Herters Ammo - Why Have I Not Heard of It Before?

[washagonian]

Okay, I feel kinda dumb for asking this but - what's the deal with Herter's ammo?

I have been shooting and buying ammo on line and from my LGS for decades, and I had NEVER heard of HERTERS until the SHTF regarding the ammo supply this past April.

Then everyone and their uncle was dumping Herters on this site. They're still doing it. It's everywhere.

Did Herters have a fire sale a year ago and I was the only one who didn't hear about it?

How did I miss this brand of ammo?

(Just goes to show you're never too old to learn something new.)

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[Kruel J]

They've been around. Cabelas sells it. Used to be 9mm was 8.99/50 and .45ACP was about 13.99/50. It's good range ammo, no troubles here with it at all.

 

[DizzyJ]

Herters is just an importer like Wolf. Afaik they don't make anything, just have it rebadged with their logo.

 

[Nosferatu]

The Herter's brand is an old outdoors company that went TU a while ago. They mostly made waterfowl gear. My first camo hunting jacket that was a Herter's branded item I bought from Cabelas back when you had to shop out of a catalog and send a paper form to mail order things.

Cabela's owns the name now and markets items with it. I have no idea who the centerfire ammo is made by, but the general concensus says the shotshells are made by Winchester.

 

[JuglansRegia]

As has been mentioned, Herters is just a brand name, the actual manufacturers are many, foreign and domestic.

 

[Drako]

Good range ammo, but for me it hasn't been good reloading brass. Constant problems with taking out/pushing in primers.

 

[nosbocaj]

Rumor is it's rebranded Winchester white box. I've used the 9mm and it goes bang just fine. Bass Pro/Cabelas seem to have a never ending stock online, you just need to be quick.

 

[MannyGlocks]

It was decent, low cost range ammo in 9mm.

 

[Lazyfaire]

Okay, I feel kinda dumb for asking this but - what's the deal with Herter's ammo?

I have been shooting and buying ammo on line and from my LGS for decades, and I had NEVER heard of HERTERS until the SHTF regarding the ammo supply this past April.

Then everyone and their uncle was dumping Herters on this site. They're still doing it. It's everywhere.

Did Herters have a fire sale a year ago and I was the only one who didn't hear about it?

How did I miss this brand of ammo?

(Just goes to show you're never too old to learn something new.)

Cabela's brand. Shot 300+ rounds in a training class last week. Absolutley no issues with it. Just a plinking ammo though

 

[Stomper]

They've been hidden in the Hert Locker for a long time....

 

[Mikej]

Good range ammo, but for me it hasn't been good reloading brass. Constant problems with taking out/pushing in primers.

S & B is the same way with primers. 9mm anyway. Re-priming is difficult and brass sizing requires extra effort compared to others.

 

[Mikej]

They've been hidden in the Hert Locker for a long time....

 

[Stomper]

 

[crossbow5]

Here is a picture of some Herters reloading dies.

 

[Stomper]

I actually have "tons" of Herter's 9 mm in my stock piles.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Hertenberger Nato 9mm is just hot loaded Herters.





not really

 

[traderpats]

Rumor is it's rebranded Winchester white box. I've used the 9mm and it goes bang just fine. Bass Pro/Cabelas seem to have a never ending stock online, you just need to be quick.

Same on it being a "new" brand to me. Browsing online and I found Herter's .22 in stock on Bass Pro @ around .04 / rd. Stocked up with a few k. After about 1/2 hour I went back to get some more and it was oos. The reviews on it said it's good to go.

 

[gmerkt]

Contemporary Herter's branded ammo isn't made by any one manufacturer. Cabela's contracts out with different companies to make it. At least some of the shotgun shells are made by Cheddite in Italy. Some of the pistol ammo is made in Czech Republic by S&B. I think some of the brass case .308 Win. was made by Fiocchi. Some of the steel case .308 Win. was made in Russia.

I don't know why Cabela's bought the rights to use the Herter's name. I wouldn't think it has any better cache than their own Cabela's brand. The old Herter's firm sold all kinds of stuff, not all of it was of the highest quality. They were a kind of Sears, Roebuck of the sporting goods world. They also farmed out the manufacture of many of their own branded products.

I guess Cabela's thought maybe people would recognize the Herter's name from the past and buy it on that basis. But look how well that works; most young people (presumably like the OP) never heard of Herter's. Too much time gone by.

 

[po18guy]

Here is a picture of some Herters reloading dies.

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Have a powder funnel and quite a few poly ammo boxes. Their old catalogs are very humorous - even though they were dead serious. Every single item was cheaper, better, faster, less negatives, more positives. Sounded too good to be true...

 

[gunnut38]

Started seeing it in range pick a few years ago. What impressed me was , I saw it being fired, but when I picked the .45 cap brass , it looked like it had cleaned. Inside and out it was spotless and shiny. I would love to know what powder they use.