I had 2 golden tiger rounds fail to fire tonight out of 100, which is kind of surprising.  Anyone else have bad rounds from GT lately?

 

Both duds had deep primer strikes so I'm positive it wasn't my rifle and it's never happened before.  I've shot probably 3,000 rounds in the last year or so and never had an issue till today

I shot 1000 of em with no problems at all

Cheap ammo is cheep. I have no issue with cheap ammo for practice purposes and general use, but there is a reason why ammo can be sold at that price.

 

When I used to shoot russian ammo, I assumed an error rate of roughly 1%. I've seen dead primers, I've seen cases that didn't have a flash hole drilled, I've seen bullets fall out of cases, and I've seen cases with no powder.

 

It happens.

Golden tiger isn't cheap 762x39, considered by many to be the best

Best compared to what, wolf or Lapua Match?

I had 2 golden tiger rounds fail to fire tonight out of 100, which is kind of surprising.  Anyone else have bad rounds from GT lately?

 

Both duds had deep primer strikes so I'm positive it wasn't my rifle and it's never happened before.  I've shot probably 3,000 rounds in the last year or so and never had an issue till today

 

You're not the only one who's experienced this.  Sam from SG Ammo discusses it in this thread over at ar15.com:

 

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_2_467/271403_Barnaul_Laquered_and_Sealed_7_62x39_Ammo.html&page=1#i2779021

 

Hope this might shed some light on the issue.  

I do have an arsenal but the primer strikes were very deep.. Hope it's just an isolated case

 

Thanks for the link

Yes, I had a GT dud with my SKS a few weeks ago, which was very surprising. First one out of hundreds. I have had some real bad Tula ammo from the 2013 panic, but GT was always the go to. Maybe its a one off, I am not sure how long I had that particular box could be a couple years or a couple months.

GT is by no means considered cheap like Wolf etc

GT is by no means considered cheap like Wolf etc

 

If what you are saying is that it is better then brand X or Y, fine, but it costs just as much as Wolf and a lot less then many other brands that start using brass cases, better bullets, etc.

If what you are saying is that it is better then brand X or Y, fine, but it costs just as much as Wolf and a lot less then many other brands that start using brass cases, better bullets, etc.

That's a fair assessment