Training Ammo

[ashooter]

The Hornady practice ammo is fantastic IMHO. It is also my understanding that the new practice ammo coming out has a ceramic coating vs the zinc wash that they used to use.

There is also another round out there that I am going to play with. It features a zinc coated steel case as well.



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Grant,

Any ETA on the ceramic stuff? Price guesstimate?

Thanks.

[Gunmetal]

There is also another round out there that I am going to play with. It features a zinc coated steel case as well.

Silver Bear, or something else?

[Pat_Rogers]

There is a general decline in the QC on all ammo.
Rer the hornady 75gr training ammo. We had one fed blow his gun up with it. Hornady told him that according to the failure, they estimate a 94,000psi shot.
We have also seen a number of FTF with that, and in CA earlier this year an SO had 5 FTF with Hornady duty pistol ammo.
Does ythat mean that Hornady sucks? Absolutely not. They are a fine company.
However, none of this ammo is magic, and none of it is perfect.

[Hootiewho]

Guys, I really appreciate all the input on this one.

[C4IGrant]

Silver Bear, or something else?

Barnaul. Which is basically Silver Bear.


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[C4IGrant]

Grant,

Any ETA on the ceramic stuff? Price guesstimate?

Thanks.

Zero idea (sorry). I don't think they raised prices though. I have a lot of it on order, but have a bad feeling that I won't see any till the end of the year at best.



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[Grin Reaper]

Caveat emptor on the Barnaul -- a buddy of mine had nothing but trouble out of the 1/2-case of .223 he bought for his Bushmaster (mult. failures to extract and 2 honest-to-goodness duds). Conversely, the thing handles Wolf without any issues.

FWIW, I have had no issues with Wolf in my AR, as well; plus it's just about the only thing available in bulk, currently.

[Lumpy196]

PRVI states that their 75gr is 2755fps and Hornady LE TAP 75gr is 2630fps

I cannot say for certain if the numbers are accurate as I don't have a crono.



C4

Isnt that a bit hot??