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    What 5.56 round do you have in your AR15 rifle??

    Doing alot of research and I settled on 2 specific ammunition. Right now I have 5.56 Hornady Tap 2 which are 75 grain. My other load is Federal 556fitb3 or 556bct3 which is the sane exact round. So I have the fragmenting T2 round and the bonded soft points for barrier performance. Anyone think there's better choices out there than these particular 2 loads?? I know the Black Hills 50 grain TSX is another great load but is even more expensive than the 2 kinds of ammo I chose. Just want to know what round is the most devastating according to other AR15 owner s here??-

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    Run what you're comfortable with.

    I have.223 pressure ammo- 64 gr Gold Dot- in three "home/truck" guns that are close at hand if needed.
    I use garden variety IMI m193 or CBC's mk262 77 gr 5.56 clone in guns at the ranch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gaijin View Post
    Run what you're comfortable with.

    I have.223 pressure ammo- 64 gr Gold Dot- in three "home/truck" guns that are close at hand if needed.
    I use garden variety IMI m193 or CBC's mk262 77 gr 5.56 clone in guns at the ranch.
    The 64 grain Gold Dot may be the round that I will wind up buying the most. Its price is half the cost of Federal T3's.
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    The other thing worth noting is "long" or "short" barrel use with those loads.

    Right now, what I have on hand for function-checking the 10.3 pistol is Remington L223R3V and "hope I don't need it before better arrives." I've been looking at CBC Mk 262 ($580/1000 at AU), but I'm not really sure what works best in a Mk 18 between that, SOST, M855, Federal's FBI load, Gold Dot or Hornady SBR. So many options, so little budget...
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    77 OTM.

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    I run 64gr GDSP in my defensive carbines

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    Not a fan of a round that requires fragmentation to be effective when the potential for a barrier of any type is present. Given the two you have I’d use the Federal hands down.

    I have both th Federal Tactical Bonded 62gr (issued) and the Speer 55gr bonded (personal). The Speer is sufficient for now but I will be reevaluating ammo in the spring once my SBR is completed. Hornady TAP 70gr GMX is on my list as is the BH 50gr TSX among a few others.

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    The GDs have proven exceptionally accurate in my guns.

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    77gr OTM. Going to be getting some 62gr Federal Fusion MSR here in a minute after a buddy showed me the math about em.

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    Not the 75gr. otm.

    Get some thing bonded. If you want 75Gr. get the 75gr. Gold dot bsp round.

    Personally I have a lo of federal MSR 62gr. BSP, and some Gold Dot 64gr. What ever flavor is 50cents a round at the time.

    The 75gr. Gold dot is what I'd buy more of given the opportunity.

    The GMX/TSX rounds are cost prohibitive for the incremental increase in lethality. They leave copper fouling.


    77gr. SMK and 75gr. OTM rounds are MATCH rounds. Those bullets are not designed for shooting mammals.

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