Ammunition is something that many people have specific preferences for when it comes to what they want to use in their firearms. Personally, I have never used anything other than Federal Ammunition. Not too long ago, I had decided to branch out and try out different companies that produce ammunition. Being that this was new territory for me, being that I was such a snob when it came to ammunition, this posed an exciting challenge to review something that I was so set against for the longest time.
Recently, I was given the opportunity to try out some ammo from a company from California, called Miner Ammo. Before going into this review, a notable bit of information about the company is that it is Veteran owned by a United States Army Combat Medic. Moving forward into this review, I have researched that this company makes a few different calibers of ammunition, but what I was looking for was 9mm. After some research of the company, I had made the decision to go with the 124 Grain 9mm. The reason I went with the 124 grain is due to personal preference. I am not a fan of the 115-grain ammunition no matter the company, because of performance reasons with that type of round in any pistol I use.
Initial thoughts upon receiving the 9mm were different than what I had anticipated. Upon receiving the ammunition, I had received a box of 50 along with a bag of 100 rounds. The box of 50 was brass casings, and the bag of 100 was nickel casing. After taking the liberty to inspect that ammo, I had gone to the range and put it to the test. For review purposes, I would also like to make it known that for the pistol that I am using, it is a Glock 19 Gen 4.
After firing the 100 rounds from the bag, along with about half of the box I had noticed something that was worth noting in my work. About 50 rounds into the nickel casing 9mm, I had experienced a light primer strike. After experiencing this, I made my way to release the magazine from the pistol and racked my slide back to eject the round from the chamber. I had reinserted the round back into the magazine, sent the slide forward, and attempted to fire the pistol once more. The second time around, I was able to fire the round without any problems. This was the only instance in the test firing that I had noticed anything that caused an issue in the performance of the review.
After everything was finished, I will make note that one light primer strike was something that I would take over anything else. I had no problem with the performance aspect with the ammunition. My pistol was easily able to rechamber a new round every time, and I had not experienced any squib loads as well which is something that I always am on the lookout for when it comes to trying out new ammo companies. Overall, I would have to say that this ammunition made me a believer. When it comes to the performance of the ammunition I give it good marks even with the slight mishap that had occurred.
