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

[indianalex01]

Absolutely... In patrol rifle, bonded is probably optimal. But for Home D? It's exceedingly unlikely I'd have to shoot into a vehicle. I do keep a spare mag of Gold Dot in my truck. I don't bash the bonded style bullets. I just feel the Mk 262 is the better house round.

The key is use what you feel confident with. They are all great.

[0uTkAsT]

I've never shot a deer at all. And I don't think you can hunt deer in AZ with 22 cal. OTM would not be my pic if I were hunting deer.

It is perfectly legal to hunt deer with a .223 in Arizona, and I have humanely taken deer with OTMs due to the circumstances of a particular hunt. However, their explosive nature tends to ruin an excessive amount of meat compared to bonded and copper solid bullets. The violent fragmentation of an OTM does the trick nicely on thin skinned critters, especially if you're not particularly intent on eating it. I'm sure the same would apply to the two-legged variety of varmints in a defensive shooting as well.

[markm]

It is perfectly legal to hunt deer with a .223 in Arizona,

Is it? I don't hunt deer, but I grew up here under that impression. I think Pappabear thought it was prohibited too.

Yeah... an OTM would suck if you were after the meat.

[Jsp10477]

Home rolled 69gr tmk. That's about all I shoot anymore. I've killed fox, coyotes, hog, and deer with them. A light animal looks like it was hit with a fast vmax from an '06. We usually shoot deer and hogs in the head but running animals hit in the chest cavity, the organs are usually jellied. They have a harder time penetrating a hogs shoulder but inside 100 yards it still slows or stops them for a solid follow up. I've never retrieved anything more than fragments from an animal. With the performance I've seen on tougher animals than humans, I'm sure it would do the job for hd. Regular 69gr smk's do work also and are cheaper.

[LMT/556]

House guns Tap T2 8126N.

[Jwknutson17]

Everything gets Mk262's for me. If I ever ran out, which I won't, I would be just fine rolling with M193.

[LMT/556]

Everything gets Mk262's for me. If I ever ran out, which I won't, I would be just fine rolling with M193.

CBC/Magtech 556C shoots smooth for 55¢/round.

[Sancho Panza]

Federal Fusion 62 grain spitzer boat tail:

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[indianalex01]

Federal Fusion 62 grain spitzer boat tail:

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Arguably the best all around round made. Great through glass, expands fast and great penetration. Holds together well. Great through short barrels and expand at very low velocities. Tough to beat this round.

[Pilot1]

I run standard, Federal M855, 62 grain green tip. My AR is not my primary HD rifle as I keep a GI M1 Carbine for that role, loaded with soft points. If I need to get out the AR things have gone horribly wrong.