Remington UMC .40

[Bassin'ForLife]

Went and got a 250 rd. value pack at Bass Pro, and went to the range today. It seems to have a snappier recoil than most commercial .40 FMJ rounds, but there are a lot of sparks. I mean A LOT. After the 3rd on I took the handgun back apart to make sure I didn't have lead stuck in the barrel or something. It shot just fine, in fact one of my better pistol groupings I've ever fired. I was just curious if anyone had run into something similar with other UMC ammo.

 

[LightningCrash]

The UMC 10mm FP TMJ is weak sauce.

 

[criticalbass]

The UMC 10mm FP TMJ is weak sauce.

Same for the 9mm UMC I have fired.

 

[Spooln-Rex]

yea i had a couple umc 9mm rounds that didnt want to feed properly through my glock. Let alone they had to a tendency to string quite a bit and seemed pretty weak on the powder charge. My favorite stuff i have found so far is the cheapy federal 9mm at walmart. like $9.50 a box you cant beat it. I have fired a bunch of that stuff through the glock i had and now my M&P's with no issues and they group decent as well.

 

[mspaeth53]

Be carefull, I had a squib shoot out of a UMC pack.

 

[Bassin'ForLife]

Yeah, these actually seem to be the reverse of what everyone is saying, these rounds seem to have more recoil than WWB, Blazer or Wolf, and I would say equate about to my Winchester JHP's for power(or so it feels). Dunno though, the sparks kinda weirded me out and I think I'm just gonna shelve the ammo til the zombies come.

 

[Danny]

Based on what other have said, I'd be checking cases for signs of excessive pressure!