At one time, I was a firearms instructor, and the private agency I worked for used 3d factory reloads for t&q in the .38 revolvers we carried. We had very good results with them, in fact, better results than we got with some factory new ammo. That gave me a generally high opinion of them. I haven't had any experience with them in semi-auto's though.
Recently, I tried some MagTech .40 S&W FMJ in my Beretta 9000S and my Glock 23, and found it to be extremely reliable so far (only a moderate amount of rounds so far), and most interestingly, it is very clean ammo. The guns looked like they had hardly been fired after having about a hundred rounds put through them. When I bought the first box of this ammo, I didn't realize it was made in Brazil. I don't have anything against Brazil, but am leery of foreign ammunition, and probably would not have bought it if I had realized it was made outside the U.S. Lucky mistake, I really like the stuff so far. If you are getting bad results with the 3-d, why don't you give a box or two of MagTech a try and let us know what you think. I don't think it costs much more than the 3-d.
Also, I have gone through a few boxes of the WinClean in .40 and have had no malfunctions with it either, despite the horror stories I've heard and read from people who claim to have had all kinds of failures to feed, misfires, etc. with it.
Just my 2c worth.
-10CFR
[This message has been edited by 10CFR (edited September 28, 2000).]
