Insane 40 S&W ammo

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Happypillz

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I believe I got some BDX of some one on EE when I got their Glock 22. It has little cross on the ammo.

This Ammo is insanely hot I chronod the ammo at 1400 ft/s. I shot it out of my Tanfo, Glock, and Pardini and Pardini almost broke 1500ft/s.

#### hurt to shoot from a Glock.

Is this normal?

EDIT. NOT BDX AMMO. They don't use Frangible.
 
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mikeydagunz said:
Umm. 10mm ballistics over here? Crazy, I chrono 1450 out of my 10mm Glock 40 6". How do the primers look? How heavy is the bullet? 135gn?
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I Confirmed its BDX and Unless its 165 or less this ammo is flat out to hot for anything but 10mm.

I just put in my gauge and its a little short as well. I don't have a bullet puller with me.

The primers on unfired are seated deep but the fired ones are a little shifted and definitely pushed out a little. There is something wrong with these rounds. Even my AR15 didn't like them.

Just weighed the entire round it came out to be 196 Grain so the bullet has to be 180 Grains.
 
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Could you take a photo of the fired cases from the back side, so we can do some guessing? I'm with B on this one though, a 180 at that speed i'd guess would possibly turn your gun into some kind of blowed up art. I think I've had 180's (40 S&W) going IIRC 1,150-1,175 fps with Longshot powder, and that was with a much heavier recoil spring and even then it was pretty spirited.

Did your brass go for a moon shot? Did your brass ejection change angles with the hot loads?

I've also had Nosler 135's going north of 1,500 fps, and the recoil and blast amps up an incredible amount.
 
There is simply no way you are going to push a 180 to 1400fps with the .40 SW through a 4.6" barrel without seeing serious overpressure signs like wild recoil and case failures.

How exactly did you confirm they are BDX? Kurt knows what he is doing I doubt he'd let these get through. They sell component bullets which are some of the best FMJ available. This could be handloads put together by an idiot.
 
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Just an Update.

I contacted the seller that sold me the Glock 22 on EE and the Ammo. He did tell me it was BDX ammo. I am taking the sellers word for it that he is telling me the truth.

These have been sitting for a while. I was actually testing my AR and decided to chrono my own ammo (minor)

Any who
I have a caldwell Chrono.

Definitely not the Chrono.
Nor the Guns.

I chrono 9mm 147 Factory out of a TNW 1125ft/s

My Minor loads with JTT

My AR 15 7.5 inch barrel 40SW 863ft/s

Glock Minor 788 (brand new)
Tanfoglio 751 (about 20k rounds)
Pardini GT40 797 (Brand new bull barrel)

The BDX
Glock 1427
Tanfo 1395
Pardini 1471

I wanted to do it out of the AR but I shot my Chrono (twice) heh.

Any way I sent the pics of the rounds to BDX and I am talking with BDX.

Maybe it was a bad batch.

I shot very few rounds. I used the BDX in the Glock and it just hurt my hand. So I chronod it.
 
Do you have a picture of the nose of the bullet? I have 967 of what I was told were BDX with a five point star/cross on the nose. (Internet seller shorted me on a one thousand round purchase). Cases seem to match the Speer used in other BDX rounds purchased from a store in High River. I haven't tried the "star point" rounds yet.
 
Dave in Calgary said:
Do you have a picture of the nose of the bullet? I have 967 of what I was told were BDX with a five point star/cross on the nose. (Internet seller shorted me on a one thousand round purchase). Cases seem to match the Speer used in other BDX rounds purchased from a store in High River. I haven't tried the "star point" rounds yet.
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I spoke to Kurt from BDX it doesn't sound like its his. My load is on the Left and the Mystery is on the right.

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Upon further inspection of fired cases. They are bulged badly and the primers are also not as deeply seated and some are above the rim. I can easily put my load fired brass into the case gauge and still push it in but the mystery ammo No effin way. This stuff is way overloaded.

Emailed the seller for further info.
 
Dave in Calgary said:
Do you have a picture of the nose of the bullet? I have 967 of what I was told were BDX with a five point star/cross on the nose. (Internet seller shorted me on a one thousand round purchase). Cases seem to match the Speer used in other BDX rounds purchased from a store in High River. I haven't tried the "star point" rounds yet.
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The Star Points might be an issue. Can you post a pic.
 
So you fired sketchy ammo and you're looking for more info from the seller. Brave man. I'd pull the bullets and toss the powder.
 
Seller obviously doesnt know anything about the ammo. Probably BDX component bullets alright, BUT RELOADED by someone else. just be glad you still have your hand, eyes, and sound guns. Pull bullets and weigh a few powder charges just to see what they stuffed in there. Saving a few bucks on ammo is not worth destroying one of your guns and your skin integrity.
 
Definately 10mm numbers, out of a 40 id really be worried.

i would never shoot anyone else ammo without knowing what is in it
 
The seller said it was BDX. BDX is reputable and most gun owners are honest.
Lesson Learned. Now I just have to get rid of 2k worth of Garbage ammo.

EDIT This is not BDX ammo some other mystery stuff. Factory.
 
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Happypillz said:
The seller said it was BDX. BDX is reputable and most gun owners are honest.
Lesson Learned. Now I just have to get rid of 2k worth of Garbage ammo.
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Not get rid of... but re-reload for sure.

As mentioned above, please keep us up to date with how much powder comes out of each case... if the powder looks familiar, etc. perhaps someone with some actual bdx can pull one to take some pics and compare?
 
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