IMI ammo?

[ScottyBnNC]

Great Ammo = to lake city in xm193. I buy whichever is the better deal. Not sure about other grains.

[wurger]

IMI Razor Core .556 is great, but uber $$.

[hambam105]

IMI can not hold a QC candle to Lake City ammo.

The Military Grade Black Hills ammo was most popular among troops in Iraq so I've been told by those who were there.

[geoint]

IMI can not hold a QC candle to Lake City ammo.

The Military Grade Black Hills ammo was most popular among troops in Iraq so I've been told by those who were there.

What makes IMI inferior in your opinion?

General consensus here and on arfcom that I've always seen is that IMI is better if you are willing to spend the few cents extra.

[ScottsBad]

IMI can not hold a QC candle to Lake City ammo.

The Military Grade Black Hills ammo was most popular among troops in Iraq so I've been told by those who were there.

Yes, because Black Hills had/has the contract for Mk262 which is what you are probably referring to. But there have been tests of both Black Hills Mk262 and IMI 77gr SMK (Mk262) and both are excellent and equivalent. But the IMI version is less expensive.

I don't think you are very well informed. IMI is very good ammunition. Besides my understanding is that Federal XM855 and XM193 which is mostly what we civilians get are factory seconds.

In any case, my experience with IMI 5.56 has been great, and with IMI 7.62 NATO I find it equivalent to Federal's M80 (not great ammo IMHO). I cannot speak to IMI 9mm because I won't buy it due to the hard primers.

[hambam105]

Opinion orginates from person experience.

Back in the 70's it was common knowledge, or so my buds thought, that IMI was Israeli ammo.

Sure the ammo ignited which a good start, but the ammo was more erratic with excess flash & smoke, and IMI just did not have the same consistency of the M193 and M80 Ball. Stock SP-1 ARs with IMI ammo were turning in 4 inch groups at 100 yards. M193 was about 2.5'' with same rifle and same shooter under same range conditions.

Surplus bullets for reloading, mostly 55 grain FMJs and 147 grain FMJs were plentiful at the gun shows. And quality control from one batch to the next was obvious even without a scale.

In the Jurassic days of shooting it was 99.9% factory assembled rifles. Cheap-po Chinese rifle parts hadn't invaded our shooting culture. The concept of accepting malfunctions was non-existent. There were a lot of Colt ARs, HK 91s & 93s, FALS and the bad boy of all bad boys, the Uzi. And we shot a lot. IMI wasn't bad back then. But U.S., German and Swiss ammo was then as it remains for me today, top drawer ammo.