Remington UMC anygood?

[KeithH]

Is Remington UMC in 9mm any good for indoor target practice? The local Walmart has the fifty round boxes at $7.97 a box. Never tried the stuff before and I’ve never seen it so much cheaper than Federal brass ammo. If it’s crap, I prefer not to waste my time. Thanks.

[Wake27]

It’ll work, but it’s very dirty and weak. I’ve never actually noticed accuracy issues though and can’t remember significant malfunctions.


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[BobM]

Back in the early 90s I bought 800 rounds of it. I had a few fail to go off, probably a primer issue. I also loaded my prairie dog ammo with Remington primers and had some failures there too. Since then I've not bought much Remington ammo.

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I've shot approximately 2948 rounds of Remington UMC 9mm 115 gr, no noticeable issues, though as noted, it's a fairly anemic round.

[Trooper224]

These days it's as good as any of the budget ammo from other manufacturers, meaning it's all mediocre.

[ST911]

Very mediocre but works. Of the Walmart value options, the federal ae bulk packs are a better choice.

[olstyn]

I've shot maybe about 500 rounds of Rem UMC 9mm all told. As others have said, it mostly seems to work fine. I had no failures to fire or other malfunctions with it, but it also wasn't anything special. For $8/box, if I didn't reload, it'd be fairly attractive for range ammo.

[Jim Watson]

A friend buys whatever is cheap, getting AE, Blazer, WWB, or UMC, whatever is on sale. The UMC seems to do about as well as any econoball.

I have had some peculiar results with Remington primers in reloads, they are really satisfactory in only one gun. Fortunately it is one I shoot a good deal. So that is what I will use them up in, and have gone back to WW and Federal now that availability is better.

[Savage Hands]

Last ammo I had a squib that cycled, haven’t used it since. Seller & Bellot has been plentiful at a great price lately and that’s the only ammo I’d shoot if I have my choice.

[MK11]

I've had more problems with UMC than anything else and it hasn't been confined to just one or two calibers.

[KeithH]

Thank you everyone for the help and suggestions!

[OlongJohnson]

I shot 350 rounds of 9mm 115gr so far. Zero problems, a little more soot than usual on the front of the gun. My M11-A1 that chokes on WWB ate the UMC without issue. I have 1050 more rounds sitting around from last year's Black Friday purchase at $0.13/rd after rebate.

[Screwball]

For 9mm, I like UMC bulk. POI is identical to my carry ammo in my converted S&W 642-1 (Hornady 147 grain XTP). It also holds the crimp good enough for revolver shooting. Yep, dirty... but easily cleaned with a gun done in NP3 Plus.

For .45... I will not use it or WWB. I shoot a D/I .45 AR, and neither of those will function more than a handful of magazines before I start having reliability issues (failure to go fully into battery). Was thinking it was strictly buffer weight, then lubrication... being the gas block is very close to the chamber. I actually switched to Blazer Brass for that very reason. I’ll probably finish whatever of UMC/WWB I have in my Glock 30S... just to get rid of it.

If your needs can get away with UMC, go ahead and use it. If not, don’t. If you do end up using it, best to take that saving and put it towards an ultrasonic cleaner. [emoji6]

[rathos]

I have only bought it in the 250 round packs. I have never had issues with it.

[TheDLoon]

I had a squib round of one 4-5 years ago that destroyed the barrel of a G26. Remington replaced the barrel for us and refunded the ammo.