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kraigster414 · 06-24-2005, 08:15 PM

Very infrequent but it has happened, I'll pull the trigger on a live round and it's a dud. Seems to happen with the Remington UMC (green and white box) Value Paks sold at WalMart and other places. My question is it a faulty cartridge or could there be a problem with my XD40? As I said, it not a common occurance - maybe one out of a 100 rounds - but it does have me a lttle concerned. If I try firing the same round a second time (eject and reload), it goes bang.

Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

XD BACKUP GUN · 06-24-2005, 08:40 PM

I have had the same problem with UMC Remington .223...the 250 round value packs.
Do not know what causes it

shaner · 06-24-2005, 08:55 PM

i was havin this problem last summer with the UMC brand , a saved all my bad rounds ,so when the remington rep was atthe local store doin his big remington promo last winter i took them to him and ask about it , he gave me a service 800 number to call , thye told me send them in for testing, well 2 eeks later the mail man brings a coupon for 25 bucks off any rem ammo purchase the test results were in there too , seems they have a mix problem with the primers and they arent sure why ,

kraigster414 · 06-24-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shaner

i was havin this problem last summer with the UMC brand , a saved all my bad rounds ,so when the remington rep was atthe local store doin his big remington promo last winter i took them to him and ask about it , he gave me a service 800 number to call , thye told me send them in for testing, well 2 eeks later the mail man brings a coupon for 25 bucks off any rem ammo purchase the test results were in there too , seems they have a mix problem with the primers and they arent sure why ,

Thanks. Better it be the ammo than the gun. I have more reliable ammo for carry.

KoG · 06-24-2005, 09:48 PM

I used to get Remmington .22 ammo, but stopped after i started getting massive amounts of duds.

06-24-2005, 08:15 PM	#1
kraigster414 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upper Himalayas Posts: 1,447	Light primer strike or bad ammo? Very infrequent but it has happened, I'll pull the trigger on a live round and it's a dud. Seems to happen with the Remington UMC (green and white box) Value Paks sold at WalMart and other places. My question is it a faulty cartridge or could there be a problem with my XD40? As I said, it not a common occurance - maybe one out of a 100 rounds - but it does have me a lttle concerned. If I try firing the same round a second time (eject and reload), it goes bang. Any thoughts on this? Thanks. __________________ "Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." - George Burns

06-24-2005, 08:40 PM	#2
XD BACKUP GUN XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oak Grove,MN Posts: 1,720	I have had the same problem with UMC Remington .223...the 250 round value packs. Do not know what causes it __________________ I carry 2 sometimes 3 guns....why not 4....that would be ostentatious. The person who carries more than 1 gun is not paranoid but prepared.

06-24-2005, 09:48 PM	#5
KoG XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 279	I used to get Remmington .22 ammo, but stopped after i started getting massive amounts of duds. __________________ Where are you taking me and why am I in this handbasket?

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06-24-2005, 08:55 PM	#3
shaner XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: freddieville ohio Posts: 1,633	i was havin this problem last summer with the UMC brand , a saved all my bad rounds ,so when the remington rep was atthe local store doin his big remington promo last winter i took them to him and ask about it , he gave me a service 800 number to call , thye told me send them in for testing, well 2 eeks later the mail man brings a coupon for 25 bucks off any rem ammo purchase the test results were in there too , seems they have a mix problem with the primers and they arent sure why ,