I don't have any unused CorBon ammo, because I stopped giving them my money a long time ago
Deception is deception. I don't care how little, it matters to me because honesty matters to me. They KNOW that most average shooters see "+P" and think "cool! defensive ammo!" because they don't even know what +P means anyway. So, to sell ammo to people that are only partially educated on the matter, they use a little deception and put "+P", meaning "+Power" so they can get around the rules and fool people at the same time. Deception is deception and I will not support a company that has to market their items like that. I guess I just have that kind of integrity and honor, and expect the same of others.
Not only that, but I have seen some tests that expose serious problems in CorBon's quality control with things such as huge variations in velocity and the amount of powder in a cartridge and pressure from round to round.
Not "everyone" agrees that Corbon ammo is good stuff. Some think it is just junk ammo driven to excessive speeds as a marketing ploy. I would rather have a quality product than one that has to be hot-rodded in order to be effective.
Good bullets in good cartidge designs don't necessarily have to be pushed faster to work better. Velocity is not the only key to making a good hollowpoint bullet work. Corbon relies on velocity, because that is all they have.
I'll take Proload, which is true quality ammo from the ground up. Proload tailor-designs each cartridge around a specific bullet weight, hollowpoint design and gun style in order to get the most out of that round and sometimes that mean a little LESS velocity than one could get by simply adding more powder. Anyone can add more powder. More velocity does not mean a better package. There are other factors involved than velocity, like muzzle flash, safety, pressure, recoil and follow up shots and sometimes more velocity means *worse* performance of the hollowpoint rather than better. Often the slower bullet is a much better choice because of all the other advatages gained by reducing the charge a little.
Proload ammo is quality engineered, tailor-made ammo from the ground up with no gimmicks and marketing deception. The same can't be said of Corbon.
[This message has been edited by Red Bull (edited December 07, 1999).]