Feedback on Federal (American Eagle) 660 Gr. FMJ 50 BMG

[tbuck]

If you buy a Power Ball ticket jsut don't cancal mine out.

[Samurai]

If you buy a Power Ball ticket jsut don't cancal mine out.

I hate when that happens.

[cruzie27]

any word yet on how the ammo shoots?

i am waiting around for my nickles & dimes to pile up enough to get proper glass for my 82,. and i was thinking on one of my days off i should go out and zero my iron sights just for s**** and giggles. however if it is not that accurate of a round i'll wait until i have a good supply of Barrett (X)M33 to zero with.

[skeeter]

I got some Federal Am. Eagle that I returned because it was so tarnished and worse yet deeply dented. That might have been a bad lot that CDNN got. I did just order a case from Palmettostatearmory.com for $369 shipped and they said it was clean and not dented. I have ordered from them before and they can be trusted (so far).
I think you will find that Summit ammo, even the once fired ammo to totally clean and great ammo. Natchez has some for $34 a box of once fired and $39 for new brass. There are lots of good manufacturers like B&B Armory on Gunbroker that have nice ammo too

[DEDMNKY]

I have went through about half the 100 round can that i got and so far it is ok for i would say just plinking ammo so you can get some trigger time. I do not think i would use it for compatition or anything of that nature.

[skeeter]

I bought a case for $369 shipped from CDNN and when I got it the rounds were heavily tarnished but worse was that out of 100 rounds 15 rounds had what looked like deep gouges, like the brass was folded back on itself in the neck area. To CDNN's credit they issued me a free return shipping label and credited my card.
I then called Palmettostatearmory.com and asked how their ammo was. They said their ammo was not tarnished and had no gouges. I have bought from them mant times and they are great to deal with. I did not original buy from them because they asked $412 shipped but they said they would match CDNN's price. When I got the ammo it was nothing like the CDNN ammo. It was clean and no gouges. I noticed it had grey primer sealant rather than the heavily coated red sealant he CDNN ammo had. Again, I am talking about Federal's American Eagle black box 50BMG ammo.
I also have to say Summits ammo is first class and very clean. I would go with them before Fed. Am. Eagle. They say they keep the tolerances even closer with the once fired L.C. brass than with their new Winchester brass.

[tbuck]

I have had some problems with some of my 308 match ammo. So I made a call to the company and advised them I use my ammo to save lives. I then found out that several companies trying to keep up with the demand of ammo sales are purchacing bulk ammo from others and putting it in their boxes. I'm not going to say any names but when the ammo doesn't perform up to their normal standards I would question it.