Remington ammo incident

[Muskie Hunter]

I found cracks in the necks of factory Remington 30-06 cases that I loaded one time from once fired brass about 10 years ago.All 20 cases were bad and had to pull the bullets and empty the powder.That may have been a reloading issue of course, since hand loading was a factor.I steer away from Remington brass for reloading purposes.

[Drilling Man]

  I do believe over the years i've seen EVERY common brand of cases with cracked necks from reloading....  You can't put that one on Rem..., as i loaded 10's of thousands of them with no more problems than any other brand...

  DM

[Muskie Hunter]

Drilling man,
I did say that it may have been a reloading issue and I was just making a statement as to what my discovery was after some 40 years of reloading ammo and many thousand rounds myself,such as you.I don't mean to open a can of worms here,just giving my finds. I wouldn't hesitate to buy factory Remington ammo for hunting.I just won't handload it again when I feel that there are better cases out on the market to rely on.And I have never had a split case issue with any other case brand.I realize that we are off track by talking about reloading issues when we shoud be talking about factory stuff. But then again,that is why I don't like the Remington factory loads.I like to reload once fired cases out of my rifle and they may have to lay around for a while. I want to have the confidence that they will survive their rest until the time comes when they will be put to work.

[Daveinthebush]

My son and I were getting ready for opening day of NY slug shotgun season. He shows me a brand new 12 gauge slug that had the slug loaded sideways into the case. Not the best quality control for Remington as it was clearly visible to anyone that took the time to look.

[SHOOTALL]

my son opened a box of rem. buck shot and three shells were missing part of the hull ! filler and shot fell everywhere .

[Clearfield_Utah]

Worst I have seen is .270 ammo shot from an '06, but that was operator error. As a reloader when something goes wrong I can only blame myself. I can't remember the last time I shot storebought ammo that wasn't 22 lr.

[charles p]

This is not a Remington ammo post.

Last year I purchased a bag of Winchester 300WSM brass from Midway.  One of the cases in the bag was a 243 WSSM that had been formed in a 300WSM die.  There wasn't enough brass in the 243WSSM case to make a neck.  The "bad" case had a shoulder and ended there.  I suspect the operator of a case forming machine switched from 243 WSSM to 300WSM and did not purge the machine.  A 243 brass billet was still in the machine and couldn't quite stretch to 300WSM deminsions.

[SHOOTALL]

saw a Browning a bolt marked 30-06 with a 30-06 chamber with a 270 bore , all the buyer wanted was a new gun and the sales guy wanted to argue over it , i suggested they call the factory which was glad to trade and pay for immediate shipment back to factory !

[Duckhunter39480]

I've used quite a lot of new Rem. 444 brass in reforming for other cartridges.  Some of it is very brittle and has to be anealed.  I've had cartriges develope neck splits AFTER forming and loading, but before firing.

[TDH]

I recently have had a bad experience with Remington Ammo. Bought two boxes of 165gr. Core-Lock 30-06 at Wal-Mart. Eight misfires out of the two boxes. Gun had some problems also it went back to Knight for repairs. Tried Rem. again two misfires in ten rounds. Changed to Federal Fusion no misfires, W-W Super X no misfires. I own two Rem. Firearms and I love them 7400 and 870 Mag Express, In the 20 or so years I have had the 7400 I have always shot Rem. Core-Lock 150gr. and never had a problem. Was it just my bad luck or what.