Ammo for AR Pistol

[Smitty79]

I have a 5.56 AR pistol with a 10.3 in barrel. I'm looking for an optimum defensive ammo for this gun. Looking for something with powder that is all burned before the bullet leaves the barrel to minimize flash and a bullet that will have good terminal ballistics with the lower muzzle velocity. I hand load. But I don't want to be in a situation where I might shoot someone with hand loaded ammo. My training is that this can cause extra legal problems.

[Alpha-17]

Mk318 Mod 0/1 would likely work for you. I don't shoot a lot of it, but don't recall the flash/boom being bad in either my SCAR or DD Mk18. Winchester's .223 PDX-1 wasn't bad either, but I'm pretty sure it's not barrier blind, if that matters to you.

[Smitty79]

Mk318 Mod 0/1 would likely work for you. I don't shoot a lot of it, but don't recall the flash/boom being bad in either my SCAR or DD Mk18. Winchester's .223 PDX-1 wasn't bad either, but I'm pretty sure it's not barrier blind, if that matters to you.

Thanks. I will look into these rounds. I'm not terribly concerned with barrier penetration. This is meant to be a home defense round. So I'm more concerned with over penetration.

[Trihonda]

I have a 5.56 AR pistol with a 10.3 in barrel. I'm looking for an optimum defensive ammo for this gun. Looking for something with powder that is all burned before the bullet leaves the barrel to minimize flash and a bullet that will have good terminal ballistics with the lower muzzle velocity. I hand load. But I don't want to be in a situation where I might shoot someone with hand loaded ammo. My training is that this can cause extra legal problems.

Following this with interest. I just purchased a BCM AR pistol and am curious what I should load in for HD

[pitt]

BH 77 TIPPED MK.

[Wake27]

I don’t know about loading but the 75gr Gold Dot performs pretty damn well out of SBRs.


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[Trihonda]

Where is the go-to place to buy ammo these days? LGS or online somewhere?

[VernonAltamirano]

Where is the go-to place to buy ammo these days? LGS or online somewhere?

Its going very hard to find in stock ammo deals now a days. I found some in stock ammo deals from here;

Foundry Outdoors

Bulk Cheap Ammo

Outdoor Limited

[Trihonda]

Its going very hard to find in stock ammo deals now a days. I found some in stock ammo deals from here;

Foundry Outdoors

Bulk Cheap Ammo

Outdoor Limited

Those links are awesome! Thanks. I am not in a huge rush to buy ammo, as I’ve hoarded a few boxed over the years (500rds worth). But I’ll want to restock once the craziness settles down.

[hk91308]

Those links are awesome! Thanks. I am not in a huge rush to buy ammo, as I’ve hoarded a few boxed over the years (500rds worth). But I’ll want to restock once the craziness settles down.

Yes good decisions, if you have adequate to ride through this mess; get some later when things calm down. Prices are either way over priced or they’re not available.