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Offline Michigan Joe

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Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« on: October 06, 2012, 06:18:25 PM »
Just wondering. I have not.

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2012, 06:26:12 PM »
I have shot over 10,000 rounds of both brown bear silver bear and silver bear hollow  points its absolutely great ammo for the price. Brian / EFR
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Offline tekarra

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2012, 06:35:38 PM »
I have never had a failure to fire with Brown Bear, but I have had a problem with chambering with one batch.
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Offline jwc007

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2012, 08:28:22 PM »
No problems in 5.56x45mm or 7.62x39mm.  I've not used it in handgun cartridges, as yet.
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Offline Skookum

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2012, 08:48:25 PM »
So far, 20 rounds of 94-gr FMJ 9 Makarov fired with no failures of any kind.  Of course, with such a small sample and a bus token, you can buy a bus ride.
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Offline Mastodon

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2012, 08:45:51 PM »
I've never had a problem with BrBear 9x18. 
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Offline big dee

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2012, 10:03:53 PM »
haven't used brown bear but had one dud with wolf 9mm out of many thousands.
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Offline RandyP

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2012, 10:57:33 AM »
I suspect that over the decades there have been failures with every brand of ammo ever made? Including reloads.
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Offline idiotsayswhat

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2012, 12:46:01 PM »
I have not...  I've had better luck with Brown Bear than Silver Bear actually, but I think at the time, I was also experiencing issues with a defective magazine that had a rough edge where the round crosses out of the magazine and into the chamber. 

Never tried Tula or wolf for 9x18 though... 
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Offline CzechThisOut

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Re: Has anyone ever had a failure to fire with Brown Bear ammo?
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2012, 01:44:32 AM »
I used Silver Bear 9x18 when I had my Makarov. Never had any issue with either their FMJ or HP. I will say though, I have seen some testing on their HP and out of the 10 shots that were fired, only 1 expanded at all. YMMV however though.

Either way though, its all I shot in that pistol...
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