'American Tactical' 62 gr. ammo

[PatEgan]

Anyone ever tried this stuff? 62 grain, brass cased, Boxer primed, reloadable. I couldn't get the search function to work for me, otherwise I would have done that. It's in 30 round boxes and apparently made in Turkey.

I'm looking for something to use in a class, and this is significantly less expensive than most others. Otherwise, I'll just go with PMC or Federal Tactical.

Thanks-
Pat

[jwperry]

Of the four types of SS109/M855 rounds I've fired (Prvi Partisan, Winchester, Federal and American Tactical) that was the least accurate.

Of the 120 rounds I had, it did go bang every time though.

[Molon]

American Tactical 5.56 x 45mm 62 grain




This M855 “clone” is charged with ball powder, has crimped and sealed primers, asphalt sealant at the case-mouth and utilizes a 62 grain SS109-type projectile. This bullet is a full-metal jacket, boat-tailed, cannelured projectile with a steel penetrator insert.





The muzzle velocity of this load was 3077 fps with a standard deviation of 21 fps. America Tactical claims that this ammunition “is lot tested to assure less than one minute of angle” accuracy at 100 meters.





A 10-shot group of this load fired from an AR-15 with a free-floated, 20” Colt HBAR had an extreme spread of 4.49” and a mean radius of 1.33”.







For comparison, here are the results of accuracy testing of several other "mil-spec" loads.




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[Ga Shooter]

Of the four types of SS109/M855 rounds I've fired (Prvi Partisan, Winchester, Federal and American Tactical) that was the least accurate.

Of the 120 rounds I had, it did go bang every time though.

Prvi is my favorite range fodder for now. American Tactical did give me acouple of FTE problems but only 3-4 over the course of about 500rds. No problems with the ones listed above or with IMI.

[PatEgan]

Thanks for the responses. Molon, thanks for taking the time to post the pics and report, very nice.
Pat

[GermanSynergy]

I've shot it w/o issue. I'd buy more if available at a good price.

[Raven Armament]

The ATI ammunition is the same stuff as the MKE headstamp made in Turkey on the same exact machinery, according to my discussion with ATI sales team at SHOT 2010.