Most reliable ammo in SMG

[bigu2fan]

Ok guys getting ready to try out a new to me SMG waiting on paper work, and looking to order some ammo. I have had outstanding experience with S&B in 9 and 45 for years in pistols but have not shot any in a Uzi. I can get S&B 115,124, or Blazer Brass 115, or Win white box 115 for about the same price $11.75 box shipped or Win nato 124 for $12.50 shipped. I’m not worried about the extra $1 per box just looking for my first impression to be positive. any Other recommendations would be appreciated also. BTW the gun has a factory semi feed ramp that is cut for bolt clearance.

thanks guys

Over many years, I have had consistent good luck with 115 grain Sellier & Bellot in a full size registered receiver Uzi. It is always consistent over many, many cases. Seems to be excellent quality control. I can pretty much say the same with Prvi Partisan and Geco. I also often shot 115 grain CCI Blazer Brass in years past, but the last maybe 3 or 4 cases have been significantly underpowered. I would get not infrequent failures to eject in the same Uzi that runs 100 percent on S&B. The CCI Blazer Brass also produces fairly weak ejection, throwing the cases not too far from the gun in comparison with the S&B. This Blazer Brass works just find in handguns. I have not tried PMC, Aguila or Magtech in the Uzi. I have not tried Fiocchi in years, but when I used it, it always ran just fine.

 

[UziSMG]

I highly recommend that you stay away from the green/white boxed Remington 9mm ammo and also the Yellow boxed UMC 9mm ammo. They work fine in pistols but are not good ammo for sub machinegun use.

Both are dirty and underpowered and are likely to cause a runaway due to lack of power to push the bolt back far enough to catch on the sear.

I've had runaways with both of those ammo brands and glad I didn't buy a bunch of either of them even though they were fairly cheap in price.

I've had excellent performance with S&B 115gr, Wolf 115gr steel cased (which I've run tens of thousands of) , Magtech brass cased, Gecco, FMS, IMI, Igman, Winchester Value Pack, Hirtenberger L7A1 (that's the hot stuff), and of course my own reloads.

 

[Nome Nomad]

Just tried magtech steel case in my mini, full size Uzis and my mp5. Flawless performance in each platform. So add that one to the list.