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I found myself in need of replenishing my supply of .357 ammunition so I decided to try some of the Remington bulk packed ammo from Wal-Mart, 125gr. JHP's product number L357M1B. Upon firing It seemed as though some rounds had more recoil than others, a friend also said the sound level seemed inconsistent. I set up my Chrono and within just one cylinder load, found velocities to vary as much as 125fps! I assume this is the reason my groups were much bigger than usual. I opened the second box, this from a different lot, the same problem occured, was actually worse! If this is common with Remington ammunition, I have no idea but at better than $40 per 100, I seriously doubt I'll do any more R&D with Remington bulk packed ammunition. I'm fortunate that I only bought 200 rounds of this, I had planned on buying several boxes for future use. Since all ammunition sales are final-no refunds or exchanges, I'd have wasted a bit of cash. Looks like I'm going to end up paying about $40 per fifty rounds just to get some quality loads. Stocking ammunition in any quantity is getting very expensive!

 

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Though I didn't record case weight variations, across ten I weighed, the variations were no worse than Winchester or Federal. I can only guess either variations in powder charge weight, bad powder or primers caused my chrono to show this wild variation in velocity. Keegan1696, I've yet to have any problems with the WW stuff. Guess my time is coming!