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Snap E Tom wrote:Good Lord, check out these pics:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=588520" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yikes!!

I posted earlier in this thread that I had a round that failed to seat in the chamber. It took some tugging to get it out; fortunately the ejector held on.

I re-box my WBW into a plastic Dillon ammo box but failed to do a thorough inspection. After that experience, I've begun to slow down when reboxing and look at each round.

The next to the last photo in the link above looked exactly like my bad round.

I've bought all the WBW I intend to. I bought it to get the 9mm brass to reload. My goal was to accumulate 1000 pieces. My thinking was that it was the most economical way to get a thousand rounds of brass but I think I won't do that again; I'll just buy some range brass.

MoJo wrote:

fulano wrote:
I only have three boxes of White Win "in stock". All are USA. I've not paid attention to country of origin before; the letters are quite large. USA, USA, USA...

Er - uh - umm - - - The brand name is "Winchester USA" not "Winchester White Box" they all have USA on 'em. Look on the back of the box to see where it was made (small print)

Thanks for pointing that out. I've fallen into the habit of calling it white box. It is in a white box but it is not "white box".

When I google White box Winchester, I get many references to the Winchester USA. Sort of like "clips" vs magazines. Clips is wrong but commonly used.

BTW the "made in USA" is just above the USA circled logo that is below the word Winchester on all the box faces. Ironically the details/warning are in english and french...weird.

Is Winchester USA made anywhere other than the USA?

Snap E Tom wrote:I talked to one of the guys at McBride's on Monday about this. He thinks the brass might be too long on them. I haven't measured, though. He did tell me to specifically look for "Made in the USA" on the box, and sure enough, they were there.

One of the guys on the other forums pointed out that Winchester is in the middle of moving their production from a plant in Illinois to Mississippi. They might be having QC issues because of this.

I only have three boxes of White Win "in stock". All are USA. I've not paid attention to country of origin before; the letters are quite large. USA, USA, USA...

Went to the range last week with 9mm White box Winchester. One round stuck in the chamber and wouldn't allow the slide to fall. The ejector had engaged so I pulled the slide to eject; it was tough. I finally got the round out; it was split along the top, buldged and the bullet was a bit cantered.

It looked like during production the bullet was tilted as it was being seated and deformed the brass before it was pushed down. I gave it to the RO as I could tell he was watching me trying to clear it. He wrinkled a brow and took it up front. I stopped and examined every remaining round.

I always un-box the loose ammo and put it in my plastic ammo box so I can do a cursory exam. This also lets me count the rounds and I'm more organized at the range. Obviously I didn't catch this one.

I've been breaking in a new gun and collecting 9mm brass to reload. I've bought 100 count White box exclusively. Out of 11 boxes I've found one bad round (described above). I did find a smashed bullet in one box and another box had two extra rounds