I saw a bloom of what appeared to be blue smoke, and felt metal fragments pepper the left side of my face. I had fired approximately 4-5 rounds, with no noticeable change in report (semi-rapid fire), when the Colt just blew out of my hands. I loaded a magazine (Brownells brand Metalform) with a mixture of the Freedoms FMJ and HP, and began shooting again. I had approximately 350 rounds downrange as of that morning. If someone else runs that ammo without issue then your rifle needs some inspection.Last week, on, I had been shooting the new Colt, which had been performing flawlessly with the ammo to that point. A bad magazine with weak springs can allow the round to strike lower on the feedramps as well, but this is typically a problem with heavier grain ammo as it is "front heavy" as the spring tries to push the new round to the top of the magazine stack. Since others haven't had the same problem as you and they have used a mix of the manufacturers ammo, you should look at your rifle closely as well.Ī rifle with a magazine catch milled too low can start the round lower on the feedramps than normal. So needless to say I don't trust neck tension alone on my reloaded range pick up brass so every single bullet gets a factory crimp from my Lee die. So much that I notice with my press that the stroke was too light compared to the last round. I have reloaded many cases which have allowed me to seat the bullet easily. I just don't know what kind of QC freedom has. Yet the case may have expanded enough to have a loose primer pocket and possibly the neck tension is low. I can reload a case a few times and send it to them as part of their brass credit program and they will likely reload it. The variability of the brass they receive leads me to believe they may have a large variance in case neck tension between individual rounds. Everyone is welcome to weigh the risks with their own budget, but I personally will not be purchasing any more ammunition from Freedom Munitions. TL DR: Freedom Munitions ammo has better-than-expected accuracy, but very high rate of failure/malfunction in relation to other ammunition shot through my particular AR. If anyone has any insights into the matter, please share! I'm not terribly experienced and I'm not sure what I should be expecting or whether my AR is more prone to malfunctions, but Freedom Munition reman ammo still has a significantly higher rate of failure. Not bad.Īs a rough reference point, my rifle has had 1 malfunction using Wolf Gold per 200 rounds (based off of three, 200-round sessions) My rifle, under more capable hands and with better ammo, is capable of firing 1 inch groups or less. Aside from these, however, the ammo shoots about 1.5 inch groups out of my. 2 rounds were found from the box with loose bullets.Īdditionally, there were several shots that fell short of the target or were insanely off-target (even adjusting for my bad shooting). In one instance the case was severely dented (I believe by the bolt) and is pictured. There were 7 malfunctions, 2 of which resulted in the two bullets shown here pushed into the case. This picture above is part of the result of my most recent, 200 round session. The first session had about 5 malfunctions of the same type, but I did not document them. I have shot two, 200-round sessions using this ammo. I bought 500 rounds of Freedom Munitions re-manufactured.
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