Update in post 8 below.

So with all the hype Buffalo Bore has been getting (at least from what I've read) I decided to order a few boxes of the 100gr hard cast .380 +p to try in my new Kahr P380. At approx a dollar per round I expect to receive the highest quality product. In one of the boxes I got a deformed round as pictured below. Should I make stink about it to the manufacturer, toss it in the trash, or just shoot it and hope nothing bad happens?

I cant in good conscious tell you to shoot that, but at a buck a shot I'd be a little irritated.

I'd shoot it.

Send Buffalo-Bore a nasty-gram (e-mail) with the pictures and lot numbers.

Who knows?  They might comp you.

If it will chamber I would just choot-it

At nearly $2 a cartridge, I wouldn't put up with that.  Get in touch with Buffalo Bore.  They'll likely want to know what happened and work out some sort of deal with you.

I did this with Winchester a few years ago.  A "100-round" .45 ACP value pack I bought at WalMart (remember when those were actually in stock?) contained just 93 cartridges.  Looked like some sort of packaging machine malfunction had pushed out the missing cartridges, perhaps.  Once I got in touch with Winchester, they sent a prepaid label for me to send back the whole box.  I expect they wanted to review their quality control processes.

In return, I received two new, full (this time!) boxes of the same ammunition, which was a very nice gesture.

Defiantly worth a call too

Yeah I would contact BB.

If I found something like that in a Winchester or Rem bulk pack I would just shake my head and realize that is part of what you expect when you cheap out.

BB not so much, but I am thinking they will jump to make it right . Shit happens

Thanks everyone. I'll contact BB. I guess I might as well. I'll update if anything interesting happens.

Update: I sent them the following



They replied:



So they're sending me a check for $1? That's odd...

Much cheaper than them paying to ship back the deformed ammunition.  Less hassle for you, too.

I suppose... It'll cost me more than that in gas money to cash it lol. Not to be greedy, but I was hoping for a complimentary box of ammo or something haha. Oh well. Either way, seems like they are trying to make things right, and for that I am grateful.

Winchester fixed things up most ricky-tick for me, which is one reason I still buy their ammo.  I'm glad to hear Buffalo Bore is being stand-up too.  It's a little odd for them to reimburse you for the one cartridge - but as you say, it's good that they're doing the right thing.