just as many defective rounds come from "premium" ammo" as "cheap range ammo" on a percentage basis. I'm talking rounds wqithout primers, crushed case necks, deformed bullets, no flash hole in the brass,etc. I've even seen "LE" shotgun ammo come without any shot in it.

 

You do need to inspect your ammo before you shoot it and do a closer examination if you are using it to carry.

 

A FMJ that ends the fight does the same job as that premium SD ammo.

 

Too many people think you need to spend $2 a round to defend yourself with.

 

Okay, rant over.

[Krdshrk 3,878]

I'm not talking about $2 rounds, but I am talking about a cheaper made FMJ bullet from a bulk pack. Sure - if it's all you have, by all means use it, but for self defense, I'll go with a different load.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

bought 9mm remington umc, 1 jammed cause it has a deformed casing. check your ammo cause it could cost you your life when you are trying to defend it or your families or simply could get hurt or ruin your firearm.

 

While better than no ammo, that's not what would be best for HD/SD ammo, get a good quality HP or something like Hornady CD ammo for that and keep this RN ammo for paper targets. By the way, the pic is real small, might want to load a bigger pic.

[blksheep 466]

Everyone simmer down. Things happen. Contact Remington or American Eagle etc. Things happen, maybe quality control may be lacking. Everything is not the end of the world. Maybe they will send you a coupon for some free ammo. INHO Quality rounds should be used for HD/CCW whatever you want to call it.

[Socom 19]

pretty nice microscopic picture

[blksheep 466]

While better than no ammo, that's not what would be best for HD/SD ammo, get a good quality HP or something like Hornady CD ammo for that and keep this RN ammo for paper targets. By the way, the pic is real small, might want to load a bigger pic.

 

^^^^^^^^

What he said.

[Malsua 1,422]

Why would you try to use cheap range ammo to do that?

 

Was just going to post that. +1

[jeklog 7]

sorry bout the picture it won't let me upload a larger size picture.

 

someone posted crack casing a week or so ago. I'm only saying guys just for safety that we should check our ammo doesn't matter if its the cheapest ammo or the most expensive ammo out there. just for safety!!!

[BarkNBite 15]

This past weekend at the range.....had a box of Federal American Eagle .380 .....a couple of rounds had chips out of the brass on the case mouth with the bullets seated........I dunno.