Ammo Check

[USMC1911]

Purchased a case of Sellier & Bellot from Brownells. Anyone have experience with this Ammo? I purchased it in .45 caliber.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

Not in 45, but in 9mm I have. Works fine in the 2 9's I have (m&p 1.0 & g17). I think @Bassbob might have shot some in 12ga?

 

[Keystone19250]

That brand in 10mm has run flawlessly in my Elite 3.8 compact. A great range ammunition.

 

[wolfpack076]

Halfway through a case of S & B myself in .45 acp... So far so good no issues for me...

 

[Net Engineer]

I have used it in both 9mm and 12 gauge, very solid ammo, no issues at all.

 

[TidalWave]

S&B 230gr in .45 is my personal go-to for my 1911s. I’ve never yet had a problem…

 

[Old_Me]

Purchased a case of Sellier & Bellot from Brownells. Anyone have experience with this Ammo? I purchased it in .45 caliber.

S&B ammo, made over seas, is excellent. i was buying cases of it back in 2020 for like $139.00 for 9mm

clean burning. (made in the Czech Republic)...where CZ guns are made....

just yesterday i went to the LGS to buy more .45 ACP, to supplement my stock of new with my reloads, and i always ask,

"what do you have for the least expensive plinking 45 ammo"?

the owner said he had Armscor, (made in the Philippines), but this one i never used before, but still i bought 4 boxes, at $23.99 each. FMJ 230 grain, RN

S&B was a few dollars more.

also for reloaders, the Armscor has large primers.

 

[Jfal]

.380, 9mm, 10mm, M80 all have been flawless for me, and until recently was the least expensive range ammo available anywhere

 

[Bassbob]

Purchased a case of Sellier & Bellot from Brownells. Anyone have experience with this Ammo? I purchased it in .45 caliber.

I've run both .45 and 9mm. One of my favored brands. I actually have about a case of 124 gr. right now.

Oddly enough I have yet to run any in 12 gauge.

 

[USMC1911]

S&B ammo, made over seas, is excellent. i was buying cases of it back in 2020 for like $139.00 for 9mm

clean burning. (made in the Czech Republic)...where CZ guns are made....

just yesterday i went to the LGS to buy more .45 ACP, to supplement my stock of new with my reloads, and i always ask,

"what do you have for the least expensive plinking 45 ammo"?

the owner said he had Armscor, (made in the Philippines), but this one i never used before, but still i bought 4 boxes, at $23.99 each. FMJ 230 grain, RN

S&B was a few dollars more.

also for reloaders, the Armscor has large primers.

I’m glad to hear about the clean burning. I hear of firearms being nasty after firing certain ammo. Hopefully I will find some time to get to the range and shoot some of the new Ammo. Thank you

 

[HansGruber]

S&B ammo, made over seas, is excellent. i was buying cases of it back in 2020 for like $139.00 for 9mm

clean burning. (made in the Czech Republic)...where CZ guns are made....

just yesterday i went to the LGS to buy more .45 ACP, to supplement my stock of new with my reloads, and i always ask,

"what do you have for the least expensive plinking 45 ammo"?

the owner said he had Armscor, (made in the Philippines), but this one i never used before, but still i bought 4 boxes, at $23.99 each. FMJ 230 grain, RN

S&B was a few dollars more.

also for reloaders, the Armscor has large primers.

Armscor ammo is made in Montana—has been for several years. Armscor, though, is based in the Philippines.

And S&B is good ammo; some of the better ammo you can buy, imho. I’d much sooner shoot it than, say, Remington/UMC.

 

[USMC1911]

Armscor ammo is made in Montana—has been for several years. Armscor, though, is based in the Philippines.

And S&B is good ammo; some of the better ammo you can buy, imho. I’d much sooner shoot it than, say, Remington/UMC.

Interesting because I was looking at the Remington/UMC first. S&B had the better price.

 

[Belt Fed]

I have run it in a few different calibers and it's good to go.Soon as this bitter cold ends i'm fixin to burn some of it in 10mm

 

[nmedge]

I have used SB without any issues at all. I did find that Armscor was dirty.

 

[lkjohnson17]

S & B and Armscor work well in 9mm, but it is a bit dirtier than most ammo.

 

[Old_Me]

Armscor ammo is made in Montana—has been for several years. Armscor, though, is based in the Philippines.

And S&B is good ammo; some of the better ammo you can buy, imho. I’d much sooner shoot it than, say, Remington/UMC.

ok thanks. i saw that the HQ was in the Philippines,

 

[RickAnderson]

I have used S&B in 5.56mm for my AR, never had a problem with it, seemed to perform as well as my Federal, Lake City Surplus and Winchester ammo...

Federal .45ACP has the highest muzzle velocity of all the .45 ammo I have seen, if it is only a few pennies more than the ammo I'm looking at, I'll go with Federal. IIRC, S&B .45 ACP is one of the higher muzzle velocities.

Honestly, the only ammo I have every had a problem with, was Magtech 9mm, I had a few duds out of 200 rounds. At the same time, I just got a 10mm XD-M and the Magtech 10mm has the highest MV available, so I bought a 100 rounds of it, and shot about half of it with no issue so far.

Armscor ammo is made in Montana—has been for several years. Armscor, though, is based in the Philippines.

And S&B is good ammo; some of the better ammo you can buy, imho. I’d much sooner shoot it than, say, Remington/UMC.

I was looking at ARMSCOR ammo a few weeks ago on the ARMSCOR website, they have two versions of most models/calibers they offered, ARMSCOR Philippines and ARMSCOR USA. I took that to mean one was made in the Philippines and imported, the other made in the USA under the ARMSCOR name.

I don't know that for a fact, I just got that distinct impression based off the naming and descriptions on the website. The packaging was slightly different. Philippines was mostly gold packaging, while USA was mostly black packaging.

I have shot ARMSCOR .45ACP, in the mostly gold packaging, which I "believe" may be Philippines made imported. The bullet metal jacket was brass in appearance. I've had multiple people say Brass jacketed bullets are not problem (brass is an alloy of Copper and zinc), they will not wear the barrel faster like soft steel bi-metal bullets. Its MV is on the low side, I think it was the old standard 830 FPS, but perfectly reliable.

 

[Old_Me]

I have used S&B in 5.56mm for my AR, never had a problem with it, seemed to perform as well as my Federal, Lake City Surplus and Winchester ammo...

Federal .45ACP has the highest muzzle velocity of all the .45 ammo I have seen, if it is only a few pennies more than the ammo I'm looking at, I'll go with Federal. IIRC, S&B .45 ACP is one of the higher muzzle velocities.

Honestly, the only ammo I have every had a problem with, was Magtech 9mm, I had a few duds out of 200 rounds. At the same time, I just got a 10mm XD-M and the Magtech 10mm has the highest MV available, so I bought a 100 rounds of it, and shot about half of it with no issue so far.


I was looking at ARMSCOR ammo a few weeks ago on the ARMSCOR website, they have two versions of most models/calibers they offered, ARMSCOR Philippines and ARMSCOR USA. I took that to mean one was made in the Philippines and imported, the other made in the USA under the ARMSCOR name.

I don't know that for a fact, I just got that distinct impression based off the naming and descriptions on the website. The packaging was slightly different. Philippines was mostly gold packaging, while USA was mostly black packaging.

I have shot ARMSCOR .45ACP, in the mostly gold packaging, which I "believe" may be Philippines made imported. The bullet metal jacket was brass in appearance. I've had multiple people say Brass jacketed bullets are not problem (brass is an alloy of Copper and zinc), they will not wear the barrel faster like soft steel bi-metal bullets. Its MV is on the low side, I think it was the old standard 830 FPS, but perfectly reliable.

yeah, i just went to the basement and checked my boxes, these were made in the USA. i didn't pay attention to country of manufacture, just the price.

as for if it is dirtier than any other brand..??

i clean my guns after every range visit, so dirty ammo is no issue for me.

 

[dad]

Armscor ammo is made in Montana—has been for several years. Armscor, though, is based in the Philippines.

And S&B is good ammo; some of the better ammo you can buy, imho. I’d much sooner shoot it than, say, Remington/UMC.

Interesting comment. I always thought Remington ammo was very dirty and after a couple of tries I quit buying it. But I am kinda curious if it is still the same since being under new management. Any comments ?

 

[HansGruber]

Interesting comment. I always thought Remington ammo was very dirty and after a couple of tries I quit buying it. But I am kinda curious if it is still the same since being under new management. Any comments ?

Haven’t run any new stuff, so…can’t say.