Effective ammo to always have on hand in bulk?

[MeanStreaker]

Hi everyone. I tried a few search criteria and didn't find what I'm looking for.

My question: What effective 5.56 ammo would you always have on hand in bulk?

-- I have a couple hundred rounds of quality personal defense ammo (like TAP 75gr), but I can't afford to purchase 4-5 thousand rounds of that right now.

-- I also keep a couple thousand rounds of cheap Wolf or Tula around and replenish for my training ammo as it shoots well out of my rifles.

But I need something more in the middle just in case there's a rainy day or something. What quality, effective ammo do you stack deep for that purpose? I was going to buy a bunch of Privi M193 as I thought it would fill that role nicely. Then I saw the sticky in this forum section questioning its effectiveness and am rethinking that.

Thanks.

[sammage]

IMI M193 comes to mind, and around $340 shipped for 1200 rounds.

[snackgunner]

Go back a couple of pages and search some more in this forum and youll find what your looking for.

This is a good thread
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=87877

[NoveskeFan]

I have IMI and Federal M855 and a ton of Lake City XM193.

[MeanStreaker]

How does IMI and Privi Partisan compare with their M193?

[NWPilgrim]

There are some 62 gr - 69 gr HP and SP loads from Wolf, Brown Bear and Tula in the $6.00 - $6.50/20 range. You can get the bonded SP Federal XM223SP1 for $10/20. Have to read through previous posts to see how thos compare but I would think a 62 gr SP would be better then 55 gr or 62 gr FMJ while still be a lot cheaper than most ammo that is better performance. Kind of a balance between cheap enough to buy in bulk but still better then FMJ.

[tpd223]

Nothing wrong with M855 or M193 for your uses.

[KhanRad]

Hornady steel cased 75gr TAP will "probably" be a better choice over XM193 or M855. Plus, it tends to run a little cheaper than the military brass loads.

[TehLlama]

The M193 are more well known quantities, the IMI, Fed, PPU, and LC offerings are pretty common and that helps resale a lot if that becomes relevant to you.
When places like Wideners has IMI 193 for the price listed above, that's hard to beat. I only picked up 5 cases...

[Todd.K]

You just need reliable ammo. If you are digging into the 4k in your basement you are in a VERY bad place and the type of ammo is probably not going to change your chance of getting out alive.

There are some 62 gr - 69 gr HP and SP loads from Wolf, Brown Bear and Tula...

I don't think you can expect bi-metal jacketed (steel jacket, copper washed) HP or SP to open up like copper jacketed bullets.

Doc notes that "most of the “cheap” Russian JHP/JSP ammunition offers poor terminal performance.", in the Russian caliber sticky.
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=19885