be careful what brand of .22 lr you shoot....
a lawyer cruising the websites saw my posting HERE about Armscor ammo, and it exploding.
he thought it was mine that explored, but nope, it was a shooting buddy's .22 lr Armscor..
it blew out his magazine(s) 3 of them, on 3 different outings to the range.
he was shooting his RIA XTM...same gun as me...1911
lawyer wanted my story on what happened.
after i emailed him, he thanked me and apologized for thinking it was my gun.
i DO shoot Armscor 45 ACP, and have had no issues....but i buy Armscor only if i am in dire need of 45 ACP, which is not very often.
apparently, his client is a soldier and HIS gun exploded, using Armsor, but actually never mentioned the caliber, but claimed several rounds were "weighed" by his expert claiming they were "too heavy" to be proper factory filled.
here is the PM he sent me the other day....
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Hi,
In your post, you mentioned an Armscor round exploding in the chamber. I am working on a case where an Army heli-pilot was injured when an Armscor cartridge exploded --- it was almost certainly overpacked with powder. There have also been multiple other reports about Armscor rounds doing the same. The company is, however, denying this is possible and denying responsibility.
If there's any chance you'd be open to telling me about what happened to you, I'd very much appreciate it. I'm just looking for examples, since Armscor is claiming they've had no complaints about the ammunition.
Colin Prince
PS: My email is
cprince@connelly-law.com (Or you can google me. My firm is Connelly Law Offices, based out of Tacoma and Seattle.)
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after seeing the extreme damage the Armscor .22 ammo did to my buddy's gun on 3 DIFFERENT occasions, i make sure i tell many people about it.
i use CCI, or WMI, or Aguila, or Federal.
However, I hear that Ciener went out of business a couple of years ago. They do pop up used every now and then. I hear that the Kimber unit is a copy of it.
