Freedom Munitions

Ammo is ok, prices are good but their processing time is very long. I tried using them for a weekly club match at a local range. I bought enough ammo for 4 – 5 weeks of competition. But it took nearly 4 weeks to get it shipped (In stock they said) I ended up going and spending a lot of money locally to meet the needs I had. They refused to cancel the order so I ended up spending way more than I had budgeted. I don’t have hundreds of dollars to tie up for a hobby. As I said ammo is ok, if you order be prepared for an exceptionally long waiting time to ship. Also when you buy something in stock you will have no way of telling when it will ship. They will tell you typically 14 days but it’s been my experience it will take much longer. In fairness I have placed 2 orders that did arrive within the 14 days. The rest were very late.

Awesome company., I’ve used a 380 auto, 5.56, 223. and 9 mm, all great ammo. Sometimes they can be a little slow with the shipping but that’s obviously because they are one of the best priced and offer the greatest deals and are most likely in high demand. I have dealt with their customer service and they were absolutely quick and easy to deal with very nice people. They will always be at the top of my list to refill my stock.

Very, very slow to get my purchase. Weeks to get the 300 BLK I ordered. The ammo is also very mediocre ballisticly.

I’ll go ahead and write a Unilocal review, even though Unilocal filters out reviewers they don’t agree with… I won’t be surprised if my review here ends up in the filtered out list…
Anyway, on to my review. First, let me start by saying the order took over a month to process and ship, even though everything was listed as «in stock» when I made my order. I purchased 9 mm, .45, 5.56, and 300 blackout. To make me feel better, they offered a «small gift» that they said would be included in my order. When I finally got tired of waiting and emailed back asking about the status (3 – 4 weeks later), it was as if my order had been completely forgotten, and they had to re-​process my credit card. The order was then sent to shipping that same day… How long would I have been waiting if I had not emailed?
Then, to top it all off, once the order finally arrived, they forgot to include the «small gift» that they had promised… Big surprise.
Beyond those initial problems, I’ll just list everything else that was wrong with the order once it finally did arrive:
1. The 9 mm was excessively crimped. I’ve never seen 9 mm crimped this much. It was also inconsistent, so some of them would be crimped extremely far, and others not hardly at all. Many of the crimps are not even concentric. The other calibers I purchased (5.56 included) did not appear to be crimped at all.
2. The packaging is very bad, and allows the bullets to make contact with whatever surface the box is sitting on. This is quite dangerous, especially with questionable crimp techniques listed above. This can cause bullets to be pushed deeper into the casings (very dangerous). A few of the plastic trays in my order were also broken inside of the boxes.
3. The case markings are all over the place. I purchased all «new» ammunition, and the headstamps were LC (luckily), Mast, AB, FM, and others. This isn’t a big deal, but adds to my skepticism.
4. Every caliber I purchased was consistently shorter than another factory loaded round. The pistol calibers, for instance, would be quite a bit shorter than an identical load from another manufacturer (Federal, for example). With this fact, as well as the possibility for bullet setback stated above, they are really flirting with the edge. That is, unless they are under-​powering the loads, which is a strong possibility.
5. The «green tip» 5.56 I purchased does not have a green tip… I assume they still have the steel penetrator inside (I haven’t held a magnet to them), but they will be more difficult to tell apart from other ammo.
I suppose that’s all for now. I’ll give them a chance, but I’m not exactly a happy customer.

I give everyone a second chance. These guys have screwed my order up more than 4 times now. And this last time they lost a customer for good. Their ammo was never a high quality type of ammunition. I learned this right away when I went to shoot some of their 308 at 200 yards. I thought maybe my scope had gone loose and was shifting. Nope, I used a bullet puller and weighed out some of their rounds. The powder weight was all over the place. These rounds had a grouping of a foot when bulk ammo normally keep 2 inches at 200 yards. Knowing this, I bought their ammo only for close quarter training ammo. Well at least I did. Not anymore!!! So a week ago I get an email from them with a coupon. The morning I received the coupon (and I mean not more than 4 hours after they had sent it out) I tried to purchase the ammo they had sent me the deal on. When I went to check out, they had increased the price on my order by over $ 100. I called in to their service department explaining what had happened. They told me there was nothing they could do about it. They forward me to a supervisor and the supervisor doesn’t answer. The voice mailbox says she will not be checking her voice mail. I call the service lady again and explain what the voice mail said. She gives me the email to the supervisor. I email and no reply. I call a couple of days later and they transfer me to the supervisor. She says she will take care of it and I just needed to send her a copy of the email deal they sent me. She also says she will call back Monday to confirm. I immediately send the email copy to her (supervisor, name is Lorrie). Monday comes and I get nothing. Tuesday, Wednesday, nothing. I call Thursday and I end up talking to the service department again. I am told they will not honor the deal. I asked to at least be able to talk to Lorrie who assured me the deal would be good. They say they will take a message. After this call I also send Lorrie another email explaining the experience I had with the service department. Six hours later, near the end of the day, I have received no call back and no email from them. I call back. They tell me the Lorrie was there earlier today, but had gone home. I at this point shed my frustration. I am told by the service lady that I can call Lorrie direct and that Lorrie is waiting for my phone call. I am given the direct phone number. I call the phone number. It goes straight to voice mail. i think that maybe this might be an error, so I again try calling. Again the phone goes to voice mail. I have never had such poor service. I will never do business with these people ever again. These people are a group of bad apples all around. Nothing good to offer.

Gold prices here, that’s what keeps people coming back. I’m on my 3^rd case of 9 mm «new» from here and have yet to have a single issue. The service is average gun shop service, they help and answer questions if you ask. They aren’t going to cater to you or follow you around but they aren’t rude. This is the kind of place you should go in knowing what you need, not really a «tire kicking» kind of place and they basically have a ton of ammo and that’s about it. They keep it simple and are good at what they do.

I have only purchased reman ammo from Freedom Munitions. So I can’t speak to the new ammo they offer.
My first purchase was for 500 rounds of 9 mm blaster ammo in 2012. I hadn’t heard of them before at the time and the price was awesome. My Glock 19 loved it. I didn’t have a single failure. I ended up purchasing more shortly after and using for a night time defensive class. Again, everything cycled except for one. I could only attribute to the rain/​cold/​hail that was pouring down and my grip slipping. I loaded that round from the dirt into another mag, and fired no problem.
Since then, I’ve probably put 10k rounds through my G19(which I haven’t cleaned in over a year) and still no issues. Even used in an a couple IDPA events, love this stuff. I’ve turned a few friends onto them that are «ammo snobs» and they’ve been happy so far.

Would love to give a great review for a US ammo company but I can’t. A buddy and I ordered 1500 rounds of REMAN and I order an additional 500 round of NEW. I ran the new stuff through my gun at a tactical event. 5 slam fires in 500 rounds and one round; the actual bullet just came off in the magazine dumping gun powder on the remaining rounds. With the REMAN 500 rounds I bought, it has been about the same; I had 2 slam fires yesterday in 50 rounds. Have run a couple thousand rounds through this rifle before buying this ammo without problems. Hopefully they can fix the problem.

I did not buy anything so I can not make a call on the quality of their product. How ever, they do have a vast variety of ammo in stock to include hard to find ammo. They have all new and reload. Most reloaders do not individually package their ammo in boxes of 50 when they sales in bulk so that is a plus. Give that their prices are pretty good.

My order, all for in stock items, was placed 22 days ago. The web site shows the order still has not been filled, and the email to customer service a week ago has not been returned. My 3 star rating is now down to 2 stars. i plan to call tomorrow… if they answer the phone and cancel my order, I will leave this review at two stars. If they don’t answer or give me the run around, then this review goes to 1 star and I cancel the credit card payment which will cause them minor grief… but perhaps they are used to it. We will see.
Update. My first order of in stock items took just short of 4 weeks to arrive. My second order took about three weeks. If you have time, order ahead. Ammo quality seems ok… it is hard to tell new from reloads. I did not see any damaged cases or even scratched up cases on the reloads, so that is a good sign.

This is my experience with their online store. I placed an order on February 17^th. I had initially wanted to order some New A-​Max rounds in .308. Unfortunately at the time they were out of stock so I opted for the re-​manufactured ones in .308 instead. Every item I ordered was in stock at the time so I expected them to ship within a day or two. This was not the case. While I was waiting for my order to be shipped I noticed that the New A-​Max rounds had come back in stock. I called Freedom Munitions and requested swapping the re-​manufactured for the new ones. They said that was fine and the whole process took less than 5 minutes.
Even though supposedly everything was in stock at the time of my order they did not ship until March 2^nd. This leads me to believe that they don’t actually have the items in stock and they are instead in the process of making them.
When my order arrived I immediately noticed that I had received the re-​manufactured A-​Max rounds instead of the new ones that I had ordered. I checked my credit card and I had been billed for the new ammo but obviously had got the used one instead. I contacted FM and they sent me a shipping label to print out and drop the box at the UPS store.
To quickly summarize this episode, they received my return on April 27^th. I waited patiently, then sent an e-​mail inquiring about the status, then finally on May 20^th they shipped my New A-​Max rounds out.
Unfortunately one of the rounds that I got is defective, as you can see from the picture I uploaded, but it’s not worth going through the whole return process again for one round.
Edit: I found another round that has the exact same issue. I cannot close the bolt on them when they are in the chamber. So 10%(2/20) of my rounds are defective.
Overall I would say their customer service was good, but their shipping times were unacceptably long. Especially considering that they show an item in stock but then it takes them two weeks to ship it out. Their prices aren’t even that good considering you can find new, brass cased ammo for around the same price as their re-​manufactured ones. I doubt I will be ordering from them again unless they offer an extraordinary set of deals, the wait time is simply too long.

As a first time customer I saw their low prices, video’s and pictures and then ordered a mix of 9 MM, 45APC and 223. Around $ 300 or so. What I got was a dented casings and just an OK polish. Of the 45ACP, 12 out of 50 in the box I inspected were dented. I get much better reloads from ever other reloader I bought from. I wouldn’t even bother with this review but their responce to my asking «why the low quality casings?» when they advertise (on line) that they produce a round that would be «as new, if you didn’t look at the head stamp.» In their respose to me they then said that this is just normal (dented casings) which is not what I expected for a company like this one to say.
I have not gone to the range yet and they may fire just fine, just may be cosmetic. I believe they should either produce what they say or show what the real product looks like and let people then decide whether they want to buy.

This will be much shorter and succinct in comparison to my other reviews on Unilocal due to what I perceive to be a business model void of complexity offering a product that is very simple to evaluate (it works or it doesn’t at varying percentages).
Regarding ammo quality: I have been ordering Freedom Munitions remanufactured 230 grain .45 ACP ammunition online since late 2013. To date, I have purchased and shot 5200 rounds of their product WITHOUT A SINGLE FAILURE. In other words, their ammo has performed as expected 100% of the time. Just to be clear — I have never come across a single cartridge with a protruding primer, missing primer, no powder, improperly seated bullet, a bullet inserted backwards, nothing — nada. Every trigger pull has been matched by the report from a round being fired. I have never experienced a weapon malfunction that could be directly attributed to the ammo. Furthermore, I think it is worthy to note that FM ammunition burns cleaner than several of the budget brands of NEW ammunition you might find at Walmart.
Regarding shipping times: I have never waited more than 5 days for an order to arrive. Despite the weight (25 lbs), FM average shipping costs have been less than $ 15.00 per 500 round order. According to the cost estimate calculator on the UPS website, shipping a parcel of equal size and weight on my own would cost me roughly $ 43.00! There is no room for complaint on this issue.
Conclusion: Expecting premier customer service for issues other than correcting/​cancelling/​locating an order, is unreasonable. FM, iMO, offers the highest quality reman ammo at the cheapest price. This review is a testament to the quality and Gunbot will substantiate my claim regarding cost. This can only be accomplished by making sure money is spent on the company’s core function — making ammo not answering phones. Like I said in the beginning, FM is fairly simple business model — they employ a single method for conducting commerce (with automated online systems) so they can focus on one task — making quality ammo.

I’ve purchased ammo direct at the store a few times for myself and friends. 9 mm 380 and 5.56. Shot several hundreds of rounds of the 9 mm and the 380 and never had any issues at all. I see some crazy reviews on here that tells me some people just like to hear themselves talk. One in particular regarding shells exploding when they hit the floor honestly seems made up. After all if that happened to me I think I would be doing more than calling the company and demanding my money back but believe what you will folks. It’s an ammo store plain and simple. It’s not a gun shop or a range. I expect to get good rounds at a great price and that’s what they deliver. Never experienced great or horrible customer service but then again they sell discount reman and new ammo. If someone needs a spa experience then perhaps freedom munitions isn’t the place for you. It’s kind of set up like a small warehouse with pallets on the floor and lots of cases of ammo and computer generated pricing on paper next to each pile.
I can also say there are mock similar web sites for ammo like freedom ammunition and such so if you live in California and order from a freedom ammo store make sure your reviewing the correct retailer when stuff don’t work right.
Having said that did I mention that the ammo I purchase there was inexpensive and so far has worked great? Hope this review helps the ones that want a good dependable round at a great price.

i would like to start out by saying this. I DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY NOR DO I KNOW ANYONE HERE NOR DO I WORK FOR OR KNOW ANYONE AFFILIATED WITH THIS COMPANY.
With that said I would like to squash several mistruths about this company.
1. «Beware faulty & dangerous ammo»
Very inaccurate. This company provides two types of ammo. New and Reman. They also load Fiocchi brand ammo. I have yet to hear of any issues with their new rounds and only a handful of issues with there reman rounds. NO reman round from any company is ever without an issue here or there but the same goes for new ammo. All ammo is «dangerous» and reloaded ammo is no different. Every now and them you may get a bad casing but I have personally shot around 10,000 rounds of their reloads this year and had not issues.
2. «Slow shipping»
I can agree with this to a degree. They may be a little slower than we would like but there is nothing you can do about it when their prices are as good as they are and the demand is as high as it is. People talk crap they can not back up. I would like to see them run a company like this.
3. «High prices, a dollar a round»
Not accurate at all. The prices depends on the ammo you buy. 9 mm is not a dollar a round and in fact the .223 I just bought reman was not either. Their prices are extremely competitive for both new and reman rounds as well as is their shipping prices. Keep in mind that you get what you pay for. What you are paying for is a HIGH quality powder that is match grade and extremely low smoke that fires the same every time. Their prices are amazing.
4. «They don’t honor coupons»
False. I ordered almost $ 1000 in ammo and they shipped it for free honoring their coupon. Not to mention I have friends who regularly buy from them when they have deals and their coupons are always honored.
My experience is this. I buy ammo from them. They ship it to me in CA at an extremely low rate. I shoot the ammo at the range and the ammo works as expected. In fact better than expected. Again I have used over 10,000 rounds this year from them with NO issues, NO broken cases, NO misfires and extremely low to no smoke. I am extremely pleased with this company and will recommend them to anyone.
The reason for my 4 stars is that the lady who answers the phone seems to hate her job. They definitely need a new customer service rep. In my professional opinion this ammo is NOT faulty and NOT dangerous beyond the fact that it is a munition which always carries some danger with it.

I bought some ammo from this place because I heard the quality was good but that wasn’t the case. I bought some reloaded 9 mm ammo and I shot several rounds through my gun and it jammed. I took the shell out and the shell blew up in the chamber (see picture). I’ve been calling them to see if I can get my money back because I don’t want shells blowing up in the chamber and they never pick up the phone. The costumer service here is horrible!!!

Beware, faulty and dangerous ammunition comes from this place and they make no effort to fix it.
Their box collapsed and the ammo fell from knee level and several of the rounds discharged in my house, some of them HITTING MY LEG. The rounds sliced my leg open and left a big hole in my wall. After contacting Freedom, they offered to test the ammo but when they couldn’t duplicate what happened, they shrugged it off.
I have followed up with their customer service, including managers, over a dozen times and they just outright ignore me. This is a rude and unacceptable way to treat your customers and I only hope I can save other people from the grief, permanent bodily damage, and damage to your home that I endured.
Hands down, without question, the WORST company I have ever dealt with.
Really? Your product caused bodily and property damage and you can’t even respond? Too bad there isn’t a zero star option.

VERY SLOW SHIPPING!!! Waited 12 DAYS for them to ship out the order! Now I’m gonna wait several more days for UPS to deliver it. If you must order from them, I suggest you call them the next day you placed the order and make them ship out faster. Pathetic store.

Freedom Munitions often has the best prices on the web. You can tell because their stock depletes so fast! The reason I buy ammo here is because of their customer service. They will go the extra mile in service recovery. They definitely stand by their product/​brand and will do what it takes to make you come back.

I am not a happy customer. I have waited for quite some time before finally deciding to write a review. I wanted to take the proverbial 10 seconds and breathe.
I was NOT happy with the way I was treated when I first walked in with a friend early last year. After experiencing several other gun and ammo shops the past few months, I have to let my thoughts be heard.
The employees treated my friend and I with an attitude that can only be described as the way kings and queens would look at peasants. We were the ones that first said hello and did not get a response back — then we browsed around and noticed the prices for reloaded ammo were as high as new ammo. We asked why it was priced as so, the employee said it was not his problem and we could take it or leave it — other customers are willing to pay that price and they are the only ones with ammo.
Well, they may think and act like they are the only ones with ammo (they’re not) but they are NOT going to get any business from me.