I have become a big fan of Fiocchi ammo

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case in point my thread here on my .32 auto.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/cz-50-32-auto.833864/

Every caliber I have tested with Fiocchi ammo I get better groups than with other factory (budget) brands be it .32, 9mm, .40. .45 or .357 and .44 magnum.

Especially noted with my .32 CZ 50 and Glock 23 all other brands shoot low or high while Fiocchi gets me right in the center ring and generally more accurate groups.

Gonna get Fiocchi rifle ammo and see how it does really interested to see how their 30-30 performs compared to the big three Wincheter, Federal and Remington.
 
I can't say that I've ever compared groups with Fiocchi and other brands of ammunition, but I usually stay away from Fiocchi. It is the only brand that I have ever had that flat out would not feed for me. I had some .40 that I am not sure ever made it past 5 rounds without a failure to feed or failure to eject. I know it had to be the ammunition because I tried it in multiple guns and got the same result. I had 500 rounds of it and ended up just including the last 250 or so for free with a pistol that I sold. I'm sure it was just a bad batch or something, but I haven't bought anything from the brand since.
 
I have a large amount of their 9mm ammo...... IMHO it is indeed good stuff; at least in the Glock 19 and Ruger PC Carbine.
 
I have always been a big fan of Fiocchi and PPU. In fact, talking to the Ruger Tech, he asked me what ammo I shot through the LCR and I told him Fiocchi, he said "Yea, great ammo, we shoot a lot of it here testing guns".
 
Bought my first Fiocchi ammo back in the early '90s and became a fan right away. I've never had any problems with the ammo and it tends to be more accurate than typical practice ammo.

I have never used any of their shotgun ammo and I didn't, until this thread, even know that they made rifle ammo.
 
I have had no negative issues at all with rifle, pistol, shotgun or rimfire Fiocchi ammo over the years. It’s always done exactly what I expect it to do; fire when I pull the trigger and hit pretty darn close to where I am aiming.

Stay safe!
 
I find Fiocchi is pretty clean. I don’t mean shooting, I mean in your hands clean, loading magazines.
 
The only time I ever had a glock FTE / FTF was with Fiocchi (9mm 115gr in a G26 gen 4).

It was pretty easy to induce failures even more by limp wristing it.

Never had an issue with any other ammo.

Maybe a weak lot?
 
My Model Seven in .223 shoots clover leaves with the 50 grain V-Max (Fiocchi 223HVA50).
 
Another big fan of Fiocchi ammo. No problems and excellent performance with all of their pistol, rifle, and shotgun ammo.
 
Like their pistol stuff especially in European semi-autos, had a problem with their 7.62x39 Russian with varying brass length making some cases not reloadable.

Think Fiocchi has an ammo plant in Missouri or did.
 
I believe Fiocchi (and Federal) are one of the last makers still making paper shotgun shells. I bough a few cases back when I was shooting a lot of sporting clays. I liked the paper shells and even got setup to reload them. Though I usually burned through them in 2-4 reloads. They always shot well for me in my Browning O/U.
 
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I believe Fiocchi (and Federal) are one of the last makers still making paper shotgun shells. I bough a few cases back when I was shooting a lot of sporting clays. I liked the paper shells and even got setup to reload them. Though I usually burned through them in 2-4 reloads. They always shot well for me in my Browning O/U.
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RIO makes them as well. They are time-consuming and expensive to make.
 
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Hate to be that guy, but Fiocchi must put their B team on the Specialty line. I had a squib and fired again, bulging the barrel on a pristine 1892 French Ordnance revolver (Lebel). I should have known better, since the earlier shots were all over the scale in "pop". I will not use Fiocchi again.
 
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