Bulk ammo?

[John Ralston]

I'll repost this here to see if someone will answer it.

I recently bought 1000 rounds of reloads at usa ammo (9mm Luger 115 gr. FMJ) Has anyone else try these, and do you think it's worth the great price. Even with the $20 shipping, it's saving me $2 per box of 50 at Wally World. $40 extra in my pocket to buy range time.

USA Ammo is a fairly large remanufacturer, so I wouldn't be too worried about it. However, you can probably get factory new ammo at the same prices by going to places like ammoman.com and ammunitiontogo.com.

[htxp30]

I recentely purchased bulk ammo from Lucky Gunner to use specifically for practice ammo. In 600 rounds I have had close to 20 jams and 1 misfire. I shoot an HK P30 and i have shot with a cleaned and a 300 round uncleaned gun and it doesnt matter,jams keep occuring. Went to my gun shop and was told by them they would not shoot anymore of that ammo and basically just keep it for Armageddon (tongue in cheek). Have supplied LG with pictures of jams and complete description of problems and they so far don't seem to care.
Guess the old saying "you get what you pay is TRUE".
I had bought 1000 rouns from ammoman which werent once fired and had no problems. When I went back to Ammoman they didnt have rounds I had bought beforeand and as much as i like to practice I decided to try LG to get price per round down. I read reviews on LG and they were pretty good so its not like I went in blind.
Saving 3 or 4 cents a round is not worth having to worry about everytime you pull the trigger wondering if the slide is going to blow off, sort of takes the fun out of it.

Hope this helps

[Kyle Reese]

I recentely purchased bulk ammo from Lucky Gunner to use specifically for practice ammo. In 600 rounds I have had close to 20 jams and 1 misfire. I shoot an HK P30 and i have shot with a cleaned and a 300 round uncleaned gun and it doesnt matter,jams keep occuring. Went to my gun shop and was told by them they would not shoot anymore of that ammo and basically just keep it for Armageddon (tongue in cheek). Have supplied LG with pictures of jams and complete description of problems and they so far don't seem to care.
Guess the old saying "you get what you pay is TRUE".
I had bought 1000 rouns from ammoman which werent once fired and had no problems. When I went back to Ammoman they didnt have rounds I had bought beforeand and as much as i like to practice I decided to try LG to get price per round down. I read reviews on LG and they were pretty good so its not like I went in blind.
Saving 3 or 4 cents a round is not worth having to worry about everytime you pull the trigger wondering if the slide is going to blow off, sort of takes the fun out of it.

Hope this helps

What brand was this ammo that was giving you problems?

[htxp30]

The brand was Military Ballistics Industries. Like I said in my post the reviews were good but either I got a bad batch or LG pads there reviews. Shooting a HK P30 so I know its not the gun, even had it checked by shop to make sure.

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[jetfire]

The brand was Military Ballistics Industries.

I suspected as much.

[virginiatactical]

Just reading this thread is quite topsy turvy. If you are going to be shooting in excess of 2,000 Rounds a month, perhaps a good alternative would be to reload yourself? I personally reload like a mad man ... I understand you prefer factory ammo ... but my reloads have zero issues. I use good bullets, good primers, good powder, and 1 or more fired brass. You might not be able to control bubba, but you should be able to control yourself!

I did have a student that came through one of my courses last year order this ..

http://www.luckygunner.com/m-b-i-40-...165fmjmbi-1000

1,000 rounds of .40 Military Ballistics Industry. The shooter had 0 issues with the 1,000 rounds he shot at the course. I am not saying its perfect stuff, but I saw someone shoot 1,000 rounds of it in 2 days and it ran fine. I personally would still not purchased bagged ammo .. but then again Mr. Dillon helps me out tremendously with my ammo costs. I am paying 15 cents on the round right now .. and that is with 124gr JHPs or 124 CMJS.

[htxp30]

I bought the 2000 rounds to share with my son not to shoot 2000 rounds a month. Have thought about reloading and after this experience am going to take a closer look at it.
To VT what do you mean by "You might not be able to control bubba, but you should be able to control yourself!"

[mnealtx]

I'm thinking he meant that while you can't control the quality of "Bubba's" reloads, you can definitely control the quality of your own reloads.

[virginiatactical]

I'm thinking he meant that while you can't control the quality of "Bubba's" reloads, you can definitely control the quality of your own reloads.

@htxp30 What this gentleman said. You can control the quality of your own reloads. As long as you take the necessary steps and precautions ... your home made reloads can be better then factory spec new ammo for much cheaper. I know reloaders who do not check every round, and then some reloaders (like me), check everything on every round. I rarely have failures caused by my ammo. (rarely, but it can and has happened)

[Super J]

I've never seen factory ammo in a bag. The only bagged ammo that I've come across were reloads at a gunshow. I don't buy reloads.

Edited to add:
The cheapest bulk ammo that I've recently found was 1000 rounds of blazer brass 9mm delivered for $221 (I think that's what the bill was...it was between $209 and $225) from Palmetto State Armory.