how bad is remanufactured ammo?

[Turbotezza 1]

Yep. Have had excellent results with Georgia 10mm also.

[blorgo 0]

The "USA" brand 45 ACP I bought some years back is still the bane of my existence.  Actually a friend bought it for his Glock, it had feeding problems, was smokey, and gave a nice pattern (but it's not a shotgun!) and a poor group.  So I bought it off him for next to nothing and loaded it up in moon clips for my S&W 1917 revolver. 

 

However it is poorly crimped and the recoil in a revolver pulls the bullets.  Sometimes you can get all 6 to fire, sometimes the bullet moves forward enough to lock up the cylinder until you push it back down - at that point the powder is loose in the cylinder.  Grrr. Ugh. (Worse words were said the last time I was shooting it.) I'm thinking of trying superglue around the case mouth, or running it all through a crimp die (but I have no reloading gear anymore, stolen some years back.)  So I'll just whine and encourage others to avoid like the plague.

[Eff P 0]

What's the worst case scenario from bad reloads?  I've never fired reloads, but I definitely see how their lower price, and easy availability can be appealing.

 

Would it destroy my gun?  Would it just make it dirtier?  Is it "only" FTE or FTF?  I can deal with poor groupings if all I want to do is go to the range and kill paper for bit.

[jrfly3006 42]

What's the worst case scenario from bad reloads?  I've never fired reloads, but I definitely see how their lower price, and easy availability can be appealing.

 

Would it destroy my gun?  Would it just make it dirtier?  Is it "only" FTE or FTF?  I can deal with poor groupings if all I want to do is go to the range and kill paper for bit.

i think the one that scares everyone is the rare "squib" load ( which had happened in factory loads also). Those can do some damage to the gun and your hand..

[Walt of Destiny 412]

I've used BVAC for awhile. Bought a bunch before the market and CTD went insane. Never had any issue.

 

Still have some, actually. Time to go to the range!

 

 

[olderguy 0]

i think the one that scares everyone is the rare "squib" load ( which had happened in factory loads also). Those can do some damage to the gun and your hand..

If you don't feel a squib, you don't know your gun.