9mm "Sterling" brand Turkish ammo any good?

[MuzzleBlast]

Anyone have experience with 9mm "Sterling" brand Turkish-made ammo?

[zippyfusenet]

I shot a 50 round box of Sterling 9mm FMJ at the range last week. No malfunctions. I didn't notice any problems. It threw some sparks from the muzzle. It was the cheapest that range had, about $22/box. I can get a better price buying other brands in bulk.

[TunnelRat]

Originally Posted by zippyfusenet

I shot a 50 round box of Sterling 9mm FMJ at the range last week. No malfunctions. I didn't notice any problems. It threw some sparks from the muzzle. It was the cheapest that range had, about $22/box. I can get a better price buying other brands in bulk.

Given what you can find that ammo for online, than range is making a healthy profit.


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[BillG174]

I only buy American made ammo - everyone should

[kenny53]

Its good ammo.

[reynolds357]

Originally Posted by MuzzleBlast

Anyone have experience with 9mm "Sterling" brand Turkish-made ammo?

It is good ammo. Lot better than white box Winchester. (IMO)
Never shot any bad Turkish ammo.

[TunnelRat]

I took a shotgun course recently and one of the students was using all Sterling ammunition, birdshot, buckshot, and slugs. The birdshot was fine, the buckshot had quite the spread as we backed up but not unheard of, and the slugs were on the verge of dangerous. By 15 yd the slugs were on the edges of full-size cardboard targets. The student, who is an NRA instructor, couldn’t understand why he was shooting so poorly. He switched ammo to the Winchester slugs the other students were using and his groups tightened up dramatically. When we looked at the slugs we could see all of them were misshapen, throwing aerodynamics to the wind. This is my only experience with Sterling ammunition.


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[secamp32]

I guy in CO just posted 2 utube videos about his brand new Shadow Systems blowing up while shooting Sterling ammo. It may have been the gun or it may have been the ammo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnVf62hOt-g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WgXQozhJsU

[44 AMP]

Don't know about the ammo, no personal experience with it, but I suggest you check it to see if it is corrosive. What's written or not written on the box is not a guarantee, particularly with foreign made materials.

My personal test is to pull down one round, get a steel putty knife, put it in front of the muzzle and pop the primer so it sprays the putty knife blade.

Clean the gun as if it had fired corrosive ammo, and put the putty knife on a shelf for a day or three, then check it for rust. Corrosive primed ammo will have started the putty knife blade rusting.

Good luck!