I have to admit I've never bought or shot a single round of this stuff. Not because I had read so much bad about it. But because there always seemed to be other brands either more plentiful, or cheaper. S&B, Magtech, Geco, Remington, PMC, and so forth. All of which ran well. I know Federal Champion, (which I've fired thousands of rounds of), say's right on the box, "For Practice Only... Not For Duty Use", or some such. Pretty much admitting it's not up to the standard of American Eagle, and the rest of their FMJ Ball stuff. It has always ran good for me. The only complaint I have with it is that it's dirty. But I completely field strip and clean after each range session. So it never really mattered. I can't count the cases of that stuff I bought for under $9.00 @ box over the years. I've got orange 5 gallon Home Depot buckets full of the brass. But now that I think about it, I haven't seen brass cased Federal Champion for sale in a long time. The Aluminum stuff is everywhere.