AAC 5.56 Ammo Evaluation

[1168]

I'm about at the end of this AAC ammo misery. I really have some suspicions about the case rim thickness (or lack thereof). I actually had one reworked rounds fail to eject on the Rem 700 bolt gun.

I don't know this for sure, but I think the thinner rims add to the FTE issues with the over pressured ammo. It's almost like the extractors skip off the rims easier than regular brass.

Imagine if a company with quality jUsT aS GuD as PSA started making ammo.

Oh, wait.

Shit, that happened.

[markm]

Pretty rough when some old Steel Cased Wolf would be WAY BETTER than an OTM American load.

[Diamondback]

I'm rather involved in the industry, and I've never had a company refuse to answer questions from the public and have them refer to me instead. That would be such a red flag it would be horrid. I have had companies refer people off forum to talk to me about issues that are related to my specialties, but its never been a matter of refusing to answer questions themselves. An example would be along the lines of, hey, how do I get this authorized for my department? To have a company say they are unable to make a department do anything, but if you talk to Stick he might have ideas... that sort of thing I'm fine with. In fact, I like those "referrals"
because it lets me freely help people and departments.

This is truly disappointing... I despaired when I heard that JJE had bought out NoDakSpud, then was quietly hopeful when they hired Mike from NDS to run H&R and supposedly were going to let him run his shop his way and enforce QC standards...

Better not let Washington's AG "Rumored Child Molester" Bob Ferguson hear about this, because I hear several phrases their statement indicates that he could use our new nuisance SB 5078 "consumer protection lawsuits" law to end them:
*Reckless Disregard
*Depraved Indifference
*Gross and Contributory Negligence

5078 is really bad, it's a blatant piss in the face of PLCAA and why some shops refuse to sell in WA at all--all it takes is ONE sale to a WA resient and they have a legal nexus to sue you out of business at will, and while everybody's freaking out about our new AWB nobody's seeing the REAL danger in the room.

[greg1147]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/aac-...-20rd-box.html

Shot 10 out of my MK12 with Douglas 18" barrel and AEM 5 can
Second row is my reloads 77 gr Sierra hpbt using Ramshot TAC 26 gr 2.25 oal
Also did some out of the 15.1" FN barrel with AEM 5 third row
Might up my load a little to see if 2800-2850 is doable
AAC TAC AAC 15.1 FN
2861 2776 2715
2867 2783 2743
2873 2726 2749
2867 2772 2743
2836 2761 2772
2930
2867
2923
2886
2917

[markm]

Over the last two weeks we've been running some of this reworked stuff in the Rem 700. I'm convinced that the thin rims on the AAC brass is a problem. Another shooter was running the Rem 700 and had multiple ejection failures. I had a few myself too, but didn't pay too much attention to it. I think there's too much room under the extractor hook which gives slop during ejection.