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Like Blue Ribbon Pabst and Jim Beam I'm old school. Federal Blue Box first and Remington Core Lokt a distant second.
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I have found Federal, both blue box and premium, to be the most accurate of factory ammunition. It also chronographs much closer to published velocities than the others. This.
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When i am testing any newly acquired rifle I almost always try the Federal blue box cheap stuff fist. It has been accurate out of more rifles than any other non premium ammo. My experience mirrors yours.
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When i am testing any newly acquired rifle I almost always try the Federal blue box cheap stuff fist. It has been accurate out of more rifles than any other non premium ammo. My experience mirrors yours. It seems a lot of my handloads, nowadays, are housed inside of Federal brass which came courtesy of blue box ammo.
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It seems a lot of my handloads, nowadays, are housed inside of Federal brass which came courtesy of blue box ammo. Are you experiencing enlarged primer pockets in Federal cases that some have?
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It seems a lot of my handloads, nowadays, are housed inside of Federal brass which came courtesy of blue box ammo. Are you experiencing enlarged primer pockets in Federal cases that some have? I have on a couple of rounds here and there; but, not too many.
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Wow, some of you know a lot about factory ammo. I shoot almost none of it, so I'll just have to accept what I'm reading.
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Federal most but i have almost as many Nosler with several boxes of Hornady thrown in for good measure. hmmmmm kinda sounds like a recipe huh??? course it could be my affinity for Nosler bullets as why i have so many boxes of Nosler brand ammo.
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Nosler Trophy, then Federal.
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I typically buy factory ammo on sale some for the brass. My 270 gets Winchester brass so I buy 150 grain Power Points the rest have been wearing federal for a while, especially my 308. Factory ammo stores well also.
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