Re: Picked up 500rds XM193 today
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Big_Country31</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I tried some of the ammo in question in my POF 415. It shot fine the problem was trying to get a live round out of the chamber. I had to Mortar my rifle 2 Or 3 times within 200 rounds to get the damn thing unloaded. I wont buy the XM193 anymore. </div></div> What was the cause of that? Dented brass, projectile hitting into the rifling, or what? Was there other bad ammo in the case that you noticed after these problems?
While running ranges for years I hit a sour lot, but the success rate was over 99.9%. One batch we had 8 squibs out of four different cases (same lot, different rifles), and we dumped 150k rounds due to that. With the M855 we've come across two backwards projectiles and the butt end painted green, but the rest shot just fine. When you're buying 1.2 million rounds per year, you're going to come across a couple errors.
I'm just interested in what is happening lately and whether it was the actual ammunition or something else like magazines, dirty chambers, rifle condition, etc. That's why I'm asking what the specifics of the situation were. A lot of errors get blamed on ammunition when it has nothing to do with the problem.
I give everything I load a look going into the magazines, and while the stuff isn't pretty, it works and works pretty well. Quality control on the bulk ammo is a bit lower, but it happens when you buy bargain milsurp.
I'm considering running all my personal bulk ammo purchases through Southwest Ammunition as their prices are pretty close to anywhere else if not cheaper, but I would not think twice about shooting XM193. I don't discount the entire brand of FGMM because I had a bad lot, nor will I XM193. The stuff works.
