Winchester ammo quality control

[BlackdogGS]

I've been having bad luck with Winchester ammo lately especially .22 and .17 HMR. Was shooting the pictured .22 ammo suppressed and some were supersonic and some were not. Even had a squib load where the bullet only traveled about 1/4". Lots of duds. This pistol can normally go through a box of 50 without a jam, not with Winchester.

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[WAYNO]

Bad round, bad lot, wrong load for a particular gun, the sky's the limit on reasons.

The last Winchester ammo I bought, I reordered it again because it worked so well in all the guns I used it in.

Who knows?

 

[Murphy]

Winchester has been bad for decades.

The only squibs I've had have all been Winchester.

Its the absolute last name brand ammo I will buy.

 

[BlackdogGS]

I generally shoot CCI SV but I'm a sucker for cheap, bulk ammo too. This Winchester is probably the worst. Out of a box I'll get 5 that won't fire and the rest are a mix of subsonic and supersonic.

 

[Stomper]

Too much saltpeter in that batch…..

 

[ditchtiger]

There was one bullet batch worse.

 

[ditchtiger]

misfires, squibs, various power levels. But it was with the silver bucket. I had one that stopped half out the muzzle.
Have not seen these since 20 years ago.

 

[PuddleMonkey]

Had this take place today,

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

I had some bad luck with Remington 223 about 5 in a box of 20 were FTF . I have no problem with the Black hills 223 this is the first issue I have had with any ammo after 40 years of shooting .

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Had this take place today,

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I am just guessing but that looks like a Cz ?

 

[PuddleMonkey]

I am just guessing but that looks like a Cz ?

$3,800.00 Phoenix Redback that I just got Wednesday and was only 13 rounds into shooting it for the first time.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

$3,800.00 Phoenix Redback that I just got Wednesday and was only 13 rounds into shooting it for the first time.

Sorry about your mishap hope you are ok !

 

[PuddleMonkey]

Sorry about your mishap hope you are ok !

Extractor broke off and hit me in the face but I'm good.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Extractor broke off and hit me in the face but I'm good.

Dang. I'd be pissed. Glad you're OK.

 

[ma96782]

Bad luck happens.

BTW.....I don't usually buy Winchester 22LR. Why take that chance? Yup.....plenty of other companies to choose from. But that's just IMHO. I'm sure that the QC guys at Winchester don't care about me and what I think of their 22LR offering(s).

Aloha, Mark

 

[Dozer99]

I have had two squib loads with Winchester white box in the last year. One was .380 acp. Sent the case and bullet back to Winchester and they said sorry and sent a check for $22.

The next was 9mm and I just drove out the bullet. Then pulled the rest of the bullets (two boxes worth) and found one more cartridge with now powder. Glad I did.

No Winchester for me now.

 

[Tony617]

I have shot 1000s of Winchester 9mm 124gr NATO rounds with no problems over the years. I also bought some 50 round boxes of Winchester 147gr Ranger-T rounds years ago and I shoot a few magazines of Ranger-T rounds every so often.

 

[JuglansRegia]

QC goes down hill when the demand is through the roof. I bought some WWB 9mm at Bimart back in may, there were 3-4 different headstamps per box.