What type of 5.56mm ammo do you have on hand?

[Rogerbutthead]

I mainly have 55 and 62, but I was looking at this article and wondered what others here have with their AR 15s.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/medics-advice-shoot-heaviest-rifle-round-shoot-can-hit-shoot/

*conus - Continental United States - oconus - Outside Continental United States

[enorbit3]

55 gr and a small amount of 62

[beanz2]

Anything from steel case Wolf 55gr for plinking, to Winchester frangible 50gr (no longer used for home, now have .300BO), to IWI 77gr SMK HPBT for long range.

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[Barang]

independence/federal 55gr and little bit of 62gr, imi 69gr imi &75gr.

[Master_Prestige]

M855 and M193

[Oldboyjun]

About 80% of my 5.56 ammo is Federal/American Eagle 55gr XM193. The rest is 62gr XM855.

All of it bought from Walmart before they turned FUDD.

[smle-man]

M193, M855, 62gr FMJBT lead core, 69gr BTHP Match

Read of a documented shootout in a house where the perp was hit by several 12 ga slugs including in the torso and continued to shoot and resist.

[vintagearms]

Black Hills ammo. 75 grain Match. I also like 69 grain.

[theLBC]

that was pretty interesting to hear from somebody that saw so much.
he might be saying afghan soldiers and gang bangers aren't good shots as much as small calibers don't kill with one shot.
his example of a one shot kill .45cal was center sternum out the spine.
he didn't say anyone survived the same shot with 9mm.

that said, 5.56 isn't a one shot killer, perhaps because the military knows a dead soldier is one less combatant firing back, but a wounded soldier is 1-3 combatants not firing back, because they are dealing with the wounded guy.

[mshill]

55gr for ARs and 62gr for the Tavor SAR

[deadcoyote]

I have several hundred rounds of cheap prvi milsurp white box, several hundred rounds of Winchester 55 grain, a lot of federal 55 grain. A couple hundred rounds of m855 surplus, and a random couple hundred rounds of federal GMM from when it was on clearance at sportsman’s warehouse a year or two ago.

[Rogerbutthead]

The combat medic's comments do seem to correspond to the US vets who say the 223 does not put down the enemy - that they continue to fight even after you hit them repeatedly.

I have a few hundred rounds of IMI 77 grain, but that ain't soft point. I was wondering if people were stockpiling 70+ grain Soft point 5.56 for SHTF situations. I haven't even started to look for a factory load in that general vicinity.

[Donk310]

55 gr and a small amount of 62

Same here. My 5.56 is all intermixed with my .223, as I use them interchangeably.

[Shumba]

Pretty good argument for standard capacity +10 magazines.

Also, don't shoot FMJ other than the range

[BajaJames83]

mostly 55gr have some 64gr bonded somewhere