I’ve always bought and shot new ammo but with cost of everything going up I thought I’d start looking into remanufactured ammo.
Not looking to replace my everyday stuff just looking to save a little cash when I’m just mag dumping.
Please feel free to share your personal experiences and thoughts on the topic.
Included are a couple of brands that I’m going to look into further.
I haven’t tried reman yet.
I have seen reman blow up guns before. I personally will not shoot it anymore.
While I prefer factory ammo, I have used reloads from 2a and have not blown up any guns yet.It is hard to beat 350rds for 114.99 with ammo cans and shipping for less than 15.00 . I’m not going to war I shoot paper and steel targets for fun with freinds and it can get pricey quick.
I have had out of battery discharges from factory ammo two or three times.
I would not rapid fire reloads and if something did not seem or sound right , Check your bore.
I would recommend the .45 acp but they are out of stock at the moment.
They have brass plated steel cased .45 I have not tried yet…
My problem with remans is that you don’t know for sure how many times the brass has been reloaded. Each time will weaken it. Some companies, like freedom, are known to have bad reman ammo.
For the same reason I won’t shoot others reloads, that is why I don’t shoot remans. To me it is not worth it to save a little money, but that is all an individual preference.
In my life, I’ve had two squibs and a handful of case blowouts. All with remans. Not worth it for me.
You have seen multiple guns blow up?
How long ago was that?
Who produced it?
How do we know it was the ammo and not something wrong with the gun?
I certainly don’t want to save a dime and have a gun blow up on me.
@GuitarGuy thanks
It was freedom remans. 2015, 2 different guns.
Google is your friend for other horror stories.
Per google even aac can blow up a gun…
Many things can.
I use 2A warehouse.
.223 mostly for pratice.
Goes bang and is accurate, not match ammo but suits my needs
Many, many, many years ago (I’m an old man) I bought thousands of rounds of 7.62 NATO from Brazil. It had been remanufactured but shot well and I used close to a thousand rounds in competition. I got a certified letter to stop using it and send it back for a refund. Apparently it had blown up a few H&K91s. I never sent it back. What I’m doing is pulling it down, mixing the powder and reusing the powder in a slightly smaller amount, and reseating the bullets. I’m using it in a PTR built H&K91 clone.
reload your own. i have been reloading my own for actually 52 years.
as for how many times it can be reloaded, when i started i wanted to record every time i loaded THIS box of shells.
now i dont wonder how many times i can load this litter box full of 556/223 cases. just examine every case every time i handle it. if there is a crack in the lip, scrap it.
or bulged or the ejector nearly rips the base off it,
a sign i was told about to look for was the wall stretching where it will crack oh, 3/8 in from the base. you check with a paper clip with a small bend on an end, dragging the point allond the case inside. i found one case that had seperated into two pieces. but never found one looking for that stretched spot.
10 or so years ago i acquired my machine gun and i load for that, a lot.
things you may find after starting. steel dies and carbide dies are different. i want to tell you carbide dies dont do well for necked cases. they dont for me but some people say they do. thats why i dont use a my progressive press for necked bullets.
you can buy processed brass and use a progressive press but you pay for that brass.
my loading manuals show a beginning charge and a factory duplication load. the begining charge is 10% less than the factory/max load. for 223/556 i use 5% up to 10%less than max.
ive never had a case blow up. i have had factory 22 fire out of battery. that is a thing with AR adaptors converting to 22. probably a lot more often in a machine gun.
i have had a squib, one of my making and maybe one of other origin.
i bought my first handgun at 21 (S&W 29) with one box of new S&W 357. one of the first cylinders of fire a case split from one end to the other. what was i going to stop? i didnt even know till i saw the case.
i shot IPSC for 8 years and loaded a lot of 45. i am happy knowing i havent paid full price for most of all the ammo i have fired. except shotgun shells. and 762x39.
I would like to be able to reload at a point in the future but at this moment in time I was wanting input on the current market of remanufactured ammo.
I have had mixed results. BAAAAD results with Freedom, great results with LAX. In one box, Freedom had a couple squibs and some spicy bois. It’s like the missing powder from the squibs were put into the few extra hot rounds.
That was years ago though. I haven’t bought remans in a very long time.
It looks like Freedom bought out LAX in 2022
@SuperPredator
Reloading is a rewarding hobby. I like pulling FMJ and re-seating match or hunting bullets (Mexican match ammo) I couldn’t begin to count how many 1000s of rounds of old surplus I’ve shot up. I’ll purposely search out deals on “new old stock”. If ammo is remanufactured by a company I don’t have problems, however I do shy away from reloads I know nothing about.
Those deals would be great for exercising and active reset trigger system!
