Hi all, I was hoping that you could tell me if this is cause for concern, or just normal variance in ammo size. I picked up 500 rounds of Federal Champion 9mm from Natchezss.com for a new Beretta 92FS, and as I was putting it into the ammo boxes I noticed that some of these were much shorter than normal (within the same 50 round box too). What's up with this? I am concerned that these are seconds, and may cause jamming (completely new to semi-autos). I've attached a picture, and would appreciate any input..

 

Thanks,

I would contact federal, that's not good

That's pretty significant and probably the result of bullet setback caused by rough handling during shipping. If you have a caliper, I'd measure the rounds and document the variance and contact Federal. Do not shoot the short ones - bullet setback can/will increase pressures.

 

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Pizza Bob

I agree I would contact them with a lot number off the ammo box and see what they do. If you can, measure them and let them know that also might be a good thing.

 

Keep us posted.

Yikes - that 2nd from the right looks really short to me......

I wouldnt shoot any of it. Make them (Natchezss.com) pay to have it sent back and get a new case sent .

Thanks for the heads up! I checked all 10 boxes of 50, and this only happened with 1 of them (which were all from the same lot#). It could have been damage related, although the box looks fine... I emailed Federal about the lot# just in case, and hopefully I can return the bad box to Natchezss.

Do not shoot any of those short rounds. The bullets seem to be set back into the case which can cause very high pressure. Worst case scenario is a kaboom. I bet if you contact Federal they will make it right with you.

As others have already said, don't shoot it, and contact Natchezss.

Thanks for the heads up! I checked all 10 boxes of 50, and this only happened with 1 of them (which were all from the same lot#). It could have been damage related, although the box looks fine... I emailed Federal about the lot# just in case, and hopefully I can return the bad box to Natchezss.

 

Good on the Email, but I would also call them directly, never know if they got it, let alone read it..

Do not shoot any of those short rounds. The bullets seem to be set back into the case which can cause very high pressure. Worst case scenario is a kaboom. I bet if you contact Federal they will make it right with you.

 

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Set back is usually caused by loading the same round in the chamber again and again. In this case if your has never been loaded and came from the factory, the set back loaded them probably to dangerous levels