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August 3, 2006, 04:49 PM | #1 |
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INDEPENDENCE AMMUNITION - 45 cal
Any experience and opinion of 45 cal ammunition branded as Independence?
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August 3, 2006, 06:08 PM | #2 |
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Dirty, Dirty, Dirty
Did I say dirty? I had some b/c that was all the 45 left one day except JHP and I did not like the 300 rounds of it I shot, nor the coaitng of soot it left on my sig. Spend the extra dollar or so for the name brand crap. |
August 3, 2006, 06:41 PM | #3 |
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Independence Ammo IS name brand ammo. It is marketed by ATK (owners of CCI/Speer/Federal) and made by Magtech. Generally it is regarded as good functioning and mildly dirty/clean depending on what weapon and who you ask.
I have shot it in 9mm and it is one of the top 2 ammo brands for FMJ I have shot, which include CCI Blazer, CCI Blazer Brass (the #1 ammo my CZ likes), Independence, Magtech, Federal American Eagle, Fiocchi, and Winchester White Box.
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August 3, 2006, 08:31 PM | #4 |
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I have a sig 220 and it jams like crazy with this ammo. It does not like Blazer brass either.
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August 4, 2006, 06:43 PM | #5 |
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it's always functioned fine in all my pistol. it is a little dirty.
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August 4, 2006, 06:56 PM | #6 |
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I've fired it in 9mm Luger, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. It has been reliable but very dirty. I finally had to limit using it to outdoor ranges, as on my favorite indoor range I was obscuring both my target and my neighbor's.
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August 4, 2006, 07:07 PM | #7 |
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Don't know about .45, but I picked up some in .40 S&W and I have to agree it was downright dirty. No problems with jamming or anything, though.
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August 4, 2006, 07:49 PM | #8 |
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is OK
I've had no trouble with it. Good for the price.
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August 4, 2006, 08:04 PM | #9 |
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My experiences with the 45 ACP are pretty much the same as the majority here--generally feeds and extracts fine, but a little on the dirty side.
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August 5, 2006, 06:17 PM | #10 |
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Decent plinking ammo, zero malfuntions in my Kimber. Maybe a little dirty but you gotta clean them anyway. The ammo I shot was loaded into CCI brass.
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August 6, 2006, 12:46 AM | #11 |
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hmmm...i bought 500 rounds of it in .45 because it was on sale and i promptly used it all up. No issues at all and i did not find it to be dirty at all. If I ever see it on sale again, I will probably buy 1k or 2k of the stuff.
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