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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ammunition review - RADWAY GREEN (Page 3 of 8)
Wow, methinks that the ammo shortage for the Guys in Green is worse then they are letting on. Even with leftovers from Jimmy the Cheap [Carter] we did not shoot some others Countries ammo. |
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Bought 720 round can. Ammo on stripper clips with tracers removed. No failure after 120 rounds. Does not seem to be loaded as hot as XM193. It feels comparable to my WWB. I don't have a chrono just going by the feel of it. Sure does punch nice holes though! Bushmaster 16in 1:9 twist HBAR. |
lol! Nope ~ pure (99.99%) Canadian 
Good on you! You bought before gold did its swan-dive thingy. Too bad ammo doesn't seem to go up and down. Buy the dips! Did you pay in gold or sell the gold and send cash? Looks like RG is the way to go? |
Yes, it would seem that I did indeed time that one well ~ just prior to a largely anticipated 'correction' (also anticipated is it recovering and then continuing even higher). It would be nice if ammo vendors accepted bullion as payment! lol But, no, I dropped in on my local coin dealer and sold the one coin for USD$ to cover the 4K rounds (Gold closed at $720 that day). I haven't posted back due to not having made it to the range for a proper evaluation as yet. However, upon initial cursory inspection all 4k rounds look to be 100% - no dents, dings, cracks, etc.,. all '92 RORG shiny 
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| Traded a friend for a 20" B MP 5.56 NATO 1/9 H BAR with a DPMS lower. He said the rifle was cleaned, and lubed the way it should be. Shot it that day in a HP match with RG L2A2 91 NATO, had 4 short strokes, out of 50. Took the rifle home, cleaned, and lubed it, my way, and have had no further problems from the first batch of 900rnds RG L2A2 91 NATO ammo, and no other problems from the next 720rnds of L2A2 92 NATO RG. Very accurate ammo in my rifleheMichael |
Shot around 100 rounds of RORG 92 headstamp today out of my dirty colt M4. My scope is sighted on LC M855 and the point of impact seemed to be the same. I didnt have any problems at all with the stuff. All shot great. The percieved recoil seemed very similar to that of the M855. Good stuff in my opinion, average accuracy and fun to shoot. Did notice that it seems a little smokey compared to the LC but no biggie.  Turk |
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I've burned my way through over 500 rounds of Radway so far and I have been pleased. So far I haven't had any ammo-related malfunctions. It has been easily keeping 4-inch groups at 200 yards and I'm not really all that good of a shot. Hehe, my only complaint is that it doesn't punch bigger holes. :-) Maybe I should've gotten an AR-10... LOL. T. |
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Today I put three hundred down the tube of my preban eagle arms 16" and it functioned 100%. I did this within 15 minutes. I even held the buttstock away from my shoulder all through the last mag to see if I could get it to short stroke, and it still functioned perfect. The head stamp was '89. I started with a clean action and finished with a slightly dirty one. Very impressed with how clean this stuff is. ETA: I wasn't testing for accuracy, only function on this trip. |
| Went to the range today with a Colt carbine and Franken 20 std model. I took both rifles to try out my 91 headstamp radway and was pleasantly surprised. It functioned perfect in both rifles and was very accurrate. I will buy more at the end of the month if it is still around and if Southern Ammo does not come through. |
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Late May, 06 bought a 720 round can of Radway from AimSurplus with a 92 headstamp. Shot 719 rounds thru a new RRA NM with no trouble at all. One round had what looked like a split neck or like there wasn't enuff brass material to complete the neck so I tossed it. Shooting steel plates I found several of the steel penatrators stuck in the steel and laying about. Accuracy at 100 yards is not as good as WWB. I Should mention the quick delivery from Aim. I will buy more. |
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purchased 2k rounds of ss109 rogr, nato stamped, 92 lot date today. bulk packed in 500 rnd boxes, packed loose. I don't know where my dealer got it from. cost was $200 delivered per 1k Shot 200 rnds today out of two different m4's, one with a colt 1/7 14.5, one with cmmg 1/7 14.5. No problems with either weapon, accuracy on par wtih my 855. Shooting wtih an eotech sight on both m4's. Will be buying as much as I can. |
| On another board a guy was saying that the Radway Green 5.56mm NATO ammo was under powered. Anybody chrono this ammo, compared to the other flavors? He was saying that the ammo was short stroking because of it being under-powered for use in the Bullpup. Anybody else heard this? |
Here:- 5.56mm RG INFO |
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I had already shot about 1000 rounds of '92 Radway Green through my AR when I began Pat Roger's three carbine class this past Saturday. I shot 1,000+ more rounds during the class without cleaning my weapon once (I did relube it of course). I experienced zero failures of any kind. That is, no ammo related failures and no non-ammo related failures. Accuracy was very good too. It's good enough for me. |
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Recently bought a 720ct can. {'90 headstamp} Took about 60rds to the range for try-outs Wasn't too impressed with accuracy when matched up against IMI855, Santa Barbara SS109, and XM 193. RG > 4-6 MOA with several way off flyers. But it shot "hot", with recoil matching the others. Others> 2-3 MOA avg Two rifles used: 1: Oly PCR-4 20" 1:9 non-chrome 2: Model 1 Kit 16" HBAR chromed The better groups were with the Oly. Biggest discovery of the day: Extractor lip of the case head was severely deformed by extractor of both rifles. I don't know if this is from soft brass or hot loads. Whatever reason it damaged the brass enough to make it unusable for reloading. Primers weren't overly flattened. This problem was NOT seen with any other mfr's cases ( IMI, LC, etc) that day. Summary: Plinking / Blasting ammo only. Unusable brass drops this ammo into the "Wolf" catagory. Radway redeems itself only by the ammo can, stripper clips and bandoleers that comes with it. (Sample group was small by what others have shot, so if accuracy or brass conditions improve, I will revise my opinion) |
| I shot 90 rounds thru 3 different AR's today and didn't have any problem with any of them. Maybe my round count wasn't high enough to get them dirty but it did seem AS hot as any other ammo I have around. All three rifles used where Colts, 20" 1/7, 20" 1/9 and a 16" 1/9. 92 dated ammo. Also my brass was fine after fireing. When I get time I plan to run it though other guns and more rounds but I was impressed with this little session. |
| Out of my 20": Radway Green (93 headstamp) chronoed avg of 3055fps (sd of 18.68) for 100 rounds. For comparision, XM193 chronoed 3188fps (sd 32.24) and wal-mart Winchester WhiteBox 55gr (USA223R1 - made in israel) chronoed 2931fps (sd 23.55). Results were for 100 rounds of each. All rounds averaged 2" groups @100yds with iron sights. No FTF, FTE. All worked as advertised. Chrono was setup 10ft in front of the muzzle. |
Actually, the ammo we were issued with this week at Bisley for the SR matches was L17A2 Mark |
| I've fired over 700 round the the stuff dated '90-92 in my 16" Bushmaster 1/9 and SPR Mod 0 clone 1/8. Nary a hiccup, consistently 2-3 MOA in the Bushmaster and 2 MOA in the SPR. In fact, I shot a very large javelina with it in the SPR at about 250 yds. He dropped like a stone but was very alive still as the bullet severed his spine at the neck. One icepick hole in and out though. |
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I bought 100 rounds of it and shot it all today. Mine had a 93 headstamp. Out of my 14.5 Colt SOCOM barrelled M4 type I had no problems at all. I shot about 40 rounds without one single problem. Out of my 20 inch Bushmater 1/7 Govt profile things did not go well. Every round or two would fail to fully cycle the action and I would have to do it manually. I am pretty sure its not the gun because when I switched back to Winchester white box 62 gr FMJs I shot through about 50 rounds without a single hiccup. With the Radway I was getting a failure to cycle about every two or three rounds. Anyone know why? I remember being told in Kuwait not to take any north into Baghdad because is was designated for training use only. We all has M16A2s... THANKS! |
[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ammunition review - RADWAY GREEN (Page 3 of 8)
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