Wow. I must live in Oz. One of the Wal-Marts I buy ammo at is in close proximity to our capital and does have it's share of crapola, but no more than other locations, IMO. I've never waited more than 5 minutes for assistance with the locked ammo case. I must have a charmed life!
Fact. I worked for a company that sold a lot of product to Walmart. The product either met the QC specs for the line or it didn't. Now, Walmart wasn't buying the high end line of stuff. Additionally, beyond warranty claims, the lawyers would have a damn field day with that. Selling a nonconforming product into the marketplace. Someone would be getting paid.Originally Posted by BigD
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What is this 'Walmart' that so many speak of?
Since we're coming out I'll confess to the same.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.
Some of my best friends like chocolate, onions layers and all that.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I feel better now.
The last two boxes of Winchester 115 grain did seem a bit soft shooting. Malfunctions with my EDC always freak me out, even if it was with practice ammo.
My experience is that Winchester white box is the lamest factory loads out there.
Cheap plinker grade target ammo from Wal-Mart is the same as cheap plinker grade ammo from anywhere else. They don't have a monopoly on cheap ammo. A lot of the 115gr target grade ball is semi-anemic.
That said, I've never really had a problem with WWB from Wal-Mart, other than when they made it with brass jacketed bullets, vs copper, for a short while way back in the early/mid 2000's. I was getting some keyholes and other weird stuff going on. I no longer buy WWB, as I mostly reload. Current Winchester QC is probably not as good as Federal or CCI/Speer from what a lot of folks have been posting. I flat out refuse to buy Remington/UMC after having, and seeing a lot of failures and problems with various calibers and types of ammo. It's almost universally filthy, and they really are not innovating at all anymore.
HK's seem to be more ammo sensitive than Glocks, and you are probably better off buying slightly hotter or heavier bullet loads. Speer Lawman, S&B, or a "NATO" clone load and I bet you'll have no issues.
We’ve been running Lawman, Blazer Brass and AE through my wife’s P30sk without issue. I have some S&B but haven’t ran any of it through this gun, but have used it in our Sigs and it’s great.
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