Never found any Federal or Win 9mm that didn't go boom 100%, though various Federal stuff in particular can be quite anemic with the powder load. Matter of fact, Federal bulk .223 is the lowest FPS at muzzle of any brand I know, weaker than several brands of Russian steel stuff I compared.

But then again most US non-NATO loadings are weaker than they used to be period according to many folks.

- OS

 

I find most of the cheap wal-mart ammo fouls up the gun more than better grades. Doesn't bother me since I enjoy cleaning my guns but its something to keep an eye out for.

 

I find most of the cheap wal-mart ammo ...

There's really no "Wal-Mart" ammo per se. They sell the same stuff as anywhere else. Seems I remember a re-branded item or two specific to Wal-Mart like Academy does with the Monarch line, or specific round count packaging, but that's about it.

- OS

 

I wouldn't want to get shot with it.

For practice, why not? I personally like Federal and always opt for that. Never chronographed it, but it has always shot well. Can get it for $20/100rds now.

 

I've run both Federal and Winchester (although I did not buy them from Walmart) and have never had a problem.

 

I have always found that the 124 grain loads are more reliable than the 115's regardless of manufacturer. If you have the choice, pick the heavier bullet.

 

I think they carry the Winchester 9mm NATO that comes in a white box. I believe that is 124gr. That's what I usually use to break in new guns. Noticeably more "boom" - but not as much as +P.

 

MD....

I would do my best not to be on the receiving business end of ANY of the 9mm ammo sold at Walmart, Winchester, Federal, Russian or whatever. Out to about 75ft I would say it doesn't make a whole lot of difference on the 9mm stuff. At least I haven't seen a huge difference at the range. I think lethality depends more on shot placement....and luck often times (if you fired the shot, or it missed you, that is).

ymmv.

After 75ft a long gun might be a better choice anyway. At least for me.

 

I won't shoot the Tula stuff, but I've shot the PPU and Perfecta which are even cheaper than Federal or Winchester and they all have worked for me. Agreed there is no separate wal-mart line of ammo, and that there are a lot of people who just look to bag on wal-mart. Also I shoot it in 40 cal, so I can't say specifically about 9mm, but I doubt they are loading the 9mm any worse than, 38, 40, 45 etc.

 

I have shot a boat loat of ppu, and like it a lot :thumb:

And i recently shot 200 rounds of tula 45 steel case out of my xds just to see if it was as bad as everybody says ... every round went bang but some did to seem a lot hotter then others, some almost seed like +p they did make my gun filthy :thumb:with a almost with a white sticky film but no failure to fire or feed

To the OP... I have never had issue with the federal value packs, some of the brass seems kinda dirty compaired to premium ammo

The white box winchester seems kinda dirty some times but never had FTF out of them

Just my experience

 

I use Tula when plinking in the snow.

I get a 100cnt box of Federal every time I'm in Walmart and it's in stock.

 

No Problemo from Texas shooting it in my guns. I'd sure hate to get shot with some of it.

Jungle Work

 

I have been using the Federal Aluminum in 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP and love it. I like it better than either the Winchester or Federal Brass. It has been very accurate. I had been using the Tula mostly but like this better. (all from Wally World)

 

I've shot a good amount of Winchester White Box in 9mm from Wal-Mart and never had a problem. Ammo manufacturers aren't going to cut to many corners to sell it to Wal-Mart for a cheaper price IMO due to liability issues.

 

I have shot most the stuff in 9mm from WM. Only issue is with wwb because the rim is a little bit smaller diameter causing extraction issues on 1 gun.

 

Thanks for all the replies,guys.
To clarify the OP:
-Yes, I realize Wal-mart doesn't make their own ammo. As some posters observed, I'm just referring to the stuff that's sold there.
-Yes, I'm referring to the brass cased stuff, not the alumnum Federal, which I've shot a few times, and like just fine.
-Yes, I was already aware that it wouldn't be good to be on the "buisness recieving end" of ANY of them.
-I don't know where Billwilla is buying his ammo, but around here, PPU is always noticably more expensive than Fed Champion and WWB, or I'd be happily scarfing up that stuff instead (or Blazer Brass, or Speer Lawman, if they ever had them).
Anyway, I'm primarilly asking about overall quality of the brass-cased Fed and Winny stuff: consistency,reliability, QC issues, as I've been reading about some recent issues with both. Supposedly, the Federal Champion stuff has thinner case walls, and I've read several times that there was/is a manufacturer warning on some of it saying it wasn't suitable for law enforcement use because of this, and have even seen this warning photographed and posted a few times (I just checked a box, and there was no mention of this, though.)
Also, I was in our biggest LGS yesterday, and they had a good bit of Federal that was in a plain white box. It didn't say "Champion" anywhere on the box, so I assume it's somehow different than the wal-mart stuff, but it was priced the same ($14.99). Anyone know if this is identical or not?

 

I'm pretty certain that the 50rnd boxes of 9mm PPU at my local WM are $12.97.


If the white box Federal stuff was Range, Target, Practice labeled it is the same stuff.
The white box may cost a couple cents less to use so Federal can sell it a couple cents cheaper to the wholesalers.
Sometimes manufacturers will label their goods a bit differently for certain applications.
In this case, the white box Federal may only supposed to be sold to independent dealers and not chain stores.
This way the independents have something that cannot be directly compared to the large chain stores.

Just my theory based on my time in retail.

 

Ill shoot Tula ammo when its cheap. At my walmart its over 11 a box after taxes though so I still wait for a good deal for brass ammo to come up online and I order in bulk when free shipping is possible. The only shells I buy from walmart are the 100 round boxes of federal target 12 gauge shells.

 

I've shot "Walmart" FMJ Remington and Winchester almost 100% of the time for range practice since I've been "into guns."


...zero problems

 

All I shoot on the range is win and federal, they work 100% of the time. They both get my firearms a bit dirtier then other brands but I love sharing intimate moments with my guns and cleaning them. :

 

I buy the 100 pack Winchester and out of the 1000's of rounds I have only had one failure to fire.

 

My primary practice rounds are those. They work great.

 

Well don't care if you don't believe it, there are people that still don't believe wal-mart has a bulk foods aisle with prepper foods and all. I haven't seen the PPU here in about a year but it was usually around a buck cheaper for a box of 50 compared to the winchester stuff. Now maybe if you are comparing it to FMJ winchester it was about the same price, maybe a few cents more a box but that's it. But if you want to compare the cost of FMJ vs JHP as though they should be the same then I am sure someone else will be happy to compare apples & oranges with you.

 

Well don't care if you don't believe it....

I wasn't breaking your balls, man, just saying it's always a good bit more expensive that the others whenever I've seen it, and wondering where it is you're seeing those prices.

 

All of the Winchester White Box 9mm FMJ I have bought at Walmart I never had any issues with. Some Winchester White Box
.40S&W that I bought from Walmart I did have a few FTF but I am 90% sure that was a bad magazine and not the ammo.

Never had any issues with Win White Box 7.62X39mm, Winchester PDX-1 +P 9mm, or Remington .22LR I have bought from Walmart.

 

Bought and shot Winchester, Federal and PPU at Wal-Mart and never had a FTF or FTE with any of them. Are they probably dirtier than "premium" brands? Yes. But, I expect my guns to become dirty after shooting. I currently do not reload so I'm not concerned about case thickness as long as it doesn't split in my firearm on the first firing. If I did reload the case thickness might play more into my purchasing decision.

The bottom line for me is this; cheap, reliable and dirty ammo allows me to practice more spending the same amount of money while getting desirable results and doing the same cleaning I would do regardless of rounds fired.