Syntech ammo?

[CountryGent]

So I was up in the city for various reasons and I stopped by a Sportsmans. Holy cow, ammo on the shelf. The area was packed, but I managed to go-go-gadget grab a few boxes of 9㎜. When I got home and opened them to load some mags I find:



What the hell? Purple bool-its? Never heard of the stuff.

• What, exactly, is the projectile made out of? And why purple?
• I'm assuming this safe to run in pistols and a subgun. Is that so?

Thanks.

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[Camelfilter]

Polymer coated lead.

Writeup from 2019:

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Never run any, that I recall. So no first hand review.

 

[JohnnyMac]

SGAmmo generally has this in stock and I've always wondered myself.....

 

[Alexx1401]

I have not tried any yet but have seen video of Hickock 45 shooting it. Stuff seemed fine

 

[Nosferatu]

I bought a bunch of it when it first came out a few years ago. I ran it all through my MPX without any issues. It used to be blue, IIRC. They must have made some special purple ones for you Northmost Northern CA folks!

 

[Bam]

Love this stuff for range use and competition.

Shoots much cleaner than FMJ.

 

[Pete F]

I boughy a bunch when they came out and was fairly cheap. I haven't shot any, but don't see any reason not to. They were cheaper that copper plated and people have been coating lead bullets for ages.

 

[Soccerjones]

I think the purple is 147gr.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Could be for special hunts...

 

[trunner]

I bought a bunch of 9mm Syntech a few years ago. Mine were red, as pictured. I bought them mainly for shooting steel with handguns, as Federal advertised less splash back. Shoots fine. I've never run it exclusively on any particular outing to see if it runs cleaner, but makes sense that it would.

 

[po18guy]

Gotta store it in these MTM boxes.

 

[Flymph]

Syntech shoots great, probably some of the best ammo I shoot... I mean it's trash, PM me if you want to send it my way.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Powdercoated bullets like most bullet casters make and if it says "clean primers" read 5 year primers.

 

[Tomahawk67]

The red 150gr are nice and quiet when suppressed , I haven't used the purple ones.

 

[Papercidal]

The red ones are loaded specifically to make uspsa power factor and are marketed towards the competition market. The purple are closer in velocity to duty ammo.

 

[Stomper]

So I was up in the city for various reasons and I stopped by a Sportsmans. Holy cow, ammo on the shelf. The area was packed, but I managed to go-go-gadget grab a few boxes of 9㎜. When I got home and opened them to load some mags I find:

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What the hell? Purple bool-its? Never heard of the stuff.

• What, exactly, is the projectile made out of? And why purple?
• I'm assuming this safe to run in pistols and a subgun. Is that so?

Thanks.

You are only allowed to load them into 30-rd mags, and you MUST do mag-dumps with (The Artist Formerly Know as) Prince's song "Purple Rain" blaring in the background!

 

[when_DM_smiles]

Collect 5,000 box tops and send away for this...

 

[Member 34319]

So I was up in the city for various reasons and I stopped by a Sportsmans. Holy cow, ammo on the shelf. The area was packed, but I managed to go-go-gadget grab a few boxes of 9㎜. When I got home and opened them to load some mags I find:

View attachment 1017940

What the hell? Purple bool-its? Never heard of the stuff.

• What, exactly, is the projectile made out of? And why purple?
• I'm assuming this safe to run in pistols and a subgun. Is that so?

Thanks.

Plastic coated has become very popular in the reloading realm. It's vastly less expensive than copper plating or jacketed, as well as being much cleaner than basic lead.

The bullets are still lead based. Just coated in a polymer coating.

Purple? I think that's to designate bullet weight for Federal. Their other bullet weights are different colors.

Plastic coated rounds are very much safe to be fired from anything they are chambered for. They are also perfectly safe for suppressors.

If you think purple is funky! I used to buy Eggleston Bullets and the whole rainbow was available to chose from.

 

[CRBMoA]

 

[Stomper]

Plastic coated has become very popular in the reloading realm. It's vastly less expensive than copper plating or jacketed, as well as being much cleaner than basic lead.

The bullets are still lead based. Just coated in a polymer coating.

Purple? I think that's to designate bullet weight for Federal. Their other bullet weights are different colors.

Plastic coated rounds are very much safe to be fired from anything they are chambered for. They are also perfectly safe for suppressors.

If you think purple is funky! I used to buy Eggleston Bullets and the whole rainbow was available to chose from.
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Hopefully they put a hazard warning on those in big bold letters saying "warning: not crayons, do not eat!"….. for the USMC boys & girls.