New shooter with ammo issues?

[Heckhole]

I'm a new shooter and have been borrowing friends 9mm's to get a feel and find what is most comfortable to me.

I grabbed a 50rd box of Armco 9mm; was firing a SW9VE and every few rounds would jam. My buddy handed me a handful of winchester 9mm and the gun fired flawlessly.

Is this typical of Armco stuff? The box looked to be in good shape, not like it's sat around for a while - etc. Was it something I did with storage? Could it just have been a bad batch? Is there anything to visually look for?

 

[bfm]

Not familiar with that brand at all.

Some firearms just do not like some ammo. That is why they always recomend running a few hundred rounds of your carry SD ammo through a gun before carrying it.

That said, some ammo is just not as good as others and will cause more problems in more firearms.

Edit: Found this, scroll down to post 27

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/firearms/137020-armco-underfolder-ak47-3.html

 

[IPSC_DRL]

Also see this thread. http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/general-discussion/195386-arnco-boylston-ma.html

If it truly is ARMCO labeled stuff then it HAS been sitting around for many years. I still have a few boxes of ARMCO branded 7.63x39 from the case I bought to go with the ARMCO branded SKS purchased many years ago. They were an importer, not a manufacturer.

 

[01SVTvert]

Wow, 1990s Chinese ammo... Try some good stuff and see what happens.