Ammo by brand... What to avoid?

I am avoiding the cheap Remington UMC ammo because I noticed that the bullet setback in this brand is quite bad - try to eject a live round after you FIRED one and compare the OAL. I noticed the same effect in 9mm Luger, .357sig and .40S&W UMC ammo
 
I haven't had any of the horror stories mentioned with UMC pistol ammo. I have used several CASES of it in 9mm in a variety of PISTOLS. However, I will state their .223 Remington rifle ammo is not very good. I was emptying a 30rd magazine of the stuff by pulling the cocking knob on my Sig 556 and one of the bullets was so poorly crimped it actually got pushed back into the case completely. I only noticed it because alot if the powder dumped out of the cartridge onto the carpet and made big mess. Also, it's accuracy isn't too great. Like I said the pistol stuff has been fine for me but the UMC rifle ammo was lousy stuff.

I will second (or 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th), the America Brand ammo is pretty crappy too. I had one box of it in .45acp and it shot so inaccurately that I thought something lay have been wrong with a new 1911. Now, I run cheap TulAmmo through it (and other than being very dirty) it is extremely accurate.

IMHO some of the BEST practice ammo is Blazer Brass. Unfortunately, the don't sell it at my local Wal-Mart anymore and my LGS charges a little too much for it. The aluminum Blazer ammo works fine too. I don't reload. So, I'm not worried about reuse of the cases.
 
Centurion

Shooters:
I had some 410 hand gun ammo by the brand name Centurion. When I shot them out of my hand gun, the cases expanded so much that the cylinder would jam up and not turn. When I shot them out of a single shot long gun, they blew a pin hole in the primer. Either they use thin metal or are way over loaded.

I shot some metal cased 223 that I bought via Wolf and the case on one expended so much that I couldn't get the bolt open. Thought I was going to have to take it to a gun Smith. Lots of force to get it open.

Live well, be safe.
RTY
 
whatever you get try some out before you buy a crap load. ive tried wolf in some of my long guns with no issues but when it came to my .45 it would not feed all the way, seems the steel cases were a little out of spec, never had anything fail to feed in that gun before or after that.
 
Remington UMC is the worst American name around.
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I have shot it in 9mm and .38spl and never had any issue. It is a little more dirty than others. Other than that it has worked just fine. I do think it is a little over priced compared to WWB, Federal Champion, Aguila, and some others.

Of the original three in the OP I like to use Aguila. It is actually Remington ammo made in Mexico. It shoots clean and accurate. Plus, it isn't much more than the steel Russian ammo.
 
Wolf ammo doesn't work in my Kimber.
UMC 115 is weak and didn't function well in my EMP.
Any steel cased ammo.
 
I have used Brown Bear in both my 92 fs and my Bersa with no problem. Haven't used Aguila in 9mm but do run it thru a .45. No issues with that. Just bought Wolf in 9mm but have not tried it yet. PMC (Korean I believe) makes decent range ammo. TULA left grains in both my P238 and Taurus .380s with failures to cycle as well. Again, have not tried it in 9mm.
 
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