CMP surplus ammo

[jbmi]

Being new to the AR sport I'm always looking for good deals.
I'Ve purchased stuff from CMP before and thought I'd check their surplus ammo.
200 rounds of Hornady 75gr. BTHP for $140.
Good/Bad ???

[christcorp]

Being new to the AR sport I'm always looking for good deals.
I'Ve purchased stuff from CMP before and thought I'd check their surplus ammo.
200 rounds of Hornady 75gr. BTHP for $140.
Good/Bad ???

That's $14 for a box of 20.... Not Good.

Assuming you don't want to shoot Steel Case ammo. (Which I, and many others do; for $4 a box), you can get penetrating ammo SS109 (Same specs at M855 military) for $259 for almost 1000 rounds: (Around $5.50 a box of 20)
http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product1443.html

Or: If you aren't allowed to shoot armor type ammo, or don't want to, you can get plenty of standard brass case ammo like American Eagle, PMC, and a number of others for the $7-$9 a box range.

$14 a box of 20 is too expensive for any .223 ammo; unless you really want/need match ammo type of stuff. And for what it's worth; UNLESS your AR-15 that you have, has a 1:7 or 1:8 twist barrel; you will find that the 75 grain bullet at the CMP may not be the most accurate. 1:9 twist is the most common barrel, and it like ammo up to around 70grain. Not that the 75grain from the CMP won't be accurate; every gun is individual. Just that for a 1:9, up to 70 grains is about the max when it comes to accuracy.

Anyway; just my $0.02483892394, but $14 a box of 20 is too much to pay. I buy a lot of CMP ammo; but .223 is NOT one of them.

[shootist~]

It's a good price for Hornady 75gr Match. Ammunition to Go has it for $170/200. It's even better if it's .223 TAP.

[Nightvisionary]

The 75 grain Hornady BTHP seems to be hit or miss with alot of shooters. I pulled my hair out for a month trying to develop a load that would get decent accuracy through my Spikes LE mid length. Groups at 100 yards ranged between 3 and 7 inches with the Hornady 75 depending upon what components I used.

I have finally settled on the Nosler 77 BTHP. I get 1.6 to 1.75 MOA out to 300 yards. Sierra match king 77's are a hair more accurate but quite a bit more expensive.