Reman ammo for competitive use?

[chgofirefighter]

I normally compete in USPSA and other shooting sports but the consensus of reman ammo is mixed so I decided to post an inquiry about reloads/remans ammo for competitive use. The shooters that I shoot with only prefer new brass or brand name ammo, etc. They recommend for me to ONLY use unfired brass because fired brass may contribute to the bullet or better-said projectile being less accurate than newer unfired brass/ammo. Not sure how accurate this is but I would like to hear some opinions on the matter?

New ammo gets pricey especially buying approx. every weeks 1k or sometimes 2k so I'm exploring my options on reasonably priced ammo in 124g for PCC platform and pistol. I have come to find reasonably priced ammo on ammo seek and other online ammo vendors but most of the ammo being sold is reman ammo. Lastly, if reman is ok to be used who are the best reman ammo vendors out there? I looked into bulkammostore and their polymaxx ammo which they said it was perfect to be used in competition but I need some guidance. I like the fact that it helps to keep your weapon clean too but their ammo is quite smokey and not clean. I used to purchase ammo at $137 for 1k but they were remans and I used it exclusively for training but for competition I use new ammo, wondering if remans is ok to be used as well?

Thanks in advance

 

[stork]

I can't speak to ammo used for USPSA, but I shoot a lot of competitive Bullseye-from local to the National matches at Camp Perry. 90-95% of the shooters are using their own handloads. The vast majority of those, including myself, are using many times fires cases. They have a small point of the accuracy of virgin brass. It will give you about 1/4" better groups @ 50 yards, but only if your pistol is capable of it. I'm referring to a handgun capable of 2" or less @ 50 yards. I have found sorting my brass by headstamp & flash hole diameter gives me as good or better results.

I own my own Ransom Rest & have tested hundreds of groups of ammo with multiple Bullseye 1911's.

 

[Rsadams]

I have reloaded thousands of pistol rounds and once I found the load I wanted the accuracy just got better... Depends on how much your shooting , but a Dillion square deal in one caliber can be had fairly cheap.. Comes setup for that caliber , pretty much ready to start loading.. From there you can step up to their higher end presses if you like...They shoot that were I am and I don't think anyone who has the ability to reload shoots anything but their own... Most shoot the brass till the neck splits , I don't , but it doesn't seem to effect them...

Being able to tailor your load to the gun and your style is to me , a huge benefit... Some of the Dillon presses are capable of 500 to 800 rounds an hour, so it's not like you even have to spend all night loading for a match compared to a single stage press like a rock crusher which I still use... Not to mention when ammo dries up or goes sky high like a few years ago , you still have ammo while others are searching and paying crazy prices... Totally worth it for those reasons alone.... If you take the plunge do it before there's a shortage and stock up now.. Primers , powder etc stays good for a very long time stored indoors...

 

[Jacob.A]

I wouldn't touch reman with a ten foot pole, but that's more because the manufacturers almost universally have very poor quality control and have a reputation for unreliable, underpowered, or dangerous ammo - and I've seen plenty of it in person too. In theory there's nothing wrong with it, it should be no worse than handloads with used brass, I just don't trust the manufacturers to do it right.

 

[Milo 2.0]

I wouldn't touch reman with a ten foot pole, but that's more because the manufacturers almost universally have very poor quality control and have a reputation for unreliable, underpowered, or dangerous ammo - and I've seen plenty of it in person too. In theory there's nothing wrong with it, it should be no worse than handloads with used brass, I just don't trust the manufacturers to do it right.

To make and sell reman, you need a Class 6 Lic, most likely some insurance, a lot of insurance. You cannot compare some guy selling a few thousand rds cranked off a Dillon 550 and peddling at gun shows like in the past to guys running business's that sell a million rds a month of reman. Look at their equipment lists, many super 1050's with drives, roll sizers, size of their brass cleaning equipment.
You wont be in business long selling unreliable, or dangerous ammo, that's a fact. As for underpowered, a fine line here too, most competitors want ammo to just make power factor, so the guy either has 2 lines of ammo, or one size feeds in all guns. At some point underpowered now becomes unreliable, and make no mistake, reman will have a brighter spotlight shined on it than factory new.
If you are a competitive shooter who does not reload, reman could be a godsend. It's up to you to test some, find one that works, or talk them into tailoring a load for your application< going to be more money though unless there is more buy in.
Bottom line is, you sell garbage, you wont sell much or for very long.

 

[Milo 2.0]

I normally compete in USPSA and other shooting sports but the consensus of reman ammo is mixed so I decided to post an inquiry about reloads/remans ammo for competitive use. The shooters that I shoot with only prefer new brass or brand name ammo, etc. They recommend for me to ONLY use unfired brass because fired brass may contribute to the bullet or better-said projectile being less accurate than newer unfired brass/ammo. Not sure how accurate this is but I would like to hear some opinions on the matter?

New ammo gets pricey especially buying approx. every weeks 1k or sometimes 2k so I'm exploring my options on reasonably priced ammo in 124g for PCC platform and pistol. I have come to find reasonably priced ammo on ammo seek and other online ammo vendors but most of the ammo being sold is reman ammo. Lastly, if reman is ok to be used who are the best reman ammo vendors out there? I looked into bulkammostore and their polymaxx ammo which they said it was perfect to be used in competition but I need some guidance. I like the fact that it helps to keep your weapon clean too but their ammo is quite smokey and not clean. I used to purchase ammo at $137 for 1k but they were remans and I used it exclusively for training but for competition I use new ammo, wondering if remans is ok to be used as well?

Thanks in advance

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It's an ammo buyers market for 223 and pistol ammo and will be for awhile. You're not going to get a buy on .380, .357sig, or 10mm ammo, but we haven't seen these prices on 9mm and 45 acp in years.