Looking for feedback on Sellier and Bellot 9mm ammunition

[DT741]

S&B ammo is one of my favorite factory 9mm ammo.

Accurate, reliable and clean.

 

[Meroh]

I don't know about their ammo, but I use their primers in everything; work great with an excellent price.

 

[johnny1984]

Highly recommended!

I use many different calibres and have never had an issue with any.

Always competitively priced.

 

[mcwalther]

My go to is CCI Blazer Brass 124g. I like S&B more when I can get it on sale. Way cleaner than cci, noticeably so.

 

[Twisted Canuck]

I'll agree with the majority. I've probably gone through 10K rounds of S&B in the last couple years, 9mm, 40, 45, 357...I like it a lot. I also find it is cleaner than the CCI Blazer, though I don't mind it either. Given choice, I prefer S&B over the CCI, Remington, American Eagle. Not by any wide margin. My Sigs eat anything I feed them. Whatever is cheaper is usually my deciding factor. I don't shoot anything steel case.

 

[Gundoggy]

I bought a case of S&B 9mm in 2016 that induced malfunctions in my HK P2000, and a Gen 3 Glock 19.
I'm willing to try again and just assume that they had a bad batch.

 

[Twisted Canuck]

I bought a case of S&B 9mm in 2016 that induced malfunctions in my HK P2000, and a Gen 3 Glock 19.
I'm willing to try again and just assume that they had a bad batch.

Interesting. I don't recall ever having any issue with any ammo in my Sigs, other than the one time I shot at a certain range at a mall in Edmonton, and had to use their ammo. My P220 Equinox finally choked on that filthy 45 ACP, it was rank. Never had an issue with any factory stuff of any brand though, and as mentioned, I've found S&B to be some of the cleanest ammo to shoot.

 

[4n2t0]

I mostly shoot 9mm and .38 Special but I've never had any half decent factory ammo not work, ever. Maybe I'm just very lucky...

 

[Import]

No issues with it here either..

 

[Lwmfg]

Good stuff, never had any problems.

 

[B]

I have issues priming every type of S&B brass I have tried on my 650, using a hand primer is much easier. The factory ammunition is good stuff though.

 

[clav]

Love S&B factory 124gr 9mm.

I have loaded lots of S&B brass. While I agree the primer pockets can be a hair tight I've never had a problem.

 

[Pete001]

It’s been 100 percent g2g for me.

 

[1ABNDT]

38 Different 9mm Loads


https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2019/1/18/38-different-9mm-loads/

 

[Paul_T]

I have issues priming every type of S&B brass I have tried on my 650, using a hand primer is much easier. The factory ammunition is good stuff though.

Their brass has squared off primer pockets, no chamfer. I have used their 38/357/9mm ammo and have had to chamfer the pockets before reloading otherwise I get too many squished primers (in my 550).

Other than that - good ammo, good brass.

 

[philhut]

Out of 8mm Mauser, 308win, 223 Rem, 7.62x39, 7,62x39, 30-30win, 303 Brit and 9mm out of multiple firearms the only ammo that has shot better for me than S&B is the Winchester 303 British. Every other calibre Sellier & Bellot would be my number 1 choice for quality rounds. There is some match ammo that shoots tighter groups but for average shooting ammo given the price I think currently there isn't a better manufacturer for the price. Strangely S&B matches the iron sights of nearly every gun its been used in without any adjustments...I really really like that part.

Like others have said S&B rounds do tend to have a bit more pop than some more common north American rounds but I can tell ya one thing their rounds never shoot low lol.