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    Quality Commercial 5.45x39 Ammo?

    Does anyone have any good recommendations for quality commercial 5.45? I've been shooting 7N6 for the past 6 years and fortunately I stocked up when 7N6 could be bought by the crate for just over $300, but I just finished off a spam can of it and realized I only have 3 crates left.

    Anyone have any luck with any of the commercial offerings currently available?
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    It's been a while since I've gotten out of 5.45, but back when I did shoot it, my choice was Golden Tiger 5.45 and Silver Bear.

    The GT has been gone for a while, but it looks like it made a come back just recently. I see SGAmmo also caries Wolf Lacquered 5.45 now too.

    I have used the same Wolf in 7.62, and it was about just as good as Bear and Tiger.

    SGAmmo has them right now I believe.

    FYI, these are steel cased economically priced options. They're reasonably clean and accurate, but I would not consider these to be the best defensive or match ammo out there.

    Considering you mentioned 7n6, I have seen it mentioned that Golden Tiger is close to the real military stuff. So you can give that a try.

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/golden...orrosive-new-p

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/545x39...er-and-sealant

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/545x39...-non-corrosive

    There's more options on the website. These are just some examples.

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    I have found wolf milspec lacquered to be excellent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bfoosh006 View Post
    Respectfully, what is you budget and what is your criteria in context to quality ?

    Hornady has a 5.45x39 Hornady V-max 60 grain Steel Case ammo round that I would consider quality.


    http://www.sgammo.com/product/hornad...case-ammo-8124
    I'm just looking for a good all around training round with reasonable accuracy and performance, in other words something to replace 7N6 as my primary range round. That being said, the V-max is a bit overkill for what I'm looking for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by w3453l View Post
    It's been a while since I've gotten out of 5.45, but back when I did shoot it, my choice was Golden Tiger 5.45 and Silver Bear.

    The GT has been gone for a while, but it looks like it made a come back just recently. I see SGAmmo also caries Wolf Lacquered 5.45 now too.

    I have used the same Wolf in 7.62, and it was about just as good as Bear and Tiger.

    SGAmmo has them right now I believe.

    FYI, these are steel cased economically priced options. They're reasonably clean and accurate, but I would not consider these to be the best defensive or match ammo out there.

    Considering you mentioned 7n6, I have seen it mentioned that Golden Tiger is close to the real military stuff. So you can give that a try.

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/golden...orrosive-new-p

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/545x39...er-and-sealant

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/545x39...-non-corrosive

    There's more options on the website. These are just some examples.
    Thanks for the suggestions. I researched some more and found that the Golden Tiger is generally considered a decent round, closer to "mil spec" than most other commercial 5.45 loads. That being said I ordered a case of Golden Tiger as well as a case of Wolf lacquered mil spec from SGAmmo to compare in my rifle.

    I also ordered a few boxes of Silver Bear, Red Army Standard, Wolf Military classic, Tulammo, and Wolf performance just to get a point of reference and see how they shoot.
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    No problem.

    And you'll be happy with the Wolf Lacquered and GT. There's been a revival of decent 5.45 and 7.62 ammo thru SGAmmo lately. Hopefully it'll keep coming in. I know that Sam managed to get some Tula 8m3 clones brought in. It could be possible that he gets a 7n6 clone for the 5.45 users soon too.

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    I'm also a big SGammo fan. Good prices and great service. I have had really good luck with the IMI 5.56 55 gr ammo I bought through them as well as some German MEN 5.56 ammo. If you buy a few thousand at a time the shipping is pretty reasonable.

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    Darn shame Lapua isn't loading it. I'll also be interested in any definitive answers here. I found the 7N6 to be more accurate than the commercial loadings. Too bad it turned out to be evil. I have some of the Hornady but have not tried it (like only a box or two). One would guess it would be accurate but I imagine it's a far cry from 7N6 'good old days" prices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ned Christiansen View Post
    Darn shame Lapua isn't loading it. I'll also be interested in any definitive answers here. I found the 7N6 to be more accurate than the commercial loadings. Too bad it turned out to be evil. I have some of the Hornady but have not tried it (like only a box or two). One would guess it would be accurate but I imagine it's a far cry from 7N6 'good old days" prices.
    I don't have any experience with the Hornady 5.45, so I can't comment on the accuracy. I wouldn't doubt that it's accurate, but yeah it's pretty far from the old 7n6 prices.

    http://www.sgammo.com/product/hornad...case-ammo-8124

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