JCS271
FNG
As some of you know, I live in Grizzly country and have the occasional one wander around my house. So I carry one of my bear guns daily when I'm outside. I generally use Underwood or Buffalo Bore heavy for caliber hardcast rounds.
I had read some good reports about Lost River Ammunition Company So I placed a large order for 10 mm, 40 caliber, and 44 Magnum hardcast ammo.
I ordered the 300 grain bear load for my Smith & Wesson 4 inch 629.
A cursory examination showed that they came nicely packaged and appeared to be well made.
I didn't have a chronograph available but the recoil impulse felt appropriate for the advertised 1100 foot per second load.
After firing the first five rounds, I examined the sixth round and it showed obvious bullet creep compared to a fresh round that I put in there for comparison.
I left it in the cylinder and fired several more rounds. That round continued to creep and was soon protruding from the face of the cylinder sufficient to bind up the action.
It took significant Force to get the cylinder open. And shaved off a little bit of lead in the process.
This is completely unacceptable for a premium loaded bear round.
The crimp was completely inadequate and my $130 worth of Premium carry ammo is unsafe for anything other than range plinking.
Less than 2 hours after they were delivered I fired off an email to Lost River and it has now been 3 days with no response. That too is unacceptable.
I still have not tested the 10 mm or .40 ammo but at this point even if they work well, they'll probably be the last rounds of lost river that go through one of my firearms.
Very disappointing!
I had read some good reports about Lost River Ammunition Company So I placed a large order for 10 mm, 40 caliber, and 44 Magnum hardcast ammo.
I ordered the 300 grain bear load for my Smith & Wesson 4 inch 629.
A cursory examination showed that they came nicely packaged and appeared to be well made.
I didn't have a chronograph available but the recoil impulse felt appropriate for the advertised 1100 foot per second load.
After firing the first five rounds, I examined the sixth round and it showed obvious bullet creep compared to a fresh round that I put in there for comparison.
I left it in the cylinder and fired several more rounds. That round continued to creep and was soon protruding from the face of the cylinder sufficient to bind up the action.
It took significant Force to get the cylinder open. And shaved off a little bit of lead in the process.
This is completely unacceptable for a premium loaded bear round.
The crimp was completely inadequate and my $130 worth of Premium carry ammo is unsafe for anything other than range plinking.
Less than 2 hours after they were delivered I fired off an email to Lost River and it has now been 3 days with no response. That too is unacceptable.
I still have not tested the 10 mm or .40 ammo but at this point even if they work well, they'll probably be the last rounds of lost river that go through one of my firearms.
Very disappointing!
