willis wrote:I guess what I am really asking is, should I wait for Remington to maybe answer me or just fix all the bullets I have and not buy any more from them??
there are others out there that ARE subsonic.
Willis.
Just my opinion, and I may be wrong, but the way I look at it is the difficulty of finding components is such, that I would fix them.
I once pulled down a thousand rounds of factory Lake City 1944 30-06, so I could switch out to non-corrosive primers. When I did, I found the powder charges varied pretty widely (still along a bell curve though). Now this was all ammo from the same lot number and same ammo can, so it didn't vary because of being different components. I ended up averaging the 100 rounds' charge weight which I bothered weighing and comparing that to the peak of the bell curve, and reloaded the rounds at that charge weight. I wound up with 1.5grs of powder left over. Why is this pertinent? Two reasons:
1) My advice above is based on my perspective that I'm not scared of pulling down and hand-loading factory ammo, and:
2) When you look at the variation in powder charges, it becomes apparent how difficult it is for factories to run production runs of 100,000 rds and ensure that EVERY round is subsonic without being too slow. (Very narrow range of acceptable variation in powder charge.) PLUS, those rounds have to work in hundreds of variations of barrels (different makers and tools being worn vs. new when THAT particular barrel is made, etc.)
I think the fact that factory subsonic exists and works as well as it does is freaking MAGIC! For me, subsonic is totally, 100% a handloading proposition, so I can tune the load to MY gun...