Ammo Bleg
Fiocchi ammo any good? If so, this looks like a great deal on 1,000 rounds.
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February 11th, 2008 at 10:33 am
That’s about the same price as the Wolf steel-case stuff, so that’s a good deal unless shipping is too high. I’ve shot Fiocchi ammo and it’s always been good stuff. Sportsmen’s Guide has always done OK for me, too.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Hmmm – but if you click on it, they’re out of stock and they don’t expect to get any more until April..:-(
February 11th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Yeah, it’s decent quality bulk ammo. Not as good as WWB, and I’ve had more than a few Fiocchi rounds with really hard primers. In my PT92, every 10 or 15 rounds I’ll get one that doesn’t go bang on the first try, but it goes bang the second time around.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I’ve got a local source on their 380 ACP stuff. It’s cheap, hardball stuff.
I’d say it’s also a little dirtier than most other ammo, even el cheapo Winchester or Wolf, but that’s not a serious fault if you plan to clean your gun anyway. Haven’t had any issues with misfeeds or ammo not going bang, although I’ve only fired four or five hundred rounds of the stuff.
I wouldn’t take it to a match or for self-defense, but for keeping your skills in place, it’s not a bad choice.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Never tried their 9mm, but their .40 S&W smells funny.
Never had a problem shooting it, it just stuck.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Never had any problems with the .38 or .357 ammo of theirs that I’ve shot. I’ve reloaded a lot of their cases and they give quite a few reloads per case, even in the .357’s.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I’ve used their 9mm with great success in both a CZ P-01 and a Beretta 9000, and the 45ACP in a Kimber. I would say it’s slightly dirtier than WWB, but a faster/hotter load (recoil feels it anyway). That said, if you can find it for similar money (and you usually can) S&B is my preference – best of the value brands.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I bought a few hundred rounds of their FMJ .357 Mags. They shoot nice enugh (They load to a good velocity too) and now I’m fillin’ ’em back up with my own loads.
I’d say take it!
February 11th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Any thoughts on why it smells?
February 11th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I bought a box of Fiocchi 9mm because it was cheap, just to give it a try. For practice, I mostly shoot WWB 115gr hardball through my P226. So, after 150 or so rounds of WWB, I loaded up a few mags with the Fiocchi….
And was actually kind of scared by the first shot. It’s definitely loaded a bit hot (noticable in both recoil and muzzle blast + flash), somewhat dirtier (residue in the gun and in the air), and yes, it smells funny. By “funny” I guess I would say that it smells like burned gunpowder, only quite a bit more so than other rounds (pistol or otherwise) that I’ve shot.
Good practice stuff, nice and cheap. I probably won’t buy any more of it any time soon, as the WWB is more widely available and just about the same price if you buy the big packs at Wal-Mart, but I wouldn’t discourage anyone from using it. The box that I shot didn’t have any hard primers or other problems. Oh, and it came with a nice, potentially-reusable plastic divider instead of the styrofoam that is usually used. The brass also seemed newer and shinier than my regular stuff.
February 11th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
ive shot about a hundred rounds of their 12ga stuff… odd stuff too, paper instead of plastic… kind of a fiber board type substance… but it went bang when i told it to…
as for that deal… thats 14.99 per hundred not counting shipping…
WWB is $15.72 per 100 +tax… it would probably be just as cheap to go get WWB
February 11th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Fiocchi ammo is very good stuff indeed. Over the years I’ve shot their .32, .380, 9×19, .38 Special, and .45ACP without any complaints. Bear in mind that they load their ammo just a little hotter than most; not +P, but just enough to tell.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
I’ve been shooting S&B stuff for years. CTD used to blow it out for a little under $6 a box in 9mm. I also buy a good deal of their .45ACP and 357sig as well. The prices in CTD’s retail store are historically a little better than I can find for WWB.
From time to time I do notice a little more flash; not as much as say, REM/UMC in 357sig, and the recoil seems a little more snappy. it does make great range ammo.
Regards,
Rabbit.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:07 am
I have had zero problems with the Italian made Fiocchi in 230 gr. fmj .45 ACP. The Hungarian manufactured Fiocchi has caused a few failures to feed. I believe there is no crimp in the Hungarian, and it causes problems in my Kimber.
Now the Fiocchi .22 LR Biathlon is good stuff for long range .22 shooting.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:08 am
I should have added that V has had no problems with the 9mm in her Hi Power.
February 12th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Their .223 and .45acp is fine practice ammo, their .22 ammo is very nice indeed.
February 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Danger Will Robinson!!
Sportsman’s Guide routinely lists items as “In Stock” even if they don’t have any as long as it looks to them like they will get it in within whatever they consider a “reasonable” time frame after receiving your order. That’s right, boys and girls, they will gladly accept an order for item and claim that it’s in stock when you order it knowing full well that they don’t really have any, don’t have any on the way to their warehouse, and only have a vague guesstimate from the manufacturer/distributor as to when they will be getting some in stock. In my case, I waited something like FIVE MONTHS before finally canceling my order.
They kept pushing back the delivery date. While it was sitting on backorder and they had changed the web site to show it was out of stock, they put my delivery date as within a week and changed the web site to list it as in stock. When it didn’t ship by the estimated delivery date, I called and was told that they didn’t get enough to send me mine. I pointed out that the item was still listed as being in stock, so certainly they should have enough to fill all the back orders.
That’s when they filled me in on the fact that it is standard operating procedure for them to say stuff is in stock when they have none and even have backorders for the item. I even gave them a good month or two after that before I told them where they could put my order. I canceled my membership in the buyer’s club and told them to quit sending me catalogs since I prefer dealing with companies that fill my orders when I order them instead of some day maybe.
Never even an apology. They have good prices, but I will never deal with them again.