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I bought a box of aluminum case 9mm 115 grain ammo at Wally World. Haven't shoot it yet. Any one on here shot any of it? I bought 2 boxes of the Academy Sports Monarch steel case 9mm. JUNK! I had several FTF. I won't buy any of crap again. Thanks, gearyr

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What firearm were you shooting the steel case from? If I'm not mistaken Academy branded ammo is actually Barnual, and generally good quality for what it is.

I haven't shot Federal aluminum, but I've shot a ton of Blazer aluminum back when I could get it for $8/50. Never had a problem...but then again I've never had a problem with steel case either Edited by KKing
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Thanks for the heads up on the aluminum case ammo (and where to purchase) ,saw a few empties in 45 @ the range & wondered ? Haven't seen any since the early 90's and marveled that maybe aluminum 22 would show up before too long.. I've still got a few 50 count boxes of steel cased Russian Junior brand greasy 22's waiting for the day that ?

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The Federal Aluminum 9mm seems to work just as well as the Federal/Blazer brass for the couple of boxes I've used, however it does look like the case mouths were not expanded enough when the bullets were seated...there is a noticeable bulge on many of them.

 

Also I could only get 16 rounds into a Mec-Gar 17 round S&W 5900 magazine but 17 rounds of brass would load.  Maybe it had to do with those bulges or maybe the aluminum case is a hair thicker.

 

Either way, at the same price as Russian steel-cased it's a good choice.

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I tried to shoot the Monarch steel case out of my Taurus PT111 G2. It wasn't the pistol. Had 4 to 6 out of 100 rounds that did not go off. The rest did fire. I had a similar experience with Wolf steel case ammo. It was 45 ACP out of my Ruger P90. So I will not buy any more steel case pistol ammo. Thanks, gearyr

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I tried to shoot the Monarch steel case out of my Taurus PT111 G2. It wasn't the pistol. Had 4 to 6 out of 100 rounds that did not go off. The rest did fire. I had a similar experience with Wolf steel case ammo. It was 45 ACP out of my Ruger P90. So I will not buy any more steel case pistol ammo. Thanks, gearyr


Really? My P90 would eat anything I fed it, strange to hear that one.
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