UAE 9mm FMJ

[RENEA]

Just a heads up, Century Arms has 9mm FMJ ammo from the United Arab Emirates in 2000 rd case lots on sale today. Never heard of UAE manufactured ammo before & I suspect that this is loaded in the USA and sold to UAE.

[Dandapani]

Link?

[RENEA]

AM1259 UAE(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Production M882 9MM FMJ Ammo (124gr.) 1999 or Newer Boxer Primed/Non-Corrosive 50/box 2000/case $6.55/box $238.00/case REMEMBER THIS PRICE IS FOR 2000 ROUNDS. THAT’S $119.00 PER 1000… OR 11.9 CENTS A ROUND !

Andrew (andy) Kallergis

Century International Arms Inc.

430 S. Congress Avenue

Suite # 1

Delray Beach , Florida 33445

(800)999-4899 Ext. 2 (voice)

(800)991-4867 ext.303 after hours voice mail.

(561)265-4515 Fax

(561)265-4500 ext.303 local, after hours voice mail.

akallergis@centuryarms.com

Mon. thru Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

out to lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

[Jim]

Hmmm...
That's basically the same price as Winchester White Box at Walmart. Most of us have to pay sales tax at the store but not shipping chrages. Does Century include shipping in their price?

[RENEA]

Orders over $75 I think they charge a flat $12 shipping rate no matter what the weight. Any orders over $500 shipping is free. I'd like to try some of this ammo just for grins but don't wanna have to buy 2,000 rds of it. It may be repacked Egyptian junk.

[TED]

I can buy Winchester white box for just a touch more than that and it is already here, no shipping, so the winchester actually comes out to be the same. I do not know if the UAE stuff is any good or not and I am not saying that it is not good, but financially there is no reason to buy it.

TED

[Merkavaboy]

I emailed Mr.Kallergis about this ammo and this is his response:

It really is manufactured in and by the UAE, the plant was set up by a us manufacturer.
At this time it is only available in full cases.
Andy

Andrew Kallergis
CENTURY INTERNATIONAL ARMS
403 SOUTH CONGRESS AVE.
SUITE 1
DELRAY BEACH,FLORIDA 33445
(800)991-4867 ext.303
akallergis@centuryarms.com

If anybody buys some of this stuff, I'd be interested in buying several boxes.

[RENEA]

Century is selling it in individual 50 rd boxes now. My neighbor and I split a 600 rd order. Will post range results & shooting impressions.

[Merkavaboy]

I shot up 100 rounds of this ammo, and it's pretty hot! Subjective opinion is that it's just about as hot as the Hirtenberger L7A1 loads that I shot last time I was at the range.

Function was 100%, accurate (out of my "Combat Tupperware" G-19) and no signs at all of any over-pressure problems (unlike the HP L7A1 stuff that I've noticed just slight primer flow-back, which isn't a concern for me).

If you're looking for some inexpensive, hot, 9mm FMJ ammo, this would be a good choice. I'm split on whether I want to get a case of the Hirtenberger L7A1 or this new UAE stuff; I can get the HP stuff a little cheaper than the UAE loads.

NOTE: No, I don't have a chrono, so I can't tell you exactly how fast this stuff is.

[RENEA]

I shot 50 rds thru my USP 9F and I didn't notice if it was that hot. Very accurate though!

[Merkavaboy]

RENEA,

Well, I guess felt recoil is really subjective in nature, but I certainly felt that it shot much hotter than any other standard 124FMJ ball ammo I've shot in the past (including WCC NATO stuff). But it sure is good ammo, and I like it!

I started doing a little research on ADCOM of the U.A.E. and this 9mm ammo. My boxes were all 1999 production: Was your ammo the same production year?

[RENEA]

Originally posted by Merkavaboy
RENEA,

Well, I guess felt recoil is really subjective in nature, but I certainly felt that it shot much hotter than any other standard 124FMJ ball ammo I've shot in the past (including WCC NATO stuff). But it sure is good ammo, and I like it!

I started doing a little research on ADCOM of the U.A.E. and this 9mm ammo. My boxes were all 1999 production: Was your ammo the same production year?

half were 1998 and the rest all 2001. I got one box with NWM headstamps. IIRC that is Dutch?^8

Rumor is this ammo was for a large Dutch military contract that got nixed.

[Merkavaboy]

NWM???

Wow! Mighty strange! When you got the NWM headstamped ammo, was that from a small purchase or did you actually buy a case of the ammo and got that NWM stuff mixed in with the case?

I guess I'll have to contact Century Int'l and see if there's any other dated ADCOM ammo available.

Thanks for the info RENEA. Please let me know if you find out any more interesting facts & tid-bits about this ammo.

[RENEA]

Originally posted by Merkavaboy
NWM???

Wow! Mighty strange! When you got the NWM headstamped ammo, was that from a small purchase or did you actually buy a case of the ammo and got that NWM stuff mixed in with the case?

I guess I'll have to contact Century Int'l and see if there's any other dated ADCOM ammo available.

Thanks for the info RENEA. Please let me know if you find out any more interesting facts & tid-bits about this ammo.

My friend and I split a 2000 rd case and I got 50 rds of NWM ammo in it. It shot great from my G 17. Weird that it was in there:cool:

[Andy W]

I got the same stuff at a gun show today for $8.00 a box; it was something different so I got it to try out.