Beware of Aguila Ammo

Hi guys. This is my short review of Aguila ammo made in Mexico. I posted this video a few hours ago and have gotten dozens of people telling me they have had the same problems. It's cheap but you get what you pay for. In my case it blew up in my face and destroyed my magazine.

 

Dammit man!

 

I shoot 357 pistol and have never had a problem with the brand.

 

Hmm, never had a problem with that brand but then again never shot a lot of it. As I was searching for some 9-mil stuff last week I was finding that Federal American Eagle and several other well known brands are actually cheaper than Aguila.

Picking up ammo now as it is fairly plentiful and prices are starting to edge toward the reasonable mark. In three to six months that may not be the case (so to speak).

We should all have learned the lessons of impromptu ammo shortages by now. One day the shelves are full and a week or two later you can't find the stuff at any price, and it stays that way for two or three years at a time.

 

The .308Win vs. 7.62X51 thing is the other way round..... NEVER use the .308Win in a military rifle. I tried it with my CETME rifle, big mistake. Had two ripped cases. .308Win cases are too thin, in addition to the chamber dimension issues.
I also tried using surplus 5.56X45 in a .223Rem chambered Contender pistol. Locked it up tight twice, requiring disassembly to remove the offending military case. Fortunately no damage to the guns in either situation.

 

I put it down to crappy brass an terrible quality control.

 

Thanks. Sometimes I can't brain and forget English.

 

I'd like to see a crystal clear close up of that split case so we could see if there was a case wall variance. Pausing the video i just couldn't see the wall, base or case head to look at disruption or failure mode.

 

Only ever used it in .22lr... Thousands of them. Had fewer problems than with Federal, way better than Remington ammo. Mater of fact I can't remember any FTF and maybe one or two FTE's. Can have that many from a 50 box of Remington/Peter's brand. Any larger caliber I just reload, preferably LC, Lapua, Federal and Winchester in that order. Really liked the mil 45ACP brass with the 1942 dated head stamp. They just feel different..... I think I'm a brass snob... YMMV

 

I will take an close up and post it here.

 

I've only ever bought their primers, 22 and 9mm ammo. Only bought their 9mm ammo once.
I've reloaded a crap load of their 9mm and 38spl brass and probably some of their 223 brass.

 

My only experience with Aguila ammo has been their .22 rimfire - .22 Colibri & Super Colibri, .22 SSS heavy bullet subsonic and .22 Maxximum. All are good for their intended purpose, bring quite specialised. Never had a failure with them.

 

well - somebody is out headhunting for Aguila - there's another totally different UTube floating around hitting the company

 

OK A few people requested some close ups of the case so here ya go.

 

Could the rifle have fired out of battery? Looks like the case was unsupported when fired.

 

I'm thinking with how smooth that flame cut through the case head is, your bolt and receiver now has been flame sprayed brass everywhere in there.

Case diameter still with in spec or is bulging near the case head?

Either way. Holy Wah that was a spicy trigger pull.