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American Ammunition???

MooseyardMooseyard Member Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 2004 in General Discussion
Has anyone ever dealt with this company? www.a-merc.com Their prices are pretty good and they offer free shipping. They have a bullet that they call 'complete copper coated'. I thought that was just a fancy name for FMJ, but they offer FMJ loadings also. Has anyone had any experience with this company or with Complete copper coated bullets?

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Mooseyard Precision
LE Supply & Firearms
NRA Certified Instructor
Shawano, WI 54166
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  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dirty crap.

    Merc

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  • NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    Well from what I know the CCC bullet is similar to a TMJ (total metal jacket) they are used alot in indoor ranges because they have no exposed lead. This is to reduce lead exposure. I have never used any so I dont know how well it shoots.

    John
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,484 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Merc hit it on the head....There is a reason it is cheap.......

    I have shot it in 9mm and .40..Dirty and several failures to fire in each box.

    Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....
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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Got a bud that was shooting it in .45acp. The brass was so thin that it dented on chambering and he had a ton of jams.

    I had to let him shoot some of my ammo.
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  • TheBrassManTheBrassMan Member Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not good ammo. My father-in-law used to have some in his shop.
    They were cheap but they were junk.
    The CCC bullet is an electrostatic process not a swegging process like FMJ.
    It is just electrostatically plated.
    Makes a mess in the barrel after a bunch of fired shots.


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  • MooseyardMooseyard Member Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks everyone for the info, you just saved me a bunch of money.

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    Jess Hoffman
    Mooseyard Precision
    LE Supply & Firearms
    NRA Certified Instructor
    Shawano, WI 54166
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  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Total garbage, even the brass is poor quality.

    Chris8161
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  • chunkstylechunkstyle Member Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I never had a problem with their .40S&W. Thin brass might be a problem if you reloaded it, but for one-shot use, it makes no difference. I haven't had any problem with the copper coating, either. Yes, the stuff is dirty, but I clean after each trip to the range, so a little more soot on my rag is no biggie.

    As far as I can tell, it's reliable and accurate enough for plinking and practice, and the price is right, sometimes even cheaper than Wolf.

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    To get at least as far as their old man got,
    But something happened on the way to that place,
    They threw an American flag in our face."
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