The manual suggests using "high quality, brass cased ammunition" and also suggests it to be 40grs or heavier.
It recommends CCI Maxi-Mags but I can't find them locally, and so far, everywhere I've checked is out of stock.
The only stuff I have on hand is Armscor.
It runs just fine through my Henry. Not so much through the Kel-Tec.
I know the manual suggests the 40gr and heavier but all i can say from my dealings with the pmr is it ran the hornady 30gr vmax the most consistent. Id say 95% The maxi mags were roughly 90-95% One thing that did help mine was running a bead of this stuff called 5 second fix(or something Like that) under the mag catch on the magazine. It held the mag in the mag well a little higher up and seemed to help some. The Pmr is a finicky gun for sure and led to me selling it. Became to frustrating at times at the range. Its a shame, because it sure was fun to shoot. I had even upgraded mine with the 505 barrel and muzzlebrake. Didnt help with feeding at all but made it a little more enjoyable for the wife to shoot. She didnt like the massive fireball and that upgrade did help that.
Best of luck to you on finding an ammo that is truly reliable, because i dont believe there is one
I'm curious, if you don't mind my asking.
How many rounds did you put through yours before you sold it?
I've read several reviews that say they are finicky for about the first 200 rounds or so, and then smooth out and feed fine, as long as you use "quality ammo".
I thought that sounded rather odd.
I've broken in enough new firearms, and other mechanical devices, to know that machinery can hold idiosyncrasies all their own.
My brother has a PMR 30 and he has not run anything BUT CCI 40 grain Maxi- mags, and said he has had zero issues to date.
His PMR30 is also new, but might have 50 rounds through it.
I don't mind buying some V-Max 30 grainers. I have a couple other platforms I can run them through if my PMR30 doesn't like them.
Thanks again for the info.
I contemplated buying the PMR several weeks ago, and I probably would have purchased one sooner or later, but just as a fun little plinker.
The one I have I won last week at a FNRA banquet.
Paid $20 for a "game of chance" and came up a winner.
So, for $20, I'll hang onto it for a while.
If it doesn't work out I can always sell it for 15x what I paid for it!