Bad ammo or bad gun?

[nwslopoke]

Went to sight in a scope on my Ruger American Hunter. First time shooting it this year because I was waiting for this scope. I got some inexpensive 7.62x51 Buffalo Adrenaline ammo from BiMart. I was going to get it on paper then use some Federal I have. The Buffalo jammed in the action after firing a round. I had to hammer the bolt back with an armour's wrench. When I used the Federal ammo there were no issues. That reminded me last year I used some Igman ammo, also from BiMart and had the same issue.

For the Igman, I have shot it through my PSA AR10 with no problems. The spent cases look fine from what I could see. Wondering is this a case of off-brand ammo or the Ruger.

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[dinky450]

I've shot both. Seemed to have no issues. Accuracy sucked but good ammo to get on paper

 

[nwslopoke]

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I've shot both. Seemed to have no issues. Accuracy sucked but good ammo to get on paper

Were you using a bolt gun or semiauto? Thanks.

 

[dinky450]

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Were you using a bolt gun or semiauto? Thanks.

Semi auto.

 

[Koda]

. The Buffalo jammed in the action after firing a round. I had to hammer the bolt back with an armour's wrench. When I used the Federal ammo there were no issues. That reminded me last year I used some Igman ammo, also from BiMart and had the same issue.

my best guess is if it chambered fine but didnt extract its the ammo, and in a bad way...

 

[ma96782]

I could maybe guess that maybe.....

Military spec (or say military surplus ammo) uses "though primers".....in order to prevent "slam fires".

Hummm......remember.....even some 9mm ammo will not got off reliably in a Glock. But in a Browning Hi-Power.....the same ammo may go off with ease.

LOL.....
My son likes to point out.....that there are various militaries that uses the Glock.

My response is, "Sucks to be them."



LOL.

BUT, But, but....
Getting back to the rifle.....
Well, with a "civilian rifle(s)". Maybe, you might just run across a problem with some ammo. So, that Federal ammo (assuming it's using Federal Primers). OK, Ok, ok.....Federal primers are said to be (or known) to be on the "easier to set off/softer" side of the spectrum (speaking of various primer brands).

And....the specs for QC. Military ammo vs. Civilian production. Also add....chambers. Military vs. Civilian rifle. But, it doesn't just stop there. You might remember, my own adventures in reloaded ammo......my son's bolt action Rem vs. my M1a. Yeah....same ammo.....worked fine in my M1a. But couldn't chamber into his bolt action rifle. And, the ammo passed the gauge testing.

Aloha, Mark

PS....last thing.
LOL.
The Browning Hi-Power. Even approved for use by the NAZIs.



Call me a Glock Hater. If you must.

 

[BMGMAN]

Went to sight in a scope on my Ruger American Hunter. First time shooting it this year because I was waiting for this scope. I got some inexpensive 7.62x51 Buffalo Adrenaline ammo from BiMart. I was going to get it on paper then use some Federal I have. The Buffalo jammed in the action after firing a round. I had to hammer the bolt back with an armour's wrench. When I used the Federal ammo there were no issues. That reminded me last year I used some Igman ammo, also from BiMart and had the same issue.

For the Igman, I have shot it through my PSA AR10 with no problems. The spent cases look fine from what I could see. Wondering is this a case of off-brand ammo or the Ruger.

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I've shot thousands of rounds of the adrenaline 7.62x51 from bimart. Accuracy out of my 1919A4 is good enough for a belt fed no problems with either ar10 running it either. Have never shot it through a bolt gun though.