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Old thread but as Charles has noted, I tried reloading some 9mm S&B and the primer pockets are very tight making it hard to prime with my hand primer. If you reload I would avoid the S&B.

RossA wrote:

rotor wrote:Fiochi all the time when on sale at Atwoods. Very good and always goes bang. No warnings about using in ported barrels like Federal and Blazer. Have never had any commercial ammo that wasn't good but since my wife has a ported Shield I have become more selective and unless you have a box in hand to read you can't tell which ammo is not for ported barrels.

I think I just learned something. I don't have any ported guns, But I have never seen any warnings (that I can recall) about not using certain ammo in ported guns.
What's the reason behind not using certain ammo, and is this a prominent warning that I would be likely to see if I looked?

This is from a box of Federal 9mm ammo


CCI Blazer brass has a similar warning. I asked the CCI people why they had this warning and they responded by saying that their bullets are only very thinly plated and that through a ported barrel the plating might scrape off and shoot out of the ports. I look at this more as a lawyer issue but I do not take a chance and avoid these brands in my wife's ported Shield. The problem with mail order is that very few companies will warn you about the problem in their ads. I specifically pointed this out to SGAmmo when they has a sale on Blazer brass and they did NOT include the warning in their ad. The Federal ammo I bought mail order from Academy. So, I still like it and it was a good buy but I use it in my non-ported guns. Might possibly be bad in silencer equipped guns but I am not sure about that. Perhaps others can help with that.

Fiochi all the time when on sale at Atwoods. Very good and always goes bang. No warnings about using in ported barrels like Federal and Blazer. Have never had any commercial ammo that wasn't good but since my wife has a ported Shield I have become more selective and unless you have a box in hand to read you can't tell which ammo is not for ported barrels.