TulAmmo Brass Maxx 8% FTE rate from SR9

[GooseManCometh]

Last weekend there seemed to be a plethora of BrassMaxx ammo available at “The ‘Mart” across MA and of course because of the price I had to grab some. I am referring to the 100rd packages of 115gr 9mm made in Bosnia/Herzegovina. I was at the range this morning with my SR9 and over 200 fired rounds I had an 8% (16/200) FTE rate and a 3% (6/200) FTFeed rate. Over the last 900 rounds previous to today (no BrassMaxx fired) I’ve had ZERO FTE and a single FTF.

In fact, today I fired other ammo and had zero issues. The progression went as follows:
30rds Remington 115gr luger (zero issues)
50rds BrassMaxx 115gr (5 FTE, 1 FTFeed)
50rds PMC Bronze 115gr (zero issues)
150 BrassMaxx 115gr (11 FTE, 5 FTFeed)
Even though the price is great for this ammo (less than $0.25 a round) I don’t think I can bring myself to buy this ammo anymore. Anyone else had this issue?

(In before I’ll take any you have left off your hands)

 

[josh2600]

Went through a few hundred without a hitch.

 

[Skeeter]

Although TulAmmo is generally regarded as cheap that seems like a lot of malfunctions to me. Are you "breaking in" a new gun? Maybe you just got a bad batch?

 

[DW357]

Just shot 100 through my Ruger P89 today and had no issues at all.

 

[GooseManCometh]

Although TulAmmo is generally regarded as cheap that seems like a lot of malfunctions to me. Are you "breaking in" a new gun? Maybe you just got a bad batch?

No, this is a seasoned firearm. Bought it used from another NES'er, he never had an issue with it and neither have I. Maybe this SR9 is super sensitive to Brass Maxx? I don't know. It was a rough range day.

On the bright side, on the rare full magazine that I had no issues, it seemed to be as accurate as I could hope

 

[Apcsox]

my wife's SR9 hates the cheap shit with a passion

 

[Skeeter]

It certainly could just be the ammo then. It's priced cheap for a reason. If better ammo runs through the gun without problems I wouldn't worry about it. We all want the gun that will "eat anything" but it's not always the case.

 

[Rotaryrocket]

My sr9c eats Everything. Clean strike channel really well. They are very dirty from factory

 

[mikelawtown]

Same here, SR9C Never has a failure, well did once with AE 115 gr. But last trip i brought 50rds of BrassMaxx, 50 fiocchi, 50 stell cased Tula, and 50rds of federal. no probs

 

[redram]

Have gone through 400rds not one issue in my M&P 9.

 

[Fattman]

No issues w brassmax 9 in my sr9c. I'll buy what u have left and tell u how they go. U have another 9 gun to test?

 

[ToddDubya]

Clean strike channel really well. They are very dirty from factory

... and leave it dry.

 

[Mr_Irritating]

Quite possibly crap ammunition. Though, I would still like to stress the value of photographs in a situation like this.

 

[jmikk85]

I always get failure to fire with my M&P9 with that crap, but my p226 does fine. Hard primers?

 

[Cluster F]

so far aside from my carry ammo through it i have put 300rds through my shield of the tula 9mm steel cased with no problems

 

[AmmoSapien]

Never had any issues with Brass Max through my G26.

 

[GooseManCometh]

I'll add that I've fired 150 TulAmmo steel case through this SR9 and haven't had any issues

 

[gvd0006]

I've ran over 1000 rounds through my FN fns9 and fnx9 and another 300ish through my sig p938 with out a hiccup.

If I had a gun that couldn't shoot cheap ammo, I would ditch it.

 

[radioman]

I buy a half case of this stuff on a regular basis(500rds) and the wife and I hit the range and go through all of it. SR9, S&WMP9, Beretta 92's,etc... never ever a bad round. I've heard many people complain about this stuff but I've never seen it from my house.

 

[Glockfan71]

Is this the ammo? If so, no wonder 100 rounds was 17.97 lol

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[SIGPRO 226]

I've had no issues with brassmax 9mm or 223 its good cheap ammo