I shot some LC Talon repacked ammo and it pretty much shot to M2 ball expectations, so I didn't have your problem. Most of the Talon re packs were old machine gun ammo (did your ammo have the discoloration from the belt links??) which may have had something to do with your problem or it may just have been a bad batch. Talon made its living originally converting tracer and incendiary ammo to M2 ball. I don't know if the CMP got any of that stuff but if they did perhaps the problem came in the Talon remanufacturing process.