Before I started reloading, I shot almost exclusively WWB as practice ammo and in competition. At any given competition, there were numerous competitors with box after box of WWB. I have fired at least tens of thousands of rounds of the stuff, if not hundreds of thousands, and I have not experienced one single problem. And I never saw any of the other competitors have a problem with it.
And I certainly don't consider PMC to be in any way superior to WWB.
janieoakley said:
His reasoning was that there is NO quality control on the WWB ammo.
Ah, of course. I'm certain that one of the world's oldest and largest ammunition manufacturers has stayed in business as long as they have by NOT having any quality control. And I sure that the genius you were speaking with has toured both the Winchester factory and the PMC factory so he has first-hand knowledge to back up his ridiculous claims.
FWIW, the pistol reviews in the M1911.ORG e-zine until recently included extreme spread and standard deviation in their ballistics results, along with accuracy. I just looked at a number of their older reviews, and found that most of them include WWB (not surprising, as it's readily available, and affordable). Compared to other brands and types of ammunition, their test data shows the WWB to be consistently among the
best with respect to extreme spread and standard deviation. This suggests that, in fact, they practice very GOOD quality control.