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Posted: 1/27/2014 8:08:27 PM EDT
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Just a story, not really needing help or anything, just thought I'd put this out there and see if anybody else has had this issue.
So a couple years ago I bought a steel case of Federal, 5.56mm NATO, green tip penetrator rounds. It was the one that's 420 rounds for like $180, on 10 round stripper clips. I've been carrying that ammo with me for the past few years and have even used it to take deer. A couple months ago I was out in the woods and as always I had my rifle with me in case of wild hogs, mountain lions, etc. I ended up firing one round in the time I was out, so when I got home, I went to clear the rifle and the other round was stuck in the chamber. I had to use a cleaning rod to push it out. I chambered and ejected the next 4 or 5 rounds with no problems. I checked the chamber for obstructions, I wiped off the outside of the round in question, and just to check I dropped it back in and chambered it, and upon pulling the charging handle back it was stuck again. Just to make triple sure I went ahead and chambered/extracted another 4 or 5 rounds and had no issues, and then tried the round in question again and it always got stuck in the chamber. I could feel the extractor catching on the case, but it was just slipping off and chewing up the brass. Since all my other rounds chambered just fine and I verified the problem was not the rifle, I just tossed that round into the creek in case there was something about it that could have caused a problem when firing it. Has anybody else had any issues like this before? Is it something that happens often with surplus ammo, or with ammo of a particular brand? I couldn't figure out whether the case was bulged, the lip that the extractor grabs was bent or what. It "looked" fine, but I don't have any gauges or anything to check the cartridge dimensions. Since then I've just about ran out my 420 rounds of Federal and have been replacing it with the 62 grain, green tip penetrators in 5.56mm NATO from PMC, and they seem to work great, and just by looking at it, it actually looks to be cleaner and higher quality than the Federal ammo of the same type I bought in the case. |
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