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8/4/2002 8:57:31 PM EDT
I finally got the chance to try out some of the new Swiss ammo I got last week.  I took one box of 50 rounds out to the desert with me as well as a bunch of South African, Federal, and a handful of tracers.  Shot it in my Colt M4 with standard Colt 14.5" bbl, typically very reliable.  In that box of 50 rounds I had 4 (four rounds, 8% of the total!!) misfires.  All had deep firing pin strikes without going "bang"!!   Every other ammo I have tried in this rifle functions 100%, 92% just doesn't cut it!

Can't really comment on accuracy as we had no paper targets with us.  I hit an 18" steel plate at 200 yards every time, but that doesn't mean alot.  I can hit it about half the time with my .45 (takes about a week for the bullet to get there though!).

Has anyone else had similar problems?  Next week I'll try a couple different rifles & see what happens.
9/20/2002 12:10:38 PM EDT
[#1]
I just tried my 93 stuff with the nickel bullets
(1000 round can on strippers) last weekend.
I shot one box of fifty and had 8 FTFs.

I shot it through my Bushy DCM upper. The lower is a Bushy with a Jewell trigger.

I have never had a FTF before with that lower. With either my 16" M4 upper or the DCM.

I will try it with my Bushy M4 upper and see if it makes a difference.

FWIW the primer strikes were deep.

Cheers,
Chris

Edited to say...
I tried a second strike on a couple of them, and no dice. I wonder if the reason the 93 ammo was surplused was because of a bad primer lot.
9/20/2002 12:15:56 PM EDT
[#2]
I have one FTF out of fifty, I try it again and the fired the the round placement was several inches from the group.

Has anyone notice a funny metallic smell??
9/23/2002 8:15:58 AM EDT
[#3]
180 rounds, so far.  No problems.

edited to tell you that mine is 86 production, received in the suitcase.
9/23/2002 8:50:11 AM EDT
[#4]

Tried one more 30 round mag of the stuff through my M4 upper, and had 6 FTFs out of the 30. The SA, and XM193 I shot after it had no problems. It's gotta be a bad batch of primers.

Guess I'll have to ship it back to Eric. Bummer.

Cheers,
Chris
9/25/2002 6:51:03 PM EDT
[#5]
I have shot close to 500 rounds of the 94 T
it is the most reliable and accurate ammo I have bought at this price. $200.00 for 1000
rounds.  I shoot a custom AR with a Lothar- Walther barrel 16" and have shot several five shot one hole groups at 100 yards as well as groups of five shots of which could be covered with a dime. Actually I put 4 out of 5 shots into a nickle at 100 yards. All this was with an un-cleaned barrel.  
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