ADCOM 5.56mm NATO

Skintop911 · #1 03-09-07, 23:06

I had to shoot some of the (false) economy ADCOM ammo today for a project. Average of one blown primer per box. This is from the infamous 98 lot. Primers lodged firmly in the FCG, a couple in pieces. Terrible accuracy, too.

On the upside, it shot to identical POA as (genuine) M855, and approximated BHA 68gr OTM.

One of the few loads that seems to have some consistent availability. Caveat emptor.

Eric · #2 03-10-07, 01:31

No way. ADCOM rules.

-H- · #3 03-10-07, 01:38

I have shot 1000 rounds of 98' and I will never shoot UAE shit again. Even if it's free and in your gun.

223Rem · #4 03-11-07, 13:17

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Originally Posted by Skintop911

I had to shoot some of the (false) economy ADCOM ammo today for a project. Average of one blown primer per box. This is from the infamous 98 lot. Primers lodged firmly in the FCG, a couple in pieces. Terrible accuracy, too.

On the upside, it shot to identical POA as (genuine) M855, and approximated BHA 68gr OTM.

One of the few loads that seems to have some consistent availability. Caveat emptor.

Whoa? I just finished up my first 1k of the same lot without a hitch or hiccup. It tracked extremely well with my Mk4 3-9x36 M3 using the std 62gr cam. Accuracy is moa, but the barrel on my mini-SPR is certainly capable of sub-moa performance with my handloads. Hopefully the next 1K will do the same for me.

SGB · #5 03-11-07, 13:18

I went through 200 rounds of '99. Got 4 blown primers out of 20 rounds fired in an armalite chamber (.223?) and the rest ran fine in a bushmaster.

CavReconScout · #6 03-11-07, 17:22

I haven't had any problems with the couple of thousand '98 or '03 ADCOM rounds I've fired. I thought the '99 stuff was what everyone was having problems with?

-H- · #7 03-11-07, 18:18

Mine was 98' and the first 70% of it ran great and the accuracy was 1.5 MOA and I thought I had a good score because I bought it at $145K. Hell I was going to buy more and stash it......

Then the last 30% of it I was having blown primers almost every 5 or 6 rounds. That was enough to ward me away from that shit for life. Picking fragments of blown primers out of your weapon to get it to function is not my idea of a good time. It was in a 5.56 chamber for what it's worth.