AR general question

[retired]

I just received my new rifle kit last night (barrel, stock, LPK, upper receiver). Enclosed within the packing papers, was a small red card that stated if certain types of ammo were used, it would void the warranty.

Wolf, Norinco, reloads, lacquered, or steel cased ammo was listed.

Have those of you who have purchased ARs directly from a company received similar notices and does that mean you are restricted to using brass cased ammo or match ammo only.

This was never mentioned during any of my conversations with the company (Del-ton) since I ordered it in Feb. I only intend this weapon for shooting at targets at the range, no competition and it sounds like this is going to be an expensive venture for me.

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

[tango5]

Never heard of something like that. I wouldnt worry about it. There are a few AR's out there that are picky about what ammo it eats, most everyone else will say they can shoot any brand of ammo. My AR eats up what ever i feed her.

[fuegoslow]

I don't think there should be a problem. Reloads are always at your own risk because some loads might be "hot", which means the powder charge may not be as consistant as factory loads. I know that lacquered rounds can gum up your barrel from the extensive shooting. The heat from the barrel can melt the lacquer. Other than that I wouldn't know of problems from the other types of ammo. As long as you clean it after every range trip, you should be good to go.

[retired]

Thanks for the info.

[Hayashi Killian]

Reloaded ammo is almost universally banned by warranties due to issues. If some putz loads ammo too hot, they'll damage the barrel and the weaponmaker won't want to fix it because the guy's an idiot.

[SCMA-1]

I can't imagine why they would include Norinco 223 on that list; none have been imported since Clinton banned Chinese imports of arms and ammo back in the 90's. Additionally, Norinco 223 was brass cased/boxer primed with traditional copper jacketed lead cored projectiles. The primers however were mildly corrosive but the rounds shoot just fine through AR's. I literally shot tens of thousands of round of Norinco 223 through my AR's with never an issue.

SCMA-1

[Plisk]

This is what happens when you use too-hot reloads. Not my gun, but it came into the shop a few weeks ago. If this happened to your gun because of reloads, do you think the manufacturer would cover it?

The ammo was Ammo Bros reloads btw.

[drewg13]

I think they're just trying to cover their ***. But the companies listed are sort of bottom of the barrel. Most seem to not have problems with them. I personally stick to more main stream brands like PMC, Federal, etc. They are not much more expensive.

[technique]

They won't fix any problem caused by bad reloads you loaded...thats basically what they are getting at. If you have a KB with reloads...they already warned you.

For the steel cased ammo warning, they know as we all know, steel is a biotch on extractors and what not...they won't replace those parts because chances are they will wear faster using steel ammo....they just don't wanna shell out the $$$$ for everyones parts.

[Jesse996r]

This is what happens when you use too-hot reloads. Not my gun, but it came into the shop a few weeks ago. If this happened to your gun because of reloads, do you think the manufacturer would cover it?

The ammo was Ammo Bros reloads btw.

What did ammo bros have to say about the bad reload? I thought that they back thier ammo.

[mlatino]

This is what happens when you use too-hot reloads. Not my gun, but it came into the shop a few weeks ago. If this happened to your gun because of reloads, do you think the manufacturer would cover it?

The ammo was Ammo Bros reloads btw.

Nice upper! I'll take it!


..OUCH

[retired]

I've used Ammo Bros. reloads in a couple of my 9mm pistols and two of my S&W revolvers and so far, have not had any problems. I'm guessing the AR is a bit more finicky right.

BTW, I don't reload and probably never would, so that aspect will never enter the picture. lol

[Plisk]

What did ammo bros have to say about the bad reload? I thought that they back thier ammo.

I don't know whats happened between the rifle's owner and Ammo bros. If I hear any updates, I'll post it.

[Jesse996r]

I don't know whats happened between the rifle's owner and Ammo bros. If I hear any updates, I'll post it.

Cool, I would like to see how they would handle this....

[McCrown]

I got a Del-Ton kit about 2 months ago and never saw any kind of warning about ammo and such. So far I haven't used any wolf out of it yet, but Norinco ran fine.