So the wife takes her renewal class this weekend and she packs up her EMP and a box of factory fresh 9mm federal ammo and off she goes.
She gets to the class and they instead say they provide the ammo to insure no one is sneaking in relaods(I guess that is a concern).
3 rounds into the range fire the EMP jams. Unfired round is stuck about 7/8's of the way in. I get the call from her and the range in full panic, the EMP has run 100% since she bought new back in 2006. I calm her and tell her it must be the ammo, I'll be right there, don't have anyone touch it.
I get there and the range klutz has the round out, he used a rubber mallet to bump the slide back and then a wood dowel to knock the round out, much to my wife's protest that they should leave it.
I get the round in my hands and clearly can see a bulge on the round near the base. I ask what the heck ammo is this and they show me a plain white box with a cheezy 10x sticker on it and right on it it says re-manufactured. I chewed them out a bit for providing the crap and also for messing with her gun.
I did a quick disassembly of the EMP, checked the barrel and slide and frame, everything is fine. Loaded 5 rounds of federal new ammo and it runs 100%. Got home with the round in question it did not fit in my Dillion case gage so I tried in the Glock 34 chamber, S&W 929 cylinders,and CZ75 chamber, no go on all of them.
Steer clear of this crap ammo.
As a group we can be pretty harsh on reloader that are making ammo for themselves, but for a company to turn out crap like this is totally unacceptable and for this to be used in a carry class is really disappointing. On the plus side the wife said the instructor that did the class portion was excellent, very informative, up to date and engaging.