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So a few things...
Freedom Ammunition is run by the same people who run Ammoload Worldwide (the company that sells loading equipment)
The same company also owns Extreme bullets.
There are two things I know: Extreme bullets are not great quality, I've had a lot of problems with them over the years (the lead core is often too soft, and the jacket strips). The second, the impact-extruded 9mm Freedom was making have a bad habit of cracking across the side (splitting the case in half), as far as I know, this only affects the cases when they're reloaded. It's easy to tell the difference as the impact-extruded cases have a step in them.
Generally, I'm inclined to think they're probably a victim of their own success here when it comes to the "brass trade in" program as I've seen a lot of really terrible brass out there.
I know this much, I can reload 9mm for a bit less than half of what I can buy new for, unless the cost of reman ammo is less than 2/3 of what new is, I probably wouldn't waste my time. Personally, I'm kinda getting to the point that I can get brand new 9mm brass more easily than I can get once-fired 9mm, so I just "reload" new ammo.
Freedom Ammunition is run by the same people who run Ammoload Worldwide (the company that sells loading equipment)
The same company also owns Extreme bullets.
There are two things I know: Extreme bullets are not great quality, I've had a lot of problems with them over the years (the lead core is often too soft, and the jacket strips). The second, the impact-extruded 9mm Freedom was making have a bad habit of cracking across the side (splitting the case in half), as far as I know, this only affects the cases when they're reloaded. It's easy to tell the difference as the impact-extruded cases have a step in them.
Generally, I'm inclined to think they're probably a victim of their own success here when it comes to the "brass trade in" program as I've seen a lot of really terrible brass out there.
I know this much, I can reload 9mm for a bit less than half of what I can buy new for, unless the cost of reman ammo is less than 2/3 of what new is, I probably wouldn't waste my time. Personally, I'm kinda getting to the point that I can get brand new 9mm brass more easily than I can get once-fired 9mm, so I just "reload" new ammo.