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Posted: 2/9/2009 4:57:12 PM EDT
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Just picked up 1,200 rounds of 100 round Value Packs at Walmart. 55 grain FMJ. What exactly is this stuff? I assume it's lower velocity than M193?
Thanks, AV1611 out... |
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I dont buy it anymore because the F C brass sucks for reloading. Why is that? I haven't started reloading but I am starting to save brass. I think the Fed .223 shoots well. It pretty good stuff for buying local around me where the gun shops are too expensive, and it allows me to keep my xm193 and 855 for a rainy day. I'd buy more if it were a little cheaper but that isn't very likely. |
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I bought a 200 rd federal value pack also.
I shot several of the boxes in it and brought the brass home, I started looking at the brass and found lake city empty brass in the group. I opened another one of the white boxes in the value pack and they were ALL lake city nato stamped in that box of 20. What's up with this?????? anybody else seen this?? Does federal own LC or something???? |
| No they don't 'own' Lake City. Lake City is the plant that manufactures for the military and also sells commercially to civilians through Federal. Federal sells a lot of stuff that's actually pretty good. As for being MIXED ammo in a box that's pretty strange. |
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I dont buy it anymore because the F C brass sucks for reloading. Why is that? I haven't started reloading but I am starting to save brass. I think the Fed .223 shoots well. It pretty good stuff for buying local around me where the gun shops are too expensive, and it allows me to keep my xm193 and 855 for a rainy day. I'd buy more if it were a little cheaper but that isn't very likely. IIRC its pretty soft brass. Doesn't last but maybe 2 or 3 reloads before necks start to split and primer pockets get loose. |
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local walmart here has 200rd value packs but i dont see the value..my local gunshop has at leats 30 cases of XM193 in stock for just a few bucks more.. I don't understand why people buy their ammo from wally world Where else can you find new brass cased 9mm for $8.97 for a box of 50? or your .40 for $12.47 or .45 for $14.97? not many places shotgun ammo is pretty cheap especially .410 yeah .223 and 5.56 might not be cheap but where is it cheap? |
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I dont buy it anymore because the F C brass sucks for reloading. Why is that? I haven't started reloading but I am starting to save brass. I think the Fed .223 shoots well. It pretty good stuff for buying local around me where the gun shops are too expensive, and it allows me to keep my xm193 and 855 for a rainy day. I'd buy more if it were a little cheaper but that isn't very likely. IIRC its pretty soft brass. Doesn't last but maybe 2 or 3 reloads before necks start to split and primer pockets get loose. Not necessarily. Fed was loading it in FC brass that was crimped and sealed with either red or blue/green sealant. That brass was just fine for reloading. The newest batch of Fed 100 round bulk pack ammo I bought is in yet another Different flavor of brass. I'm taking a pack out to shoot this weekend so I can reload some and see if the brass is good or not. It has crimped and sealed primers, but the head stamp is similar to the old weak brass. |
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I dont buy it anymore because the F C brass sucks for reloading. Why is that? I haven't started reloading but I am starting to save brass. I think the Fed .223 shoots well. It pretty good stuff for buying local around me where the gun shops are too expensive, and it allows me to keep my xm193 and 855 for a rainy day. I'd buy more if it were a little cheaper but that isn't very likely. IIRC its pretty soft brass. Doesn't last but maybe 2 or 3 reloads before necks start to split and primer pockets get loose. Not necessarily. Fed was loading it in FC brass that was crimped and sealed with either red or blue/green sealant. That brass was just fine for reloading. The newest batch of Fed 100 round bulk pack ammo I bought is in yet another Different flavor of brass. I'm taking a pack out to shoot this weekend so I can reload some and see if the brass is good or not. It has crimped and sealed primers, but the head stamp is similar to the old weak brass. Let us know please how it reloads 
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I bought a 200 rd federal value pack also. I shot several of the boxes in it and brought the brass home, I started looking at the brass and found lake city empty brass in the group. I opened another one of the white boxes in the value pack and they were ALL lake city nato stamped in that box of 20. What's up with this?????? anybody else seen this?? Does federal own LC or something???? I have some of this also in the 100 round packs. Haven't paid attention to it till you posted tho. |
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local walmart here has 200rd value packs but i dont see the value..my local gunshop has at leats 30 cases of XM193 in stock for just a few bucks more.. I don't understand why people buy their ammo from wally world Man for .40SW you cant beat walmart. I get the Blazer box for 12.97 which is great brass for reloading and shoots just fine. |
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One of my hobbies is driving around to Wal-Marts to see for myself what everybody always talks about. Around Central Florida, our Wally Worlds seem to treat ammo like it has cooties. I had NEVER seen a Value Pack of anything.......until today. I went to the Kissimmeee store and as usual, the shelves were practically bare, as all WM's in this area are. When I asked if they had any .223, the girl said they were wiped out, then said "well, we've got some of these", and whipped out a 50 Rd. Value Pack of Remington 55 gr. FMJ. It was overpriced ($22.95), but my policy is NEVER leave a store that has .223 or 5.56 ammo without buying at least one box, unless they are outta their minds on the price (same ammo, 20 Rd. box at the local WW for 14 bucks).
I bought two boxes just to get the whole WW experience out of my mind. I guess I have A.D.D. (Ammunition Deficit Disorder). |
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local walmart here has 200rd value packs but i dont see the value..my local gunshop has at leats 30 cases of XM193 in stock for just a few bucks more.. I don't understand why people buy their ammo from wally world because they have THE cheapest prices on handgun brass cased ammo.. their federal .223 now is comparable in price to Prvi delivered.. just a few bucks more at wally if you can find it.... if THE lowest price doens't matter to you then move on and leave it for me.... |
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local walmart here has 200rd value packs but i dont see the value..my local gunshop has at leats 30 cases of XM193 in stock for just a few bucks more.. I don't understand why people buy their ammo from wally world because they have THE cheapest prices on handgun brass cased ammo.. their federal .223 now is comparable in price to Prvi delivered.. just a few bucks more at wally if you can find it.... if THE lowest price doens't matter to you then move on and leave it for me.... Not sure if Farm and Fleet is a local thing, but they have the best handgun ammo prices. As for the F C reloading- Ive read a few threads in the reloading forum about the "new" brass, and I may just give it a try. Im going to proceed with caution though. |
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local walmart here has 200rd value packs but i dont see the value..my local gunshop has at leats 30 cases of XM193 in stock for just a few bucks more.. I don't understand why people buy their ammo from wally world I don't mind using the Federal .223 (I can only find 100 rd packs here) for range ammo. I'd buy the 193 too if local shops were close to $.40/rd in price, but not around here. I have to get my 193 and 855 online, and when you factor shipping the cost is about the same as the Federal from Wally World, it just takes longer to get. Not all of us have local gunshops with decent prices, so Walmart gets the business. |
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