Comments on: Dirty Ammo http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/ Si vis pacem, para bellum! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Minstrel http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-888 Minstrel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:19:22 +0000 http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-888 We bought a bunch of Winchester JHP last year. We shot a couple of boxes and they seemed to be OK. Saving the rest for a "rainy" day. We bought a bunch of Winchester JHP last year. We shot a couple of boxes and they seemed to be OK. Saving the rest for a “rainy” day.

]]> By: drjim http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-887 drjim Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:04:08 +0000 http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-887 I generally shoot Winchester "White Box", but when the prices went way up, I'd buy whatever I could find on sale, or what ever I could find *at all*. I seem to remember Fiocchi being particularly dirty, UMC being OK, and the other premium loads, like Golden Sabers, being OK. I bought a case of WWB 45ACP JHP at the range when they bought a pallet of it. It shot clean, but was the first time I can recall unburned powder gains being on my hands after I shot it. Felt gritty, like sand. It also kicked harder, made more of a flash and more of a BOOM when I shot it compared to the FMJ WWB I shot, yet the box indicated it had the same MV as the other stuff. I generally shoot Winchester “White Box”, but when the prices went way up, I’d buy whatever I could find on sale, or what ever I could find *at all*.
I seem to remember Fiocchi being particularly dirty, UMC being OK, and the other premium loads, like Golden Sabers, being OK. I bought a case of WWB 45ACP JHP at the range when they bought a pallet of it. It shot clean, but was the first time I can recall unburned powder gains being on my hands after I shot it. Felt gritty, like sand.
It also kicked harder, made more of a flash and more of a BOOM when I shot it compared to the FMJ WWB I shot, yet the box indicated it had the same MV as the other stuff.

]]> By: Minstrel http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-886 Minstrel Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:18:41 +0000 http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-886 I bought the ammo that I used last time in November or December of last year. I bought replacement reloads last Friday. I don't know when we're going to shoot the .45s next, but I'll try and note the powder deposits when we do. The Better Half used factory UMC .45 ACP in "Miss Piggy," her Para Warthog. They are also not the cleanest we've seen. I bought the ammo that I used last time in November or December of last year. I bought replacement reloads last Friday. I don’t know when we’re going to shoot the .45s next, but I’ll try and note the powder deposits when we do.

The Better Half used factory UMC .45 ACP in “Miss Piggy,” her Para Warthog. They are also not the cleanest we’ve seen.

]]> By: drjim http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-885 drjim Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:56:27 +0000 http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/02/04/dirty-ammo/#comment-885 I wonder if the guy who they get their reloads from changed his powder. I haven't had any problems with their 45ACP stuff, and found it usually shot cleaner than some factory stuff I bought. Have to grab a bag of 45ACP next time I'm there. I wonder if the guy who they get their reloads from changed his powder. I haven’t had any problems with their 45ACP stuff, and found it usually shot cleaner than some factory stuff I bought.
Have to grab a bag of 45ACP next time I’m there.

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