All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

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All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by KYgundude » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:12 pm

Well, new to me. What are folks thoughts? Do you trust them? Any that aren't actually new and have good reps? These are all the cheapest ammo brands. I have not tried any of it and not sure if I want to.

Sterling
Insurgent
Medef
ZSR
MKE
Defender
TX Ammo
Freedom Munitions
Bullets First
American Munitions
Igman
SDI
LAX Ammunition
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Re: All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by Livewire » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:15 pm

I’ve had good luck with freedom munitions but I think they had some quality control issues in the past.

I also think they’re connected to LAX ammo now.

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Re: All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by Toddstang » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:25 pm

A few of them have been producing ammo for a while but there are some you listed that I have never heard of.

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Re: All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by KYgundude » Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:45 pm

Toddstang wrote:
Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:25 pm
A few of them have been producing ammo for a while but there are some you listed that I have never heard of.
These are all the brands that come up on Ammoseek search as the cheapest per round. Gotta scroll a ways on many calibers before I see a brand I even know.

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Re: All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by plumber_bob » Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:35 am

I've been buying Sterling in 12ga 00 buck for a bit now and it seems to be good stuff.

Freedom Munitions has been good to me as well.
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Re: All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by iron369 » Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:04 am

I’ve used freedom a lot before I started rolling my own. I still (might) have many boxes of 45acp from them because I shot 45acp the most before the boating accident.
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Post by WLJ » Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:14 am

Sterling I think I've heard of, don't know if they're related to the old British Sterling Arms Co. Edit: Looked them up, Turkish
MKE is Turkish.
So is ZSR
Freedom is remanufactured ammo. Some people swear by it others curse it.
Igman is Bosnian and I know they manufacturer ammo for NATO
SDI is Indian
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Re: All these new brands of ammo popping up in search engines

Post by plumber_bob » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:55 am

Freedom Munitions is where I bought 50 rounds of 50 BMG a few years ago.

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