Confused about Federal Champion Ammo.

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NetTech_G23

Discussion Starter · Nov 2, 2010

Hello everyone.

I recently bought some Federal Champion Ammo. It's 40 S&W 180gr FMJ FN. I didn't realize until I bought it and got home that on the box it says "Do not use in firearms with ported barrels or ported recoil compensators". I have a G23C.

My confusion is that I bought the same ammo from wal-mart that does not have this warning. As far as I can tell, there is absolutely no difference between the ammo. The two boxes are exactly the same except for the warning.

Has anyone else ran into this problem before? Should I just sell the ammo with the warning label since I can't return them or should I try shooting them anyway?

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__jb

· #5 · Nov 3, 2010

I think the Federal Champion Ammo uses plated jacket bullets... Maybe they are afraid that the plating will come off in the slots...

Or maybe they are afraid that the low powered ammo just isn't powerful enough to fire in a compensated gun...

Welcome to the Glock.pro forums, NetTech_G23...

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· #8 · Nov 3, 2010

Let us know what they say...

I have shot many boxes of the Federal WM ammo, but I don't have any compensated guns...

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· #17 · Apr 2, 2013

epat said:
jb is so smart

I'm not sure that's true, but thanks...

Haven't seen you around for a while... Nice to see you posting again...

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· #20 · Apr 2, 2013

Flyndrgn said:
I'm just getting into semi-autos and have some dumb questions. Is there an area in here that describes what certain terms means? like ported vs no ported barrels and the like?

We don't really have a glossary, but it's a good idea... But don't ever worry about asking questions... Glock.pro would be a very quiet place if no one asked any questions...

By the way, haysmclean was spot on in his explanation of ported barrels... Most of the ports/holes I've seen have been in the top of the barrel... That way the gas jets up and counteracts the natural tendency of the pistol to flip up when firing...

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