FAIL - Bizarre Winchester factory loaded ammo

This is just a pretty good reminder to check your purchases.
I even check spark plugs now a days.
Some putzz drops a package of plugs and bents the tips or
cracks the body.
NFG and a return trip to the store.
I had used rotors in two boxes new to me.
Go figure.
 
I would e-mail Winchester and show them your picture and I bet you they send you a credit for a couple of new boxes.
 
Dosn't look good, but I've come across some factory ammo with the bullet loaded backwards.
Brand does't seem to matter as all the companys mess up from time to time.
This is why a lot of us took up handloading, no one to blame for bad ammo but our selves.
 
I only buy winchester ammo for the brass. Never shoots good in any of my rifles either centre fire or rimfire. Hornady factory stuff shoots moa for me. Reloading is way cheaper though.
 
That's odd, Winchester super X .303 British is my go to hunting round, and while the tips might be slightly deformed, they still shoot about an inch out of my Hunting Enfield. Mind you they never have been THAT Deformed before.
 
Pretty standard for winchester grey box stuff. Cant comment of their higher grade stuff as I'm done after what I've seen from their cheaper stuff, I do like re using their .303 brass though
 
Buddy had a box on winchester 303. While yakking at the firing line he loaded his enfield mag. A couple of shots in the gun sounds weird. Had a 30-30 mixed into the brand new box of 303.... Yay for qc! Now he checks everything.
 
Don gk said:
Dosn't look good, but I've come across some factory ammo with the bullet loaded backwards.
Brand does't seem to matter as all the companys mess up from time to time.
This is why a lot of us took up handloading, no one to blame for bad ammo but our selves.
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My thoughts exactly.
 
Hunting loads are all handloaded. Factory means you trust some guy named Bernie or who ever to do quality control. After he was out the night before until 4AM. Weigh each charge trim etc each case range tested etc. HORNADY no issues with their stuff. Years ago had some rather gnarly 3006 stuff from Winchester.

You get better accuracy making the load to your rifle. When that bull moose is seen only once during the hunt. Nothing better than having it's roasts Because of your own loads !
 
Personally those bullets look like they just missed the final swage. After all is said and done, a final pass closes the tip to spec (notice the serrations so far apart still) and forms the lead tip.
Different seating depths are due to inconsistent bullet in front of ogive because they arent finished yet. I would definitely pass this on to winchester. Should be good for a box or two of free ammo.

As to accuracy, what many said was true of tips not affecting accuracy much... But this is a jacket shape thing. My bet is they wont shoot worth a hoot.
 
Interestingly I was shocked at how well they work in my .300wm. Almost embarrassed my hand loads and actually was a little discouraging having spent so much money developing a load, only to pick up a $25 box of "junk" and repeatedly/consistently shoot very very well, not as well as my hand loads but enough to make me question if all the time and money is worth it.... . An honest 1.25 moa out to 300y.

In fact I've decided they are my new primary bullet and saving the Bergers for when I really need them.
 
I had a friend experience key-holing at 25m from a factory ammo. We asked around at the range and managed to borrow a micrometer. The factory had loaded .307" bullets into a box of .303 British - which should have .311 - .312" fodder. The bullets occasionally bounced off the rifling on the way by.
 
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