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I figured it was too good to be true. My ammo budget just doesn’t go as far as it used to. I have used LAX ammo before and was very happy. I will have to give Freedom Munitions a look. Thanks for the info.
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I figured it was too good to be true. My ammo budget just doesn’t go as far as it used to. I have used LAX ammo before and was very happy. I will have to give Freedom Munitions a look. Thanks for the info.
Freedom Munitions reman reloads are GTG from my personal experience.
I’ve shot around close to 3-4k rounds of the 9mm 115grn reloads over the last year in various classes, IDPA/USPSA matches and on the range with no issues. This is out of both a Glock 17 and a 19. It’s hard to tell from their new loads except for the mixed headstamps. The only negative is during the night shoot portion of a LAV handgun class they tended to produce a larger flash signature than a lot of the factory new ammo used in the same course.
I also shot about 500 rounds of the new manufactured 147grn 9mm through my Glock 17 in IDPA/USPSA matches with I think one FTE. Only problem is they don’t produce the 147grn loads that often even before Sandy Hook happened.
I’ve used close to 700 rounds of the .223 Blaster training ammo in a carbine class last summer and it worked fine in my 6920. Cases weren’t as nice looking as the remanned stuff but it all worked fine.
I like that if the ammo is in stock that they are fast to ship and prices are reasonable.
I too can attest to Freedom Munitions ammo being good stuff. I don’t reload and have shot over 10K in 9, .40, .45, .223, and 5.56
I cannot remember a single round not firing. About 5K was shot during classes at Gunsite…ran fine in our Glocks and XD
And like someone said, they ship fast! What sucks for me is since they opened their Houston store, I now pay sales tax, but still it’s cheap as they offer 5% discount to military and LEOs. And their Blaster ammo is fine too.
I wouldn’t recommend Parabellum Research
https://www.pbrammo.com/pbrs-customer-brass-program
Wow! Did you buy that crap?
I sent in once fired brass to be re-manufactured. It’s part of their Customer Brass Program. Basically Parabellum Research are idiots.
The short answer is they spot gauge brass length when it arrives.
According to them, “spot” gauge 150 of my shells is to check the first two and roll with it. Lol. It doesn’t matter anyway since brass length should be checked after sizing not before.
They blamed me for not trimming my own brass or not letting them know to trim it. Lol.
The mashed shoulders seem to have resulted from them using a roll crimp instead of a taper crimp. Some of it chambered but then even the long brass could’ve jammed in my bore and caused a pressure spike.
If they would’ve gauged it after loading about 50% or more would’ve been rejected. I had to pay to send it back for them to fix it.
When asked if I will buy re-manufactured ammo the answer is hell no. I gladly paid what I did for my reloading equipment to not blow myself up with the risk of anybody elses junk ammo.
Hehehe
I’m laughing with you…
No, really, I am. ![]()
I had been out of ammo for a while, jonesing to shoot and the sun was starting to set. I started loading the crap into my mags as fast as I could and the first couple of rounds fired.
Then the next one wouldn’t chamber…WTF?..#2 and #3 no chamber…WTF? I finally stopped trying to shoot the crap knowing something was wrong, take it inside and look at it under the light. Imaging my surprise ![]()
I wish you’d have talked to me first. You could’ve sent me your brass, I could’ve kicked you in the balls and kept your brass and you’d have been further ahead.
Good Grief! Helen Keller could load better ammo than that. I’d love to have my own ammo plant. There really is no competition out there other than Federal GMM for REALLY GOOD ammo.
Do it, and show them how it’s done. Several very successful companies began in a household basement with nothing more than a reloading machine and relentless effort.
You looking for investors? I’m in for $100.
$100 down, $9,999,900 to go! ![]()
The only remanufactured ammo I trust is that which I have remanufactured myself.
I’ve used reman ammo for several years without any problems (so far). I never buy reloaded ammo at a gun show.
Black Hills loads quite functional REMAN. They cut a few corners that I wouldn’t… such as trimming the brass. But I trust and would shoot their ammo all day long for practice stuff if I weren’t loading for myself.
I’ve actually used reman pistol ammo I bought from a gun show but it was from a company I’ve known for years. I would never buy it from some random guy especially rifle ammo.
I wouldn’t buy it online from a company that doesn’t have a proven track record. I didn’t know anything about this company and stupidly jumped on the chance to have them reload it for me and risk blowing myself up.
Their liability insurance company supposedly represents several big name clients according to them. Lol. I’ll bet they would freak out knowing the shitty QC of this company.
Skintop911
And you take the exact same chance with factory FRESH ammo! There are many documented cases of Factory ammo blowing up guns! Bad brass, over charges, wrong powder used etc. Nothing in ammo use is 100 % safe. Shit happens. As you said it’s all if you can sue them for a screw up. They are going to happen no matter who makes the ammo. ![]()
I see Freedom Munitions was mentioned, I’ve shot quite a bit of their 115 gr 9mm ammo (2k+), and never had an issue. This led me to trying out their .223 ammo and I’ve had some problems. I was having failures to extract out of my 14.5 BCM (bolt has a bit over 3K through it), but it afterwards have FTE with 193 as well, so it’s either extractor or dirt/a burr in the chamber I’m guessing (haven’t tested it out with my spare bolt yet). So I tried some in my 6920 and all of it ran except the one round that blew the primer out the ass end and it stayed inside the lug lock part of the chamber…that helped me make up my mind that remanufactured rifle ammo isn’t worth the little bit cheaper price.
I’ve never really considered black hills as re manufactured even though it is due to their reputation but even so I couldn’t find Black Hills anywhere in Canada.