There are several accurate 55 gr FMJ loads available, but they are .223 Rem pressure.
Black Hills makes a 55 gr load that shoots well.
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There are several accurate 55 gr FMJ loads available, but they are .223 Rem pressure.
Black Hills makes a 55 gr load that shoots well.
I have a plain-jane BCM lightweight with a 2-8x32 scope on it — NOT a precision rifle.
PMP (South African) was surprisingly good, shooting ≈2" groups @ 100yds. ... It was not only better than the other "ball" ammo like PPU and Wolf, but better than some Black Hills "match" and Hornady TAP.
PPU: 3-5/8"
BHA: >3"
BHA: 4-1/4"
Wolf: ??? (4/5 = 1-3/8")
TAP: 2-3/4"
TAP: 3-3/4"
PMP: 1-7/8"
PMP: 2"
PMP: 2-1/4"
Norma: < 1-1/2"
So, if I could find more PMP at a good price, then I would jump on it.
I’m kind of a noob to be honest....is the IMI stuff effective on man size targets out to 300 yards, or is every bulk M193 just too inaccurate?
Would it be possible to make my own match-quality 5.56 pressure 55gr ammo? I haven’t done any kind of reloading myself, and I don’t know what it takes to do annealing/crimping/sealing for long term storage, but it’s been at the back of my mind as an option. I just really don’t want to lose my zero.
I’ve had really good luck with the IMI 77g razorcore, it’s a bit more than 55g stuff but you can get it in bulk for a good price
SHTF ammo who cares 3 MOA is good enough it just needs to go bang reliably I keep 1800 rounds of some old Wolf ammo around for that. I think I paid $89 a 1000rounds for it more than a couple years ago but for SHTF ammo it's there in the ammo cans with desiccant ready to go.
I've found Federal XM193 to be *sufficiently* accurate that when coupled with the ease of frequently getting it more cheaply than other options, I tend to keep most of my "go to" mags loaded with it.
Although I will say my impression is that IMI and Privi Partizan M193 do both tend to be *slightly* more accurate than the Federal.
Another M193 load I found to exhibit pretty decent accuracy (By M193 standards if course) is Hornady Frontier. I only fired 150 rounds of it, but was satisfied enough with it that I was going to buy more. Then I heard chatter about it blowing guns up though, and didn't bother. This was last year and presumably whatever issue was going on was a short-term QC problem that Hornady has surely gotten under control by now....one would hope.
Might try the Black Hills Blue box?
cheaper beacuse they use once fired brass
Other than that I find it highly accurate