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I bought 360 rounds of Sterling 5.56 ammo from Outdoor Limited in February. Shame on me for not testing the ammo and for trusting Outdoor Limited's posted reviews of the ammo.
Nearly every round fails to drive the bolt back far enough to properly cycle. I'm using a standard 3 oz. buffer, carbine spring and mid-length non-adjustable gas system. Short of reaming out the gas port on my barrel or taking one of the weights out of the buffer there's nothing else I can do to dumb-down my rifle to accommodate this soft ammo.
Apart from 3 "anonymous" reviews, they have not posted anybody's review for this ammo more recently than a year ago. And the reviews they do have are VERY positive (nearly a perfect 5). Not only that, but several weeks ago I submitted an unhappy camper review but they did not post it. Contrast that with the reviews from another web site (Palmetto), I see that users gave the ammo a 2 out of 5 rating and related failure feed, jamming and popped out primers. The general consensus is the ammo is junk.
While I've had a very good experience with Outdoor Limited in nearly every other regard, I have a strong suspicion they're being intentionally misleading in order to promote sales of otherwise less than desirable products. I know I feel I've been mislead and it is my belief and opinion it was intentional.
Nearly every round fails to drive the bolt back far enough to properly cycle. I'm using a standard 3 oz. buffer, carbine spring and mid-length non-adjustable gas system. Short of reaming out the gas port on my barrel or taking one of the weights out of the buffer there's nothing else I can do to dumb-down my rifle to accommodate this soft ammo.
Apart from 3 "anonymous" reviews, they have not posted anybody's review for this ammo more recently than a year ago. And the reviews they do have are VERY positive (nearly a perfect 5). Not only that, but several weeks ago I submitted an unhappy camper review but they did not post it. Contrast that with the reviews from another web site (Palmetto), I see that users gave the ammo a 2 out of 5 rating and related failure feed, jamming and popped out primers. The general consensus is the ammo is junk.
While I've had a very good experience with Outdoor Limited in nearly every other regard, I have a strong suspicion they're being intentionally misleading in order to promote sales of otherwise less than desirable products. I know I feel I've been mislead and it is my belief and opinion it was intentional.