.300 AAC Blackout - 'Enabling' Thread (Mags, ammo, optics, barrels, etc.)

[BobM]

Remington/ Barnes 120 gr open tip in 160 rd buckets back in stock at TargetsportsUSA this morning. 0.86 per round...

It’s gone already

[Grey]

BARNES!!!!

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/barn...-p-109457.aspx

Decided to get a case, I should have enough now...

[JM Campbell]

BARNES!!!!

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/barn...-p-109457.aspx

Decided to get a case, I should have enough now...

Check that ammo before you run it, in the past I’ve found flipped primers and high primers. I have blown a few primers out of the cases. It’s not a head space issue with my barrel, I’m running a AAC barrel purchased through AAC that passes go/no go and field gauges.


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[Grey]

Check that ammo before you run it, in the past I’ve found flipped primers and high primers. I have blown a few primers out of the cases. It’s not a head space issue with my barrel, I’m running a AAC barrel purchased through AAC that passes go/no go and field gauges.


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Thanks for the heads up.

[OlongJohnson]

Check that ammo before you run it, in the past I’ve found flipped primers and high primers. I have blown a few primers out of the cases. It’s not a head space issue with my barrel, I’m running a AAC barrel purchased through AAC that passes go/no go and field gauges.

Interesting. When Barnes started producing the stuff, it was marketed as being assembled by Barnes with match-grade quality control. At some point, it started being run at the UMC plant, and a lot of batches have even shipped with Rem head stamps.

[flyrodr]

BARNES!!!!

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/barn...-p-109457.aspx

Decided to get a case, I should have enough now...

Yikes. Case price has gone up $30 since I bought some a month ago.

(Apparently, there is an election soon. Or maybe some political/other turmoil happening. One would think such things would be on the news headlines . . .)

[JM Campbell]

Interesting. When Barnes started producing the stuff, it was marketed as being assembled by Barnes with match-grade quality control. At some point, it started being run at the UMC plant, and a lot of batches have even shipped with Rem head stamps.

I was able to source it locally in the past for fairly low cost. I stopped purchasing it after the 3rd blown primer and flipped primer in 2 boxes with the same lot numbers. This was over 2 years ago and i do not recall the head stamps on the cases. I want to say they were Hornady head stamps because I threw out all of my 300blk Hornady brass I was saving for reloading right after this @ 600 count. The Barnes loading was the only 300blk super I was able to source at that time. Had tons of UMC 220gr available but I needed supers for a pig hunt.
@HCM may recall, he was on the range with me when it happened.


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[HCM]

I was able to source it locally in the past for fairly low cost. I stopped purchasing it after the 3rd blown primer and flipped primer in 2 boxes with the same lot numbers. This was over 2 years ago and i do not recall the head stamps on the cases. I want to say they were Hornady head stamps because I threw out all of my 300blk Hornady brass I was saving for reloading right after this @ 600 count. The Barnes loading was the only 300blk super I was able to source at that time. Had tons of UMC 220gr available but I needed supers for a pig hunt.
@HCM may recall, he was on the range with me when it happened.


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I do recall that, as well as the issues you had with Freedom Munitions 300 ammo prior to that.

[HCM]

BARNES!!!!

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/barn...-p-109457.aspx

Decided to get a case, I should have enough now...

Out of stock

[OlongJohnson]

Suppose a guy had a 7.5-in .300 BLK barrel that he wasn't going to use because it turned out that an 8-in barrel was required for his preferred muzzle device to clear his preferred handguard. Where best to sell it? Wade into the swamp of arfcom?