Sellier & Bellot 115 gr. 9mm Ammo Opinions?

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Martowski

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I ordered a few boxes of this stuff from Sportsman's guide ($53.05 for 5 boxes... the price was right). What's everyone's opinion of this stuff? I hear that it's a little "hotter" than many other bargain priced 9mm ammo. The other alternative was the Aguila 124 gr. from AIM Surplus for $9.95/box (plus shipping) or the American Eagle at Wally World for $12/box.
 
This will be the "break in" ammo for a few 9mm's I recently acquired, so warm isn't a bad thing in my mind. I may borrow a buddy's dies and reload some 9mm but in general don't see any gained economies from reloading this caliber.
 
I have heard it is sometimes used by Glock - those 2 cases they send.

Not mine, mine were fired by Betty Walton in Smyrna GA and she used CCI.
 
s&b is good stuff. just don't get that budget 9mm in the grey box marked range safe ammo. that stuff is crap.




I have heard it is sometimes used by Glock - those 2 cases they send.
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glock test fires all it's guns with blazer aluminum :)
 
Good ammo. Always goes bang. But you are correct that it can be more trouble than it is worth to reload the brass. It just feels thick and...mushy. The primer pockets are always overtight too.
 
It's been good training ammo through my duty 9mm Sig P226R so far, with about 300 rounds through and no issues, to include a local Action Pistol match last weekend. I recently ordered 2,500 rounds of this ammo from LuckyGunner.com (1,000 rds for $205) for an upcoming training class next weekend, Combat Focus Shooting/Advanced Pistol Handling with Rob Pincus in MA, and I had read from multiple sources that it was good training ammo.

My agency issues 124 gr 9mm Federal HydaShok ammo for duty use and I did not feel any perceivable difference between the two.
 
just don't get that budget 9mm in the grey box marked range safe ammo. that stuff is crap.
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That was my experience as well. I picked up some of that during the last ammo panic and it sucked. Brass-washed steel case instead of regular brass; my Hi-Power wouldn't feed it at all, and it may have been responsible for a chipped extractor (although I can't say that for sure, it could have been an unfortunate coincidence of normal wear-and-tear and the awful ammo).

The stuff in the regular two-tone box is fine.
 
^^funny that you mention that, i suspected it chipped the extractor in my glock 19 lol. it also caused failures to eject.



yep, stick to the red/green s&b boxes and you're good to go. :)
 
S&B is ok ...not great in terms of consistency. A lot of the ranges in my area sell it as "range ammo".

It can be reloaded fine ....the primer pockets are a hair undesized or they use something like a locktite to hold the primers in the cases ...but it runs thru the press ok.

You can reload 9mm - with premium components - full jacketed bullets like Montana Gold ...for under $ 5.00 for a box of 50 ...so reloading 9mm does mean there are significant savings.
 
I've been using S&B for years in different calibers. Never had an issue. It is my first choice for range ammo when I can find it at a decent price. Seems to be a little more difficult to find these days.
 
Good point on the reloading piece; my math must have been off because I just calculated reloading 9mm (using existing cases) at $4.97/box. Hmmm.
 
I've never used their handgun ammo but their softpoint rifle ammo has good terminal ballistics and is reliable in my AKs and ARs not to mention priced right.
 
I don't find it hard to reload. Primers are a snug fit, but not a big deal. I like how the back of the cases are rounded a bit.

Regarding the hard primers, I haven't had a gun that wouldn't touch them off reliably.

I noticed with this ammo that there's laquer not only on the primer, but around the bullet. I bet this stuff is 100% waterproof.
 
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