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I was just at Wal-Mart in Webster, was going to pickup some Federal 9mm 50ct boxes, which were the lowest price I could find locally at $10.47/box, when I noticed the nice white boxes of Winchester, and I've known that they were always about $13.50/50 and $25/100, when, to my surprise, I saw the 50ct, at the normal price, and a new tag under the 100ct of $19.97.
I asked the guy to check and see if the price was right, it was, but noted it had an * next to the date (12/2/2010) when it was re-priced. He did not know if this was a permanent price or a temporary price, so I picked up 3 boxes for my next range day sometime around Christmas.

I remember the 100ct WWB being $19.97 a while back, second half of '09, iirc. Good to see that it's back down again.

Incidentally, I had to chuckle when I went into Gander the other week. Their Black Friday sale price on the same was around $30. Ended up the only thing I bought was a raffle ticket for the Shriners' Hospital.

Winchester white box is good stuff but I have noticed that my grouping improves with Remington UMC or the Federals from Wal-Mart. For non +P the Winchester seems to be less accurate for me. I shoot +P Gold dots and Black Hills with better grouping. It is still quality ammo for target practice.

Wwb comes with lose rds? I mean they are like bulk ammo.

Beiruty wrote:Wwb comes with lose rds? I mean they are like bulk ammo.

Yes for the 100 count, no for the 50 count.

Yup, just a box of bullets loose.

RECIT wrote:Yup, just a box of bullets loose.

And usually one or two extra rounds per box...

williamkevin wrote: And usually one or two extra rounds per box...

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macavity wrote:I've shot a couple of Winchester's White Box ammo 50ct, and one 100ct. The second time I shot a box of 100ct, it caused a bullet to get stuck in the barrel. The only reason I knew something was wrong was because the next bullet wouldn't load. If the stuck bullet stopped a centimeter further in the barrel, I wouldn't have my P226 anymore

When I field stripped the gun, there was a ton of unburnt grains everywhere. That happened a month ago. I sent in the remaining ammo to Winchester for analysis. They should be calling me sometime this next week.

Since then, I've stocked up on a couple thousand rounds of Remington 9mm Ammo.

I had this same experience with a WWB 100-count box. I don't buy them anymore. It seems only the primer went off, squibbing the bullet in the barrel on my Hi-Power at the very beginning of the rifling. The action was littered with unburnt powder grains. I had to go buy dowel rod to hammer it out.

How did you manage to get in contact with them? When this happened to me, I couldn't find any way of getting a hold of them short of snail mail.

number for "Winchester Ammunition". 1-800-356-2666

I just got back from the Pearland 288 store and they had the same deal.Nothing gets me into the holiday spirit better than buying ammo!

Nice to see prices coming down across the board. Personally though I was unimpressed with the WWB - always seemed to be a wide spread in felt recoil like the powder charges were very inconsistent; some very weak, the odd one somewhat hot. No actual hard data to back that up, but I never felt that kind of variation in any other brands.

I agree, a little, to some of the sentiment about WWB, however, for target ammo, to put holes in paper and build more muscle memory, I am always willing to save a few bucks.
I am not a marksman by any means, so if I was 2" (or 8") left or right of bullseye, in an IDPA type of setup, I still feel that if I were doing that exact same shot in a real defensive situation, I would be happy with that.
I certainly see no reason to spend $5 or $10 more per 100, when that $10 more would be another 50 rounds (almost), and more learning.

I got 4 boxes of those for $86 with tax. first 2 box came with 3 extra`rds total.