Remington Ammo quality?

[DJNEB 1]

I am planing on hitting a range Tuesday to shoot my new 9mm and was thinking of going to Dicks tomorrow to get some ammo for my guns.  I know my Dicks carries "Remington 9mm UMC cartridges" in bulk for a fairly inexpensive price.  Anyone have any experience with this ammo as far as quality and jamming issues?

[ogfarmer 138]

works fine in all my guns,

[Gunnz 49]

I've never had any issues with remington umc ammo.

Only factory ammo I've hard a problem with was American eagle.

[NYMetsFan86 9]

Rem UMC was the first 200 rounds I put through my 809. No issues at all

 

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[AnthonyC83 0]

Remington UMC works well in my guns as well but i swear I shoot worse with it. My groups are not as tight when I'm shooting UMC. I have so much of it too I wish I didn't buy so much

[Krdshrk 3,877]

Remington is good enough quality.  I've used UMC before - I actually have some 124gr UMC Target Nickel (nickel plated brass) FMJ rounds... They hit where they're supposed to and cycle well.

[checko 180]

Always went bang for me

[vjf915 456]

I purchased a box of 250 Remington UMC 9mm a couple years ago.  There was an issue with the crimping, and the bullet could actually be pushed into the case with my fingers.  I found 38 bad rounds out of the entire 250.  These rounds also jammed me up in the middle of a match.  After getting thrown around a bit, they had me send in the bad rounds, and they sent me a box of 50.  Not a full box of 50, they went out of their way to open the box up, and remove 12 rounds to give me the full 38.  Yes, they technically made good on their end, but I guess the notion of "sorry for your trouble" is long gone.  I'm sure that any issues they've had are resolved, however I refuse to purchase any Remington ammo.

[Blacksmythe 71]

Always goes bang and it is very dirty IMHO.

[DSD1026 48]

i haven't had a problem shooting UMC..  If you can get it at a decent price, get it..   It will shoot through most guns just fine. 

[Sota 1,191]

I'm not sure the words "Remington" and "quality" should be in the same affirmative statement.  Their UMC 9mm ammo was meh and dirtier than MagTech's stuff (and that's saying a lot!) and their Golden Bullet .22LR is definitely not the best I've ever seen.

[DSD1026 48]

ok, well Golden Bullet is another story altogether..  lol...   but i havent found the UMC stuff to be that bad..  is it the best?  nope..  is it the worst?  nah

[svt3183 14]

Works fine, seems dirty

[raz-0 1,259]

UMC pistol is fine.

 

Golden bullet and osme of their other cheap .22? I'd rather not.

 

Their center fire rifle offerings are a mixed bag.

[DJNEB 1]

Alright guys - thanks for all the input.  I have an additional question.  Now, this will probably sound stupid to all of you, but since this is for my first handgun, I am a little confused about the labeling of 9mm ammo.  I have seen ammunition labeled as simply "9mm" and then quite a few labeled as "9mm luger".  What is the difference between these two, if there even is a difference?  Will a handgun chambered in 9mm take 9mm luger?  Probably a noob question but just want to make sure I am using the right ammo.

[Gunnz 49]

All the same. 9mm =9mm Luger= 9mm parabellum =9x19mm=9x19 parabellum=9mm NATO.

 

NATO rounds might be +P rated . But mostly it's all the same.

[SgtToadette 59]

All the same. 9mm =9mm Luger= 9mm parabellum =9x19mm=9x19 parabellum=9mm NATO.

 

NATO rounds might be +P rated . But mostly it's all the same.

 

except Makarov, obviously...

[Candyman87 10]

except Makarov, obviously...

 

And Kurz...

 

Long story short...

 

9mm = 9mm Luger = 9mm Parabellum = 9x19mm

9mm Makarov = 9x18mm

 

Then there's

9mm Short = 9mm Kurz = 9mm Corto = 9x17mm = .380 ACP

 

But if it's just labelled 9mm, it's going to be 9x19mm

[GRIZ 3,369]

All the same. 9mm =9mm Luger= 9mm parabellum =9x19mm=9x19 parabellum=9mm NATO.

NATO rounds might be +P rated . But mostly it's all the same.

This is correct. IIRC "Luger" is a copyrighted name owned by Stoeger. The pressure of 9mm NATO falls between SAAMI standard and +P.