Barnaul 9mm issues.

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Took 100 rounds of the non reloadable rounds out for some pistol action. Using a couple cz's. Had about 15 light strikes and about 10 fte. Anyone else have a problem with them?
 
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They have very hard primers, had 7 or so light strikes out of 250 rounds. Had 2 in the Glock and 5 in the Sig. Seen some guys at the range last night having the same issue.
 
Shot 5 boxes of it today out of my Glock 19.

Experienced anywhere between 5-15 light strikes per box. Some would fire on 2nd try.

One did not fire after 4 tries, didn't try a 5th, threw it in the dud box.

I have 4 more boxes of it and not looking forward to shooting it. All other brands performed flawlessly (Blazer brass 115gr, american eagle 115gr)
 
Well I took a box back to CT and exchanged it for .22 rimfire. My SIG 228 clone eats everything perfectly except this lacquered ammo after shooting a few mags rapidly the case would stick in the breech a real pain racking the slide to get the case unstuck???? .

Take a look at the case, I prefer a nice brass case as opposed to this stuff.....



Switched back to regular brass cased 9mm and absolutely no issues now. :)

Randy
 
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I've fed ~2500-3000 through my HK P30 without any issues. Wonder if it was just a faulty batch, or perhaps certain guns that don't like the hard primers.
 
Yup, my M&P 9 and the Norc NP22 I had both have some trouble getting some of the primers to go. 5ish per box of 50, give or take. All went on a second try.
 
Striker fired are not the best for these rounds. Have light strikes in M&P & G19; 85c & Shadow aswell but just double action those.
Also works for drilling for FTF or non load instead of having to use snap caps ;).
 
I have some issues with FTE. It is the lacquer. some rounds are coated thick (I believe) which cause the ejector issue extracting the casing. I have no issues with MFS or LVE brand.
 
A story is told...

Germany went with the Walther P-38 because it was cheaper to make than the Luger; but the Wehrmacht did not always applaud the choice. Depending on what they were doing, there'd be a lot of misfires with the Walther, that the Luger did not suffer. It took a bit of sleuthing, but what transpired was that people were filling their Walthers from boxes of SMG ammo. The SMG stuff had robust primers to resist primer-piercing when used in open-bolt SMG's, and the Walther, which had one of the first floating firing pins, lacked the oomph to dent the primers enough to set them off.

- Makes me wonder if the Barnaul stuff is surplus SMG ammo... ? :confused:
 
Common confusion comes from the fact that lot of people think Russia equals Soviet Union. Soviet guns and ammo = mostly great, Russian guns and ammo = mostly POS. Just my humble experience.
 
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I was on a course and one of the other people were using this ammo. After about 500 rounds, their gun was completely fouled and stopped functioning. It wouldn't fire until it was completely cleaned. I will never use this ammo (unless it's the only ammo around and there's a horde of zombies heading my way).
 
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