I've used a couple 45 ball ammos that just didn't want to be accurate for me.
The alloy cased Blazer and UMC are the big two that come to mind. Both made for poor groups for me. Especially the Blazer.
One afternoon at the range my groups were so bad I was doubting my ability to shoot. The Blazer rounds were all over the place. So I bought a box of PMC ball ammo there and that solved it. Suddenly my groups were consistent again.
Wolf 45 ammo tends to burn dirty and smell like pee, but was more accurate than these two.
I have had no trouble with PMC, Aquilla, S&B and some other ammos I have used.
Unfortunately I bought ten boxes of the Blazer on sale at Natchez. I'll just let my son use it next time I take him to the range! It'll be fun to watch his frustration. :goof:
I won't buy any more Winchester white box 45 ammo. Too many failures to fire and poor cycling of the pistol.
No more Blazer alloy cased or Wolf or UMC either. It's goes bang every time, but is annoying and not accurate.
The funny thing is I buy Wolf Classic 95 grain Mak caliber ammo and it functions 100%. I really like it.
I guess it comes down to finding what your gun likes best.
On the XD trigger. "Stage" pressure on it. Take up the slack and then steady up and finish the squeeze. Once I got used to that and used a good thumbs forward grip I found my XDs to be very accurate.
The alloy cased Blazer and UMC are the big two that come to mind. Both made for poor groups for me. Especially the Blazer.
One afternoon at the range my groups were so bad I was doubting my ability to shoot. The Blazer rounds were all over the place. So I bought a box of PMC ball ammo there and that solved it. Suddenly my groups were consistent again.
Wolf 45 ammo tends to burn dirty and smell like pee, but was more accurate than these two.
I have had no trouble with PMC, Aquilla, S&B and some other ammos I have used.
Unfortunately I bought ten boxes of the Blazer on sale at Natchez. I'll just let my son use it next time I take him to the range! It'll be fun to watch his frustration. :goof:
I won't buy any more Winchester white box 45 ammo. Too many failures to fire and poor cycling of the pistol.
No more Blazer alloy cased or Wolf or UMC either. It's goes bang every time, but is annoying and not accurate.
The funny thing is I buy Wolf Classic 95 grain Mak caliber ammo and it functions 100%. I really like it.
I guess it comes down to finding what your gun likes best.
On the XD trigger. "Stage" pressure on it. Take up the slack and then steady up and finish the squeeze. Once I got used to that and used a good thumbs forward grip I found my XDs to be very accurate.