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 01-30-2012, 06:20 PM | #1 | Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: akron, ohio Posts: 32 |  looking for a good inexpensive ammo
This is my first ar15 and I'm looking for some ammo choices. Also what is the difference between 223 and 5.56?? | 
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| 01-30-2012, 06:41 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 3,446 |
If you have a 5.56 chamber you can use either 5.56 or .223 ammo. Try a little steel case .223 and see if your AR likes it for plinking and practice. 20-25 cents a round if you look around. For more serious ammo there are lots of good choices. __________________
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| 01-30-2012, 07:55 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 4,027 |
I finally had a malfunction w/ 62gr Tula. I tried a few things in the past but nothing ever happened until today. The funny thing is I wasn't trying. The round chambered in normal fashion but went click, soft primer strike/hard primer. I reloaded the round and it went bang. Well S-O-B...
30 min. ago UPS dropped off 1k rounds of Wolf 55gr Military Classic so we'll see how that goes.
What I'm saying is I have put a good amount of Tula down range w/ only the 1 issue. Lube is your friend. __________________ “The bitterness of poor quality Lingers long after The sweetness of low price is forgotten.”
-John Ruskin
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"The biggest issue with assembling an AR isn't so much getting the parts together right - it's getting the right parts together."
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| 01-30-2012, 08:05 PM | #4 | Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: , IL Posts: 1,073 Liked 2 Times on 1 Posts
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Originally Posted by mjkeat
I finally had a malfunction w/ 62gr Tula. I tried a few things in the past but nothing ever happened until today. The funny thing is I wasn't trying. The round chambered in normal fashion but went click, soft primer strike/hard primer. I reloaded the round and it went bang. Well S-O-B...
30 min. ago UPS dropped off 1k rounds of Wolf 55gr Military Classic so we'll see how that goes.
What I'm saying is I have put a good amount of Tula down range w/ only the 1 issue. Lube is your friend.
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Same deal here I have put roughly 1000+ Tula 55gr down range and one FTF , every single one of them has went bang so Im blaming my FTF on a new mag  | |
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| 01-30-2012, 08:11 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: los angeles, ca Posts: 1,355 |
PMC .223 55GR is a pretty good deal if you want reloadable non crimped brass approx 25-28 cents a round on sale. __________________
"He who does not fear the sword he wields does not deserve to wield it... -Tite Kubo
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| 01-30-2012, 08:44 PM | #6 | Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: , IL Posts: 1,073 Liked 2 Times on 1 Posts
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+1 on the trying steel cased ammo , just buy a couple boxs and try it if it doesnt run it your out less than $10 , much better than buying 1000 rds and not being able to shoot them . | |
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| 01-30-2012, 08:51 PM | #7 | Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: akron, ohio Posts: 32 |
So I can either buy 5.56 or 223 with no problem? | |
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| 01-30-2012, 09:04 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: los angeles, ca Posts: 1,355 |
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Originally Posted by austin125
So I can either buy 5.56 or 223 with no problem?
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is your barrel marked 5.56? .223?
Do you know what your chamber is? __________________
"He who does not fear the sword he wields does not deserve to wield it... -Tite Kubo
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| 02-04-2012, 05:17 PM | #9 | Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: akron, ohio Posts: 32 |
My barrel is marked 5.56 | |
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| 02-04-2012, 05:24 PM | #10 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 568 |
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Originally Posted by austin125
My barrel is marked 5.56
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Then short answer is yes you can shoot both. __________________
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I think I am officially the most "sig'd" man on FTF:D
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