Help me find good uses for crap ammo?

[Diamondback]

Long story short, ended up grabbing crap ammo a while back when it was all that was available.

Right now my available stash:
*1 case IMI Razorcore Mk 262 - this is the start of my Serious Stuff supply, outside this discussion.
*120 round minican M855 greentip - crap, but has its purpose as "teaching ammo" so not a real loss having it.
*100 rounds Remington .223 55gr Core-Lokt - THIS is the problem. Can't really use it to sight in, too weak for proper Function Testing and we don't get a lot of varmints like prairie-dogs to warrant it around Seattle.

Is there a constructive use for the Remmy stuff, or is its only real use to expend turning it into trigger pulls and once-fired brass?

[Pappabear]

Shit man its just 100 rounds of hunting ammo. I would just hang onto it in case you ever need hunting ammo. I would think it would be good hunting ammo for Yotes etc.

PB

[AndyLate]

The Remington is too weak to cycle, or too weak to reliably cycle? My ARs will reliably function with Tula .223, commonly recognized as weak ammo (may not lock back when empty).

Although the POI almost certainly will not be the same as 262, it should be more accurate than the M855 and just as well suited for teaching.

Or like PB says, just hold onto it until you need it.

Andy

[Diamondback]

When I say "too weak," bearing in mind that my rifles are unfired*, I mean it doesn't offer the same profile for diagnostics in test-firing as full-power 5.56 where distance and clock position of the empties tell you what's going on inside. It *might* cycle, but won't tell me much beyond "if it eats this it'll eat anything."
*At the risk of sounding "poor me," it IS kinda hard to get out to the range when you're a nondriver in a Concrete Jungle... doubly so when your daily responsibilities include care of a bedridden family member.

The "teaching" role on the M855 is once I claw my way back into academia, trying to create "as close as you can get without facing real danger" hands-on learning experiences for my future students. Like the Remmy, it was a grab because things were looking hairy around here, it was the only stuff on the shelf and "any ammo beats no ammo when the CHAZholes come a-rioting."

[mRad]

For one, that Remington ammo is great hunting ammo, and as long as it cycles, which there isn’t an evidence to the contrary, it would be a better choice for defense than a lot of the ammo out there.

It doesn’t sound like you have much ammo not have you spent much time with the rifle. Don’t get bent out of shape trying to assign purpose until you get where you are actually using the gun.


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[Inkslinger]

Crap ammo or not, that’s still 7 magazines of “get off my lawn” if need be. When you can up your stash of training ammo, then blast away with anything you have no desire to hang on to.

[gunnerblue]

Just 100 rounds? Stash it...

[Bimmer]

*At the risk of sounding "poor me," it IS kinda hard to get out to the range when you're a nondriver in a Concrete Jungle... doubly so when your daily responsibilities include care of a bedridden family member.

It sounds to me that for now you need to disregard your ammo stockpile and focus on putting your day-to-day affairs in order.

And like the others said, just set aside the 5 boxes of hunting ammo... It's not perishable (and it's not crap).

[markm]

I love crap .223/556 ammo. I have a dedicated press on the bench with a bullet pulling die. I Pull it down and rerun it correctly.

[Arik]

Not everything has to be diagnostics. How about just shooting for the sake of shooting and not for the sake of examining each round for potential firearm issues.

Use it in class. Use it in training, use it to shoot at targets and blow off some steam. Do a watermelon test . Really.... anything. Sell it for cash money!!

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