r/canadaguns • u/Weak-Swordfish7370 • Jun 18 '26

Misc Strange round pulled from a box of federal premium berger

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Never seen anything like this. Sent them a email inquiring. Only noticed it after my bolt wouldn't close while reloading yesterday. Not sure how this passed by QC.

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u/AccountantLow8671 Jun 18 '26

Good reminder to inspect all your ammo!

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u/CAFirearmSociety Jun 18 '26

Seen flipped primers, pushed back bullets, dent and gouges of all kinds, but still lame when it’s expensive ammo such as this.

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u/GrayCustomKnives Jun 19 '26

I bought two boxes of .270 Winchester Deer Season XP a few years back. Worst bullet seating I have ever seen. Longest to shortest varied almost 3/16 of an inch. Some had the cannelure way above the brass edge and some were seated way down below.

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u/MRWIGGLYWIGGLES Jun 18 '26

Garbeege

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u/hafetysazard Jun 19 '26

No, you should trust them with their new 80k PSI loads.

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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 19 '26

Yeah. DON'T send it lol.

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u/Hot_Marketing2180 Jun 19 '26

A buddy of mine sent me this. I had multiple boxes of shitty terminal ascent and Berger 180s from federal. The cases were dented and almost %90 of them didn’t allow my action to close. No issue with Hornady or Barnes ammo though. For ammunition that’s $90 a box you’d think the quality would be better.

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u/grvl_pit_operator22 Jun 19 '26

Crazy that you can buy 5,000 rounds of Chinese surplus 5.56 and not get a single bad round and these companies can’t figure out quality control

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u/yoyofagbro Jun 19 '26

Email them and get a free box they'll prob give it 😉

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u/igotalizard Jun 18 '26

You're lucky that round didnt go through! That would put some gasses where they definetly should not be.

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u/NIBLZ_HAMSTR Jun 19 '26

Nice catch!!

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u/bumsaxk Jun 19 '26

I’d try and get a free box, those Berger hyrbrid hunters are fuckin wild

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u/hafetysazard Jun 19 '26

Berger bullets are incredible.

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u/Aggressive-Many997 Jun 19 '26

Email federal and get your money back, had a bunk box of power shock and a cheque is on its way for reimbursement

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u/julienjj Jun 19 '26

If it fits it yeets ? 😅

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u/VoilaVoilaWashington Jun 21 '26

I imagine they'll want the packaging as well, or whatever serials are on the box so they can ID when it was made and on what machine.

You might be getting a few free boxes of ammo.

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u/Weak-Swordfish7370 Jun 22 '26

I emailed them and im getting a whopping 20 dollars sent to me via cheque to make up for the single round defect lol. Not a great resolution but I'm not going to complain. At least they emailed me back and addressed it and offered anything. Have dealt with far worse companies who won't even respond.