hornady ammo

Tactical_Reviews · October 24, 2018, 4:05pm

This picture was sent to me on Twitter. The sender said he contacted them about this and was told, get this, it’s a feature.

Ahh, a what? I would call it a failure of quality control.

stimpsonjcat · October 24, 2018, 4:12pm

Came that way OOB or has it been chambered?

Tactical_Reviews · October 24, 2018, 4:13pm

I was told each time he chambered a round, the bullet would drop inside the case like that.

stimpsonjcat · October 24, 2018, 4:16pm

Sounds and looks like the crimp is not right. You can see they are belled out at the case mouth in the pic. Someone forgot a station or the station is out of adjustment.

“feature” eh? A couple thousand free CUPS? No thanks! Could be very bad in something like 40cal.

brianpurkiss · October 24, 2018, 4:31pm

If you chamber a round often enough, it will create setback even for the high quality ammunition.

This is why it’s important to cycle out our carry ammunition every so often and to not chamber or re-chamber rounds a bunch of times.

If he re-chambered his round twice and this happened, it’s definitely a problem. If he chambered his round 50 times and this happened, it is not a problem and he needs to stop re-chambering his ammo so often and cycle out for new carry ammunition.

stimpsonjcat · October 24, 2018, 6:02pm

Yep.

Although I have been using the inertia hammer and then re-crimping my black talons for years.

Tactical_Reviews · October 24, 2018, 6:05pm

From the way he was talking to me, it was chambered once. He contacted them and was told that’s a feature and no refund. I call it a manufacturing defect.

stimpsonjcat · October 24, 2018, 6:29pm

If it were me I would shoot video of chambering some and post it with appropriate taggage.

gunarchy · October 24, 2018, 7:09pm

shit! Thats a “feature” they can keep.

LonewolfMcQuade · October 24, 2018, 7:19pm

You don’t want SPACE SAVER AMMO??

Comanchero45 · October 24, 2018, 8:14pm

Here’s another “feature” I found in a box of ammo at my last range session:

LonewolfMcQuade · October 24, 2018, 8:17pm

4mm hex head! Wtf!

Comanchero45 · October 25, 2018, 7:31pm

Sideways installed primer…for those who prefer to shoot their “gats” sideways

Robert · October 25, 2018, 7:38pm

Thats a real primer?

yeeash

Comanchero45 · October 25, 2018, 7:39pm

Yessir…right out of the factory box. I just happened to notice it while loading my mag.

LonewolfMcQuade · October 25, 2018, 7:40pm

Ghetto primed?

Comanchero45 · October 25, 2018, 7:41pm

Gangsta style!

g.willikers · October 25, 2018, 8:35pm

Considering all the ammo that comes out of the factories each day, it’s a miracle there’ not more of these kinds of mistakes.

Tactical_Reviews · October 25, 2018, 9:06pm

Over the tens of thousands of rounds I’ve used, worst I’ve had was one crushed case, and one primer in upside down.