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Hello
I bought a 100rd box of Remington 9mm umc. One of the rounds is noticeably shorter in length. Anybody ever get this. Am I alright using this?
Thanks and have a Merry Christmas.
JB
You call him Doctor Jones, lady!
Factory rounds can have problems. NEVER shoot a damaged or out-of-spec round. In my years of shooting, these are the types of problems I've seen and I've listed the reasons why I chose not to shoot the round (most of the reasons only require an IQ of about 10) - even if there was a 0.000001% chance of damage to the firearm, injury or death - and I will repeat these words over and over and over below:
1) Dented, damaged or heavily corroded casing: this causes "weak spots". The round can fail to load, and/or rupture upon firing causing damage to firearm, injury or death.
2) Improperly seated bullet, both over and under spec: The round may fail to load properly. Gas pressure may vary outside of spec, with risk of damage to the firearm, injury or death.
3) Too much Powder: risk of damage to firearm, injury or death.
4) Too little powder: bullet may get 'stuck' in barrel. Experienced shooters may "hear" or "feel" the symptoms, but firing a second round will damage the firearm, and likely injure or kill the operator.
5) Damaged bullet: likely to fail to load. Extra friction in the barrel may cause over-pressure resulting in damage to firearm, and risk of injury or death to operator.
6) Improperly seated, or missing primer. Backwards primers can damage the firearm or cause injury. Death unlikely, but not necessarily impossible. Sideways primers can still ignite the powder, which will cause hot, high-pressure gas to release from the rear of the casing causing damage to the firearm, and possibly injure or kill the operator. A missing primer does not necessarily mean the round will not fire. Push a round into a hot enough chamber, and you have a "cook off".
7) Wrong type of ammunition mixed in with proper ammunition. Likely fail to load, but if the round is able to chamber and the primer is struck, high chance of damage to firearm, injury or death.
My personal experiences, all of which were entirely accidental: We had a 7.62 round fail in an SKS and leave a bullet in the barrel. Didn't sound right. My dad was fractions of a second from firing a second shot, when I screamed at him to cease fire. Probably saved his life. I overloaded some 223 rounds and was blowing primers out of the cases. Ended up jamming the rifle so bad that we needed a press to dislodge the bolt carrier. I used a dented 22LR in an Uzi SMG (Reg Rec) and it went off with the round not fully seated in the chamber. A little piece of brass flew out the side of the gun and embedded itself in the wall of my lane divider and we needed a cleaning rod and a hammer to get the bullet out of the barrel.
My Christmas present to all NES members and anyone else reading this is the gift of information. If there were even a 10% chance you'd die to lean over and pick up a dollar bill off the ground, I bet you wouldn't do it. Why risk your life to save a buck on a bad round???
The likelihood of death from a squib or otherwise defective round is a bit overstated here.
Kind of like the power-trippy gun store owners, clerks and other fuds with their "point all gun barrels in a safe direction" speeches even when it's quite literally just a spare-part barrel, which is not capable of chambering and firing a round (at which point it's no more 'dangerous' than a section of copper plumbing pipe). I whole-heartedly agree to over-the-top safety rules with a functioning firearm, btw. The world is a stress place. Some will vent at anything that moves...The likelihood of death from a squib or otherwise defective round is a bit overstated here.
Happened to me same brand but had about half the box look like that. Called Remington and they sent me a check for the unused ammo.
Pics or it didn't happen. Also, put it in a Glock. They never explode!