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Posted: 6/9/2006 12:18:12 PM EDT
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Please add your personal experience with ADCOM ammunition to this thread. When you do, please give information about: 1) Firearm used in 2) Approximate number of rounds fired. Previous results: 316 responses 235 positive 44 neutral 38 negative I am trying to solicit only information about your PERSONAL experience with this ammunition. If you haven't used it, then please don't clutter up the thread. Information about proper functioning (or lack thereof) is obviously the most important, but factors such as the accuracy or other peculiarities you've noticed are informative also. If you have had problems with this ammo which were severe enough to cause you to stop using this ammo, then please describe them. And one more minor request: keep your reviews objective. Once again - if you have had problems with this ammo and voted to that effect, you are not doing anyone any favors by not posting in this thread and describing what those problems were. |
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Unfortunately, the archive server has once again eaten my homework. I usually try to bump threads as they get close to three months of inactivity (which is when they could get gobbled by the archive server), but this one was less than 2 months. There were 6 pages of comments, and I'm not going to spend the time to copy/paste all the comments. Please refer to the thread on the archive server if you want to read them: archive.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=16&t=253108 |
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I have shot approximately 2,000 rounds of this ammunition without any problems. Firearms were a LMT and M4 Carbine (PAWS receiver); both with a 14.5-inch barrel and shot on semi and full-automatic fire. I experienced no stoppages or malfunctions; empty bass cases were carefully examined and there were no excessive pressures, blown primers, or case deformations / markings. Accuracy was average; 2 – 3 inch spreads at 100-yards. This is not match ammunition but good quality average Joe ammunition |
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I continue to find bullet seating depth variances all over the place with this stuff! I have a case with an "s" shaped split all the way through the neck area I caught on loading inspection. I have shot a few boxes with good results and bought a 500 rnd case that I have not messed with much--just stuck in to ammo cans except for a couple of boxes and the results above. I like the price but the consitency is absent. I am not a basher but I have not had good luck thus far as compared with Fed xm-193 and the Guat. |
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Bought 3K of ADCOM. 1/3rd being 99 dated stuff. Have gone through roughly 1500. Works great in the carbines but starts shortstroking in the 20"ers. The 20's work fine with 855pd... Also, after shooting, I"ve seen a large buildup of blue stuff in my gas key and gas tube. Have no idea what it is... |
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I have fired about 750 rounds to date. Good function, fair accuracy. HOWEVER, you should definitely check each round. I would estimate about 50-60 split or cracked necks out of the 1500 rounds I inspected. You can't just check a sample of the boxes as this issue occurs randomly. Oh yeah, I did have two instances where the primer had fallen out after shooting. I remember because one of the primers got jammed in the groove under the bolt carrier. |
| I had a previous post on this stuff, probably in the archive. Anyhoo, major problems with primers falling out- practically every round (99 headstamp). After digging out way too many primers from virtually every nook and cranny I will never use this stuff again. I used a 20" Stag build (mil spec). If you had no problems, fine, and I know they had QC issues in '99 but I simply refuse to risk it anymore. There's better surplus out there at better prices (Guat, etc). I prefer M193 spec anyhoo. |
| Stuff Works Wonders in my 16"RRA m4 and my Bushmaster 20" Date stamped 02,03,04. Now I have heard reports of 99' having an issue I thinks that the Date or else some ones I.Q.(not mine) hippie.gif |
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