I collected a heap of .45 acp before and after the numerous shortages. All FMC 230 grainers. Some have proved horrible, others very good. But by now they’re all old and currently enhance my range ammo inventory. I’ve been shooting them up by manufacturer.
The first to get burned up was Federal Match, followed by the Union Metallic Cartridge. This leaves PMC, WWB, and Magtech left in the locker. I’ve been impressed by my sampling of PMC and Magtech but WWB is all over the place—the 100 rd boxes seem less consistent and dirtier than the ones from the 50 rd boxes, so I think the 100 rounders of WWB will be next on my hit list to shoot.
Has anyone else here done this sort of logistical stuff?
I miss the days when about all that was available were Winchester-Western, Remington-Peters-Union Metallic and Federals, and they actually competed with each other to put out exemplar products
In the Army we had technicians who travelled around destroying aged ammo discovered at units. Some of that stuff looked pretty grim. The tech’s job was to determine if it was dangerous and, well, you know.
Having fresh ammo was kind of pumped into us at the police academy. I think storage conditions plays a large role in degradation. I’ve shot 12 gauge shells that were 50 years old with no issues and I’ve seen brand spanking new WWB badly corroded, and Remington so bad it wouldn’t even chamber
