Freedom Munitions & Xtreme Bullets file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

[Irving]

Extreme Bullets were what I cut my reloading teeth on.

[ben4372]

I loaded a ton of their 9mm bullets, still have a bunch of .40/10mm bullets. I like them better than Berry's. Was scared of the complete ammo for the reasons many warned us about.

[colorider]

The problem is that they had a massive increase during the ammo shortage. Now people can get factory name brand ammo for less money than the Freedom reman stuff. They needed to adapt and didn’t. Their product was not worth the extra money, so consumers moved on. Simple business. They also go into other products such as optics and parts. Dumb.

[vossman]

We should set up a group buy.

[O2HeN2]

Danger Will Robinson, stay away form X-Treme bullets.

Chapter 11 reorgs often keep the doors open during the reorg process to avoid going further into debt, so on June 13th I placed a large order with them (~$1500) since I do like their bullets.

They just sat in the "Processing" state for ~3 weeks until July 2nd when I called them to find out WTF was going on. The woman I talked to apologized and said "I'll get this right over to shipping!"

Maybe she meant to say billing, not shipping, because a few moments later by phone dinged with the charge.

...and still they continued to sit in the "Processing" state for another 10 days, until today. I tried to call them earlier today and now the phone just rolls over to some extension, no one is answering.

Immediately called the bank that issued my Visa card and filed a fraud claim.

Called them back and left a message that I filed a fraud claim.

Now when I log in, my order is gone. So I assume SOMEONE is listening to all the messages, they just don't want to talk to anyone.

Hell of a way to run a business when you're trying to stay afloat!

O2

[Sawin]

^Damn... thanks for the heads up! I was sincerely contemplating making a similarly sized purchase before it was too late. Not anymore.

[jerrymrc]

I have used the extreme bullets before and never had an issue. Think I still have a few K of them. Never liked most of the re-manufactured ammo that is out there but it was not something I used since I load for most everything. Poor QC will do you in every time.

[MarkCO]

I was sponsored by Xtreme for several years. Knew this was coming for a little bit since I have friends who worked there, who all bailed. They also cut their sponsorships. Freedom, as the sister company was making ammo so fast it made heads spin, and guns blow up. I worked on 3 blown guns for acquaintances due to Freedom Ammo. A person in ownership, when we were talking about QC and gun damage literally said "we are making XX million a month, just buy them new guns."

Xtreme was formed when they bought Accura bullets, which was formerly West Coast bullets. I have been using that "family line" of bullets since the mid 1990s. Even though Xtreme is in Ch. 11, I have hope it will be bought by someone with a passion for the sport.

Accura bullets re-opened last year with new equipment, but the same high quality that WC and Xtreme (at least the first few years) had: https://accuraoutdoors.com/

[Squeeze]

I was sponsored by Xtreme for several years. Knew this was coming for a little bit since I have friends who worked there, who all bailed. They also cut their sponsorships. Freedom, as the sister company was making ammo so fast it made heads spin, and guns blow up. I worked on 3 blown guns for acquaintances due to Freedom Ammo. A person in ownership, when we were talking about QC and gun damage literally said "we are making XX million a month, just buy them new guns."

Xtreme was formed when they bought Accura bullets, which was formerly West Coast bullets. I have been using that "family line" of bullets since the mid 1990s. Even though Xtreme is in Ch. 11, I have hope it will be bought by someone with a passion for the sport.

Accura bullets re-opened last year with new equipment, but the same high quality that WC and Xtreme (at least the first few years) had: https://accuraoutdoors.com/

Thank you very much for this information. I looked at Accurate Outdoors website. Their bullets look great and the prices are reasonable. Gonna drop an order next payday.

[DenverGP]

I started wtih Xtreme bullets, these days I mostly use RMR's FMJ bullets, not much more than xtreme's plated.

Never touched their remanufactured rounds, especially after personally seeing two different people have squibs using freedom munitions rounds, and one blown up gun.