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    Quote Originally Posted by JaegerOne View Post
    You might also consider the Black Hills 69gr. TMK.
    That stuff is insane. We still have yet to post a 3 shot video of those bullets hitting steel at 500 yards. The 5.56 load crushes any 77 load inside of 500.
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    I've shot Mk262, the 5.56 77 TMK, and 5.56 69 TMK against each other out to 900. The 69 is really quite something, and a bit of a head-scratcher.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ST911 View Post
    The 69 is really quite something, and a bit of a head-scratcher.
    Any experienced long range shooter (500 plus yards) who tries the 69 gr TMK will really appreciate what they're cooking up. It simply blows the doors off of anything else.
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    Several years ago I did work up to a maximum load of n540 and 69gr SMK. 10 shot string at 1.8" and average velocity 2900 fps. This is the only time that I can report a field velocity similar to a published velocity.

    Sounds like I need to find that recipe again.

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    That is a really good price on the BH 77 gr. I have shot a bunch of the new black hills 77 gr and the remanufactured BH 77 gr. The load is pretty hot, but very consistent and accurate. I tried the 69 gr. in my SPR and it was noticeably less accurate than the 77gr. Maybe I need to try another batch of the 69 gr. to see if I get a better result

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    Your barrel may just not like 69s. 77s have generally been better for us over the broad spectrum of guns.

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    All my clones so far have been weak sauce, one of these days when I can crono them I need to try some of these.


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    Nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colnago View Post
    That is a really good price on the BH 77 gr. I have shot a bunch of the new black hills 77 gr and the remanufactured BH 77 gr. The load is pretty hot, but very consistent and accurate. I tried the 69 gr. in my SPR and it was noticeably less accurate than the 77gr. Maybe I need to try another batch of the 69 gr. to see if I get a better result
    Most of our guns agree with each other on ammo choice. But every once in a while a barrel will flat disagree with a particular load with no good reason. Very strange. On average you won't go wrong with black hills. Their balance of speed and accuracy is amazing. Truly outstanding.

    A few of my guns preferred the OTM vs the tipped match kings. So don't feel cheated buying the classic OTM type ammo.

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    Not sure if this is an accurate comparison or not, just throwing it out there...SGAmmo has this for $335.00:

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/223-55...o-made-israe-0

    500 Round Case - 5.56mm 77 Grain SMK OTM LR MOD-1 Razorcore IMI Ammo Made by Israel Military Industries Mfg 2016

    ( I have no experience with this ammo...)
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