Just purchased a 20 round box of Factory .408 CT ammunition from Jamison for T&E, and I have to say I am disappointed. Received the box with minor damage due to poor padding during shipping.
I wasn't impressed when I opened the box either, as the rounds were significantly tarnished. Once I took some Nevr-Dull to the brass, the rounds were of an acceptable quality for used, but I would have expected better than that from the factory for $7 a round.
Note the difference in brass of the factory round(right) and the round I cleaned up myself(left) with a 5.56 for size comparison:
While cleaning one of the rounds, I noticed that the case neck was lipped out slightly, and upon further inspection, found that the tip of the round was dented pretty badly. this got me nervous, so I inspected all of the other rounds more closely and found something even more surprising: the case neck of another round was split in two places, and I was actually able to pull the projectile from the case with my fingers.
Note the crack down the case neck:
I was able to easily pull the projectile from the case with my fingers:
Note the dented tip and the lip on the neck of the round(difficult to see in this picture):
My best guess is that both of the unusable rounds are a result of damage during shipping, but my question is this: did I just get a lemon when I ordered these rounds, or has anyone else here experienced these problems? Also, do ya'll have better luck with the 198 round cans due to the better packaging?
I wasn't impressed when I opened the box either, as the rounds were significantly tarnished. Once I took some Nevr-Dull to the brass, the rounds were of an acceptable quality for used, but I would have expected better than that from the factory for $7 a round.
Note the difference in brass of the factory round(right) and the round I cleaned up myself(left) with a 5.56 for size comparison:
While cleaning one of the rounds, I noticed that the case neck was lipped out slightly, and upon further inspection, found that the tip of the round was dented pretty badly. this got me nervous, so I inspected all of the other rounds more closely and found something even more surprising: the case neck of another round was split in two places, and I was actually able to pull the projectile from the case with my fingers.
Note the crack down the case neck:
I was able to easily pull the projectile from the case with my fingers:
Note the dented tip and the lip on the neck of the round(difficult to see in this picture):
My best guess is that both of the unusable rounds are a result of damage during shipping, but my question is this: did I just get a lemon when I ordered these rounds, or has anyone else here experienced these problems? Also, do ya'll have better luck with the 198 round cans due to the better packaging?
