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

[jimbo74]

55gr 5.56 or .223

Whatever was cheaper. Brass case

[Barang]

i need to re-sight my ar for heavier grain and save my imi 69gr and 75r for shtf.

ooops! have to be sp/hp.

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[Colt]

GIANT photo, brah.

[C.G.]

Lots, but i am not giving you my address.

[Transient]

GIANT photo, brah.

Doesn't look that big on my phone screen

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[SCVlongstroke]

On hand none. A favorite MEN 56gr M193

[Ki6vsm]

Doesn't look that big on my phone screen

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And not on a tablet either. But on a LT/Windows screen, you have to scroll for about 2 minutes to even know what it's a picture of.

[Gunsrruss]

Press

I haven't had to buy any ammo since this debacle until just recently... what a pain in the arse!!
My next real purchase will be the Lee turret press. I'll make the trip to buy powder then ordering all the rest!

Do yourself a favor, I have a Lee, go get yourself a Dillon 550B and never look back

[Ki6vsm]

ooops! have to be sp/hp.

Yeah. Reading that has me wondering about the true effectiveness of the Mk 262 ammo.

OTOH, a friend of mine has said for years that he used to hunt deer (whitetail I imagine) with his AR-15 and would drop them where they stood with a well placed shot---through the spine near the neck or shoulder---using 55gr handloads. But of course those were soft-point bullets.

[dozer wright]

All kinds. Its widely known that 5.56 it not the 1 shot killer everyone wants to think. Can it yes.
I read a Story of a Special Forces team that that was dumping half mags of 5.56 in combatants and they kept fighting . A couple of the guys where running M1A in 7.62 and dropping guys in 1 shot.
Thats why I prefer a good M1a . Yes I own a Bunch of Ar-15 in multiple configurations. But if **** goes Down I'm grabbing my M1a.

[Dvrjon]

All kinds. Its widely known that 5.56 it not the 1 shot killer everyone wants to think. Can it yes.
I read a Story of a Special Forces team that that was dumping half mags of 5.56 in combatants and they kept fighting . A couple of the guys where running M1A in 7.62 and dropping guys in 1 shot.
Thats why I prefer a good M1a . Yes I own a Bunch of Ar-15 in multiple configurations. But if **** goes Down I'm grabbing my M1a.

[audiophil2]

All kinds. Its widely known that 5.56 it not the 1 shot killer everyone wants to think. Can it yes.
I read a Story of a Special Forces team that that was dumping half mags of 5.56 in combatants and they kept fighting . A couple of the guys where running M1A in 7.62 and dropping guys in 1 shot.
Thats why I prefer a good M1a . Yes I own a Bunch of Ar-15 in multiple configurations. But if **** goes Down I'm grabbing my M1a.

556 is so much easier to carry. an ar15 is much lighter than any gun i can think of i would take as a second choice.

it is an obviously light round. it doe snothing to my steel plates other than pit them but my 7.62x39 or 308 knocks my plates off the hangers.

[alpha_romeo_XV]

Been reloading 223 for 15 years. Got the full gamut from 40 to 80 grain, FMJ, HPBT, polytip, spitzer, steel core, with and w/o cannelures. Loads differ depending on barrel and type of shooting.

[sigstroker]

All kinds. Its widely known that 5.56 it not the 1 shot killer everyone wants to think. Can it yes.
I read a Story of a Special Forces team that that was dumping half mags of 5.56 in combatants and they kept fighting . A couple of the guys where running M1A in 7.62 and dropping guys in 1 shot.
Thats why I prefer a good M1a . Yes I own a Bunch of Ar-15 in multiple configurations. But if **** goes Down I'm grabbing my M1a.

You're talking fmj and target bullets out of 14.5 and 11.5 inch barrels, with a round that counts on high velocity. I don't have that restriction, so I have 16 and 20 inch barrels using bonded soft points, and barrier blind bullets when I need to punch through something.

Sure, if I thought I'd never have to carry the crap anywhere, one of my .308's would be better. But that's not what to OP asked.