UMC ammunition, and questions concerning what brands of 9mm to stay away from.

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Kimio

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I will be investing into a Beretta 92FS really soon, and I am looking for affordable ammunition that will be good for paper slaying and target practice to familiarize myself with my new handgun. My experience with firearms is primarily with rifles, as such, I'm not well versed in what kinds of ammunition brands or types I should shy away from. I know some foul more than others, but seeing that I clean my firearms ritually after each trip to the range, it won't be a real issue.

Surfing the web, I found that Bass Pro Shop has a good deal running for UMC ammunition, and I am unfamiliar with this brand.

The brands that I have tried is very limited, that being Magtech and Fiocchi. Does anyone have experience with this particular brand? From what I have read thus far, customers who purchased UMC encountered no problems with it except on occasion a defective round that had the bullet pushed to deep into the case. Aside from that, other comments included that it tends to be a little dirty, but again, that shouldn't be a real issue seeing as I clean my guns all the time anyway.
 
Nothing wrong with UMC. I agree it's dirty, but you've got to clean your gun after shooting it so not really much of a problem there. After all, UMC may be dirtier than most, but there really isn't any clean ammo.
 
UMC is the brand I've shot the most through my 92fs. Never had a problem with it. I've found it no more dirtier than any other bulk 9mm from Winchester, CCI, or Federal.
 
As unpopular as this may be, I have shot countless rounds of Wolf black box steel cased in my 92FS without a problem. Matter of fact, I have used this combination to make Master scores in Combat Pistol competition.
 
If my autos can't shoot any cheap practice ammo then I don't trust the gun. UMC is fine bit you may want to compare the Bass Pro price.
 
UMC ammo is made by Remington, if that helps. In my experience, it's decent ammo. Not the cleanest ammo sometimes, but far from the dirtiest.

It shoots fairly accurately from my handguns.

Daryl
 
I've never bought any ammo I had enough problems with to blame it on the ammo. I just shoot whatever I happen to find for sale. What little difference I think there might be between brands isn't worth worrying about.
 
Well first off, the 92 will shoot anything reliably. As for UMC, I actually like this ammo myself. It has a gentle push in the 92 that makes it a pleasure to shoot and it is very accurate. It didn't seem all that dirty to me either, no dirtier than the other brands really. I mostly shoot the UMC, Federal red box, and Winchester white box. The Winchesters kick the most and the UMC the least. And congrats on the soon to be had 92FS, it is still by far the favorite of all my guns. It just shoots oh so nice.
 
I've had good results from using that RWS 124 grain ammo that walmart sells in the orange boxes. I believe it is swiss. My Beretta 92 seems to really do well with it, compared to the 115 grain ammo
 
I've had good luck with Winchester, Federal/American Eagle, Remington/UMC, S&B, Fiocchi, Magtech, and Prvi Partizan ammo in 9mm. The most accurate 9mm I've ever shot was Hirtenberger 100grn JSP, but it's a +P+ loading so I wouldn't recommend a steady diet of it (it's nearly impossible to find anymore anyway).
 
I'll shoot just about any that is not steel cased (mostly Russian ammo). You may or may not run into a brand your particular gun doesn't like but the Beretta should be able to digest about anything. I've shot Federal American Eagle, Fed. Chamption, Winchester White Box, RWS, Blazer (aluminum and brass), Privi Partizan, MagTech, S&B, Remington UMC, and probably a couple of others.
 
A friend gave me a box of 9mm 115gr UMC. His complaint was that his Para, which shot everything else without problem, wouldn't cycle the stuff. It worked fine in my CZ.:D
 
I like UMC as well. IMHO I like it better than Winchester, Federal, and American Eagle.

When I used to live North Dakota I bought 9mm FMJ 115 gr. ammo from a company called UltraMax to practice with since it was by far cheaper than anything else that was available at the time. If I remember correctly it was remanufactured steel case ammo made out of South Dakota. It wasn't excellent in the accuracy department, but it was cleaner than most other ammo I've bought.

Edit: Has anyone had any experience with TulAmmo?
 
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That gun was designed to be able to shoot anything that can be stuffed into the chamber. Buy the cheapest stuff you can find and it will operate reliably. Obviously, it would make sense to go upscale on any rounds for self defense, but for popping hole in targets... go low cost and be happy that you have a gun that can digest it well.


(I would caution against any "redneck reloads" that you may find at gun shows. Factory reloads, your own reloads and reloads from trusted sources are probably fine. But I don't trust Bubba if I don't know Bubba! And I am a redneck...)
 
When I used to live North Dakota I bought 9mm FMJ 115 gr. ammo from a company called UltraMax to practice with since it was by far cheaper than anything else that was available at the time. If I remember correctly it was remanufactured steel case ammo made out of South Dakota.
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UltraMax is remanufactured (commercial reloads), but does not use steel cases.

Several thousand rounds of UltraMax have gone through the pistols in my family. We have had no issues; just a mild complaint. Because the ammunition is made with mixed head stamps, accuracy is not uniform. For the price, it's not much of a complaint, though.

UMC ammunition is Remington's bulk ammo brand name. It works just fine.
 
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