First Impressions: Perfecta Ammo

A few days ago while on a Walmart run, I swung by the sporting goods area looking for some .308 to try in the GSR. At the time they didn't have much of a selection, mostly hunting rounds. For FMJ target ammo in .308, they had either the steel case Tulammo, or leadless Perfecta.

I skipped on the Tula, since I still have a box or two of it and so far it’s the only ammo I’ve had trouble with shooting through my scout rifle. It twice now it has not wanted to eject without out me having to slap on the bolt.

I've only read a little about Prefecta on forums and really didn't know much about it. All I knew that it was made in Italy by Fiocchi and distributed by Tulammo USA. Pretty sure it’s Tula Brass Maxx, just in a different wrapper. But since I've been trying out just about anything with my new toy, I figured I’d get a few boxes.

I have to say, for the price this is some very nice ammo. It was clean, primers & bullets seated properly & uniformly, and feed & ejected flawlessly. It’s not match grade, but it it’s far from match grade price too. I was shooting 2” to 3” groups off sandbags at 100 yards with a 1X red dot sight.

Disclaimer and Excuses Time: Don't put too much weight in the 2” to 3” groups. I only shot one box of the stuff through a rifle that’s still new to me and with a red dot I just got. Plus the biggest thing to keep in mind is that I'm a mediocre shot on a good day. 

Over all, I like this stuff and will shoot it again. The price is decent as well as its performance (so far). It may be stuff I will stock up on too. Someday I’d like to take the GSR to a class and the one I’d like to take the most is on a lead free range. So this may be the ticket for that endeavor, if it ever pans out.

Please follow this link to Fiocchi's website for more info on the Perfecta line

Inside the Plain Jane packaging is some very nice looking ammo. 

Besides looking nice, it cycles and fires well and doesn't leave the chamber and bore too dirty at the end of the day.