Is there any ammo you won't shoot in your AR?

[Dragunov]

Sounds like your shooting sub par ammo, what you need to do is load your own and tailor it to each specific rifle, then you know your getting the best, otherwise your wasting time and money

There is nothing sub par about match king ammo. I understand that handloading is better.
1) I don't have the time (although I would like to).
2) I'm one of those KISS people. Pull it off the shelf, get good with it. Use it.

I have considered reloading and may do that in the future, but the ammo I do buy is certainly no waste of money. Not getting everything out of what you have on hand, is however.

[Saym14]

so far no steel case or laqurered ammo fo rme.

[Durasteel]

I've only shot steel-cased ammo through my AR. Never had a single problem.

[metalliman545]

There is nothing sub par about match king ammo. I understand that handloading is better.
1) I don't have the time (although I would like to).
2) I'm one of those KISS people. Pull it off the shelf, get good with it. Use it.

I have considered reloading and may do that in the future, but the ammo I do buy is certainly no waste of money. Not getting everything out of what you have on hand, is however.

LOL. be sure to let people know when you shoot! match grade brass here everyone!

[Dragunov]

LOL. be sure to let people know when you shoot! match grade brass here everyone!

If you're where I'm at, and bring something to catch it in, It's yours. I've had people ask me for it before.

[jak77]

Nope. Mine is like a hooker, swallows anything I put in its mouth. Buy quality and it should be fine with any ammo. I shoot mostly steel case as its cheaper and I haven't started reloading for it yet

[BLD]

So far all my AR has eaten is XM193 in several of it's varients. I shoot at a lot of steel targets in matches, so I can't use steel core ammo. Otherwise I'd be all over the Bear. My Ruskies love that stuff , Brown or Silver.


Is the Federal XM193BK the same as the American Eagle that has caused the recent Kabooms, and QC issues? I bought a case earlier this year and have shot over 800 flawless rounds. I like it and want to order some more. Right now I can get a case for the same price as PMC Bronze. What would be better for my buck? My rifle is A DDM4 clone (all DD or BCM internals) with a DD 1/7 M4 barrel (chambered in 5.56).

[nagorb]

So far all my AR has eaten is XM193 in several of it's varients. I shoot at a lot of steel targets in matches, so I can't use steel core ammo. Otherwise I'd be all over the Bear. My Ruskies love that stuff , Brown or Silver.


Is the Federal XM193BK the same as the American Eagle that has caused the recent Kabooms, and QC issues? I bought a case earlier this year and have shot over 800 flawless rounds. I like it and want to order some more. Right now I can get a case for the same price as PMC Bronze. What would be better for my buck? My rifle is A DDM4 clone (all DD or BCM internals) with a DD 1/7 M4 barrel (chambered in 5.56).

Brown bear isn't all steel core.

[captbilly]

No polymer coated

Polymer coated ammo is ok as long as you can assure that a round will never sit in a hot chamber long enough to melt the polymer. I am not sure what polymer thay use in coating these newer Wolf cartridges but very few polymers can take temperature over about 300 Degrees F., and some can take much less. If you are only going to the range to do some slow fire target work then it is likely the chamber won't get hot enough to melt the coating but if you are playing around in the woods and going full auto or firing a bunch of rounds very quickly the chamber will get very hot.

I suppose you can clean the melted polymer out of the chamber with no harm done but I am not exactly sure what solvent to use.

Like so many other decisions about ones rifle the decision about ammo boils down to what you are using the rifle for. If like me you are all about accuracy then you must find ammo that works and then get a bunch of it so that you can actually sight in your rifle and expect it to shoot the same way the nest time you use it. If you just want the rifle to go bang and send a bullet down range than almost anything will do. My concern about polymer coated bullets is that they could actually stop the rifle from even going bang, forget about worrying about exactly where the bullet would end up.

[resident-shooter]

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