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    55gr Remington UMC

    Anybody ever use this ammo? Im going to use it on a 1/7 twist 14.5 barrel. any good? price?

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    I've shot several hundred rounds of it through both my 1x9 16" Middy and 1x7 10.5" SBR and never had a problem with it in any way. Good for range ammo. I had a gift card to Dick's and it was the only .223 55gr they had.


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    I use to buy it for plinking when it was cheap at walmart but now its not so cheap and there are better options for the same money.

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    would you like to share what other ammos are good for plinking and should have a decent accuracy up to 100 yards scoped?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lanceriley View Post
    Anybody ever use this ammo? Im going to use it on a 1/7 twist 14.5 barrel. any good? price?
    Economy, marginal load. Availability tends to be better than most, so it's seen a lot. There's both much worse and much better.
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    Mild loaded ammo. (which I prefer for practice ammo)

    The brass is awesome for reloading... no crimp, doesn't need trimming on the first loading, etc.

    I agree that it's far from the best value in ammo. It's overpriced right now in the retail realm.
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    They shoot OK but like most have said, they are overpriced right now.

    My only problem is from the 1K I ordered few months ago, I already had 5 or 6 setback with this ammo. Still have more than 500 rounds to go....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eth0 View Post
    They shoot OK but like most have said, they are overpriced right now.

    My only problem is from the 1K I ordered few months ago, I already had 5 or 6 setback with this ammo. Still have more than 500 rounds to go....
    Yeah. I've read more than one report of the current UMC not having a crimp. I picked up a box for the hell of it not too long ago. I ran all of it through my factory crimp die before I fired any of it.
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    It's price prohibitive generally for what you get. I work part time at DSG and if you hit the ammo sales just right, (we just had a buy 1 get one 50% off), you can get it for a "decent" price, (whatever that means). The "Value Packs" are no value, ($105.00 for 200 rounds), but if you buy the boxes of 20, a case price for the same 200 rounds will be $89.98....I found UMC to be barely adequate, smelly and extremely mild and dirty ammunition....It went bang - that's about it....

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    I just used up the last of my supply. It actually shoots quite accurately in my guns, my gripe was that I had a dud round. In probably close to 10000 rds total of centerfire, I believe it was my first dud. Pissed me off cause it ruined my score. Generally speaking, give it a try, it may shoot well. It's no self defense round, but it's also easier on the weapon than say XM193.

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