Heh! Yeah, I forgot to mention that. Does make it easier to pack more into ammo cans. And their skeletonized trays still seem to do a good job of keeping rounds separated. I save some of those trays for times when I buy ammo in loose bulk: put the loose rounds in the S&B trays and stack into cans.Scott B. wrote:I appreciate how S&B's packaging doesn't waste any space.
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- Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:53 pm
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Re: 9mm ammo: anyone used these brands?
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:07 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: 9mm ammo: anyone used these brands?
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Re: 9mm ammo: anyone used these brands?
I've used all three for years. The only ammo related failure I had was one squib out of a box of Magtech. Sounded, looked, and acted like a primer-only load. I admit that made me a bit leery of Magtech for a while, but have shot it for a couple of years since with no issues. It still isn't my first go-to choice simply because of that one squib, and I very well may inappropriately consider it as possibly Q&C inferior to other brands. So take my experience with a large grain of salt.
I don't know exactly what primers Sellier & Bellot uses, but they have a bit of a reputation for being on the hard side. I've never had a problem with them in 9mm, .40 S&W, or .45 ACP with any of my guns. I own only one .380 ACP, and that one definitely did not like the hard-strike primers. Frankly, though, I blame the gun for the light primer strikes, not the ammo. I don't shoot that gun anymore and, in good conscience, wouldn't sell it to anyone, either. I've shot more S&B than the other two brands, and more .45 than 9mm.
Fiocchi has also been reliable for me. It shoots just about as clean as Winchester White Box, and I've had no failures with it; probably six or seven thousand rounds of it total down the pipe.
Based solely on my personal experience with my own firearms, of the three choices I'd probably go with whichever S&B or Fiocchi deal was the least expensive.
I don't know exactly what primers Sellier & Bellot uses, but they have a bit of a reputation for being on the hard side. I've never had a problem with them in 9mm, .40 S&W, or .45 ACP with any of my guns. I own only one .380 ACP, and that one definitely did not like the hard-strike primers. Frankly, though, I blame the gun for the light primer strikes, not the ammo. I don't shoot that gun anymore and, in good conscience, wouldn't sell it to anyone, either. I've shot more S&B than the other two brands, and more .45 than 9mm.
Fiocchi has also been reliable for me. It shoots just about as clean as Winchester White Box, and I've had no failures with it; probably six or seven thousand rounds of it total down the pipe.
Based solely on my personal experience with my own firearms, of the three choices I'd probably go with whichever S&B or Fiocchi deal was the least expensive.