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#Post#: 1367--------------------------------------------------
Preferred Factory Ammo
By: Yote59 Date: December 25, 2012, 9:11 am
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I was wondering for those of you who buy factory ammo, which
brand/manufacturer do you prefer? Once you take the
poll...explain your choice....price, accuracy.....etc. I chose
Roll some/buy some because of my .17HMR. Load for the
22-250....buy for the .17HMR.
#Post#: 1368--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: Bwana J Date: December 25, 2012, 9:27 am
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I normally roll my own but my Brother gave me 2 boxes of Hornady
varmit loads for my .22-250 and they shot extremely well. In a
pinch I'd buy the Hornady ammo.
#Post#: 1370--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: USARMORER Date: December 25, 2012, 9:44 am
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I use Hornady, It is cheaper than Remmy and Winny, but will
shoot circles around most factory loads. If I am in pinch, will
use American Eagle (Winny) for the 223 and Winny for the 22-250.
Tried Fiochi, dirty,dirty dirty stuff, no ftf's though.
Use only CCI rounds in the rimfires. Accuracy is unsurpassed,
very few if any FTF's that I recall with the 22 Mag and 17
hummer rounds.
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Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: Yote59 Date: December 25, 2012, 10:28 am
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I've tried most brands in the .17HMR. Mostly buying whatever is
available at a decent cost. Winchester seems to have a lot of
FTF for me. This box I am on now has already had 3 FTF out of
about 25 shot. Won't use them anymore. I agree...CCI is the
best for accuracy...but pricy....Hornady is my choice for
accuracy/price.
#Post#: 1372--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: bmgillum Date: December 25, 2012, 11:21 am
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I wish that we could have voted for more than one because I use
different brands for different guns...I ended up voting for
Hornady because I bought some 130 gr BTSP for my pre 64 M70 270
and that stuff is super accurate...for my A Bolt 243 I use
Federal 95 gr NBT with great results...my most accurate rifle,
tho, is my Weatherby Mark V 270 which, of course, I use
Weatherby ammo...
#Post#: 1376--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: GrandLordKhorne Date: December 25, 2012, 3:39 pm
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I roll my own for most of my rifles and revolvers. There are a
few exceptions. I buy Federal 17gr V-max for my 17HMRs because
they shoot the best for me. I buy Hornady Critical Duty and
Critical Defense for my carry guns (I don’t roll my own there
primarily for legal reasons). I have a supply of Federal
classic in 30-06 for my loaner rifle. For 22LR I buy Federals
and except CCI for my Buck Mark pistol. For fun/plinking I buy
Lellier & Bellot, Herter’s or PMC based on what is on sale, I
look most for Lellier & Bellot first because I have had good
luck using there brass for reloading.
Having said that, I buy random brands and loads for my better
hunting rifles and catalog performance as compared to my home
rolled. I do it because I have been on trips where my ammo has
been damaged or lost in transit and I had to resupply locally.
So I pull out my sheets and find out what I can get local, make
the recorded adjustments and go from there. Makes it a lot
easier to recover from B/S when away from home and have a good
trip. Within my catalogs, if I walk into a store, I check
Federal first, than Hornady, than Winchester and so forth. That
is basically the order I have observed from most consistent ammo
to least.
#Post#: 1377--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: Yote59 Date: December 25, 2012, 5:20 pm
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[quote author=GrandLordKhorne link=topic=237.msg1376#msg1376
date=1356471577]
I roll my own for most of my rifles and revolvers. There are a
few exceptions. I buy Federal 17gr V-max for my 17HMRs because
they shoot the best for me. I buy Hornady Critical Duty and
Critical Defense for my carry guns (I don’t roll my own there
primarily for legal reasons). I have a supply of Federal
classic in 30-06 for my loaner rifle. For 22LR I buy Federals
and except CCI for my Buck Mark pistol. For fun/plinking I buy
Lellier & Bellot, Herter’s or PMC based on what is on sale, I
look most for Lellier & Bellot first because I have had good
luck using there brass for reloading.
Having said that, I buy random brands and loads for my better
hunting rifles and catalog performance as compared to my home
rolled. I do it because I have been on trips where my ammo has
been damaged or lost in transit and I had to resupply locally.
So I pull out my sheets and find out what I can get local, make
the recorded adjustments and go from there. Makes it a lot
easier to recover from B/S when away from home and have a good
trip. Within my catalogs, if I walk into a store, I check
Federal first, than Hornady, than Winchester and so forth. That
is basically the order I have observed from most consistent ammo
to least.
[/quote]
Love the idea of cataloging the factory loads....simplifies
things as you said. Nice tip!!!
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Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: weird1 Date: December 25, 2012, 11:15 pm
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I roll my own if it is reload able I always have. As for rimfire
I buy it all shoot it in them all and stock up on what shoots
the best in each. I get a lot that doesn't shoot all that great,
that is for the nieces and nephews, and future testing in new
guns.
#Post#: 1396--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: MasterBlaster Date: December 26, 2012, 6:54 am
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My Win. mod 70 300wsm likes rem. 150gr corelocks.
My H&R 204ru likes win. 32gr balistic silver tips.
My Rem. 22 prefers CCI.
Got a gift card at work for Uncle Lees. Headed there this
morning to pick up some Hornady ammo. You guys have convinced me
to try some. ;D
#Post#: 1402--------------------------------------------------
Re: Preferred Factory Ammo
By: USARMORER Date: December 26, 2012, 7:00 pm
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[quote author=Yote59 link=topic=237.msg1377#msg1377
date=1356477650]
[quote author=GrandLordKhorne link=topic=237.msg1376#msg1376
date=1356471577]
I roll my own for most of my rifles and revolvers. There are a
few exceptions. I buy Federal 17gr V-max for my 17HMRs because
they shoot the best for me. I buy Hornady Critical Duty and
Critical Defense for my carry guns (I don’t roll my own
there primarily for legal reasons). I have a supply of Federal
classic in 30-06 for my loaner rifle. For 22LR I buy Federals
and except CCI for my Buck Mark pistol. For fun/plinking I buy
Lellier & Bellot, Herter’s or PMC based on what is on sale,
I look most for Lellier & Bellot first because I have had good
luck using there brass for reloading.
Having said that, I buy random brands and loads for my better
hunting rifles and catalog performance as compared to my home
rolled. I do it because I have been on trips where my ammo has
been damaged or lost in transit and I had to resupply locally.
So I pull out my sheets and find out what I can get local, make
the recorded adjustments and go from there. Makes it a lot
easier to recover from B/S when away from home and have a good
trip. Within my catalogs, if I walk into a store, I check
Federal first, than Hornady, than Winchester and so forth. That
is basically the order I have observed from most consistent ammo
to least.
[/quote]
Love the idea of cataloging the factory loads....simplifies
things as you said. Nice tip!!!
[/quote]
I use an iPhone app called "shot Muse" You can record up to 500
different rounds and visually place their shot locations on a
programmed target to use as reference. Works real well if your
shopping for ammo.
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