$2500 AR, WHAT AMMO is ok/not ok?

[jumbopanda]

Hmm, you pay mucho money on parts, spend mucho time building the rifle, but would ask for ammo advice from the 20-something armchair know-it-alls on this site rather than contacting the barrel maker for instance.

Manufacturers will always tell you to shoot nothing but factory new, brass-cased ammo, for liability purposes. That doesn't mean that everything else is unsafe, it just means that gun makers want to cover their asses

[M1A Rifleman]

Manufacturers will always tell you to shoot nothing but factory new, brass-cased ammo, for liability purposes. That doesn't mean that everything else is unsafe.

But they will tell you what to stay away from if it has been problematic - ie steel cased foreign crap.

[themailman]

How is that a stupid statement jackass? As for my barrel, its Spike's barrel made from 4150 steel and is accurate as all hell...what more do you need? From a true conservative standpoint...

We'll continue this discussion over PM.

[TMC]

cheap ammo....

this can happen to any firearm


cheap ammo can squib in a barrel, then the next round fired turns the gun into a grenade.

Nice cutaway of an AR

[vintagearms]

I have done TONS of ressearch on building a nice AR. With that being said, is there any ammo that is NOT suggested for a nice AR with a Noveske barrel? Obviously defence rounds are a whole different game...I'm just talking plinking/practice ammo. Is there anything at all I should stay away from? Or should I just buy the most of the cheapest? IE:wolf, re-loads,etc? Would hate to damage a nearly 3k dollar investment by cheaping on ammo, but not sure if thats even a concern.


Thanks for any advice/suggestions. I did research but could not fine definitive answers.

I have a custom built AR upper with a Noveske barrel built by MSTN. I use this for more than just at the range but am not a full-time operator either.
I have no issues with shooting the expensive stuff or the cheap stuff like Wolf. The only thing about shooting cheaper ammo is more cleaning is needed. Having a piston upper negates this to a degree.
The ONLY thing that may prematurely wear using non brass cased ammo would be the extractor but ammo savings are worth it in the long run.

[drummerdude1188]

How is that a stupid statement jackass? As for my barrel, its Spike's barrel made from 4150 steel and is accurate as all hell...what more do you need? From a true conservative standpoint...

How did it let you say jackass, without editing out ***, let me try it... jackass


Edit: hey it works!!!, now the mod's will probably block it, since for some reason us "adults" on this forum cant see bad words...


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[straykiller]

any ammo id say, if you have a 2500 dollar AR and it wont shoot all ammo then u wasted ur ammo, it should reload its own ammo to for that price lol

[shooterdude]

Have you actually tried Wolf? I have in all of my firearms and it works fine. It does have a hard primer and one of my CZ pistols with a low mainspring weight will sometimes fail to ignite on first strike but that is my fault not Wolf. I even put Wolf in my *gasp* Beretta 92fs and it works great and hasn't worn down the extractor as some people have said it would.

I don't understand the snobbery in ammo purchases. The same people who say don't use Wolf will buy the cheapest ammo from Walmart and swear its *nearly* match grade but turn up their nose at Wolf.

If you search the plethora of gun forums for posts on Wolf you will find that people who have actually tried it don't have a problem using it. When the Walmart shelves were bare this past year or two I bought thousands of rounds of Wolf 9mm online and it was all good!

I will never put Wolf or Brown Bear through any of my weapons.

[pyromensch]

if you spend $2500 on an AR it better eat anything you put in it.

and anything that you can afford to put in it.