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Posted: 2/16/2012 11:51:11 AM EDT
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I'm looking for sub moa commercial ammo at a decent price. What ammo are you getting sub moa at 100 yards with? |
| It's funny because there's a thread right next to this one about someone getting poor results from their rifle with Hornady match. Assuming operator error isn't the issue, just goes to show the importance of trying out different flavors to find something that works. |
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That ammo is 2-3MOA at best
Try THIS Its the cheapest "match" grade ammo around |
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Quoted: I'm looking for sub moa commercial ammo at a decent price. What ammo are you getting sub moa at 100 yards with? What kind of rifle are you shooting this out of? You realize that you're not getting sub-MOA out of a rifle that costs less than $2000 as a rule of thumb, right? |
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RRA 20" 1/8 twist bull barrel. Quoted: Quoted: I'm looking for sub moa commercial ammo at a decent price. What ammo are you getting sub moa at 100 yards with? What kind of rifle are you shooting this out of? You realize that you're not getting sub-MOA out of a rifle that costs less than $2000 as a rule of thumb, right? |
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Quoted: RRA 20" 1/8 twist bull barrel. Quoted: Quoted: I'm looking for sub moa commercial ammo at a decent price. What ammo are you getting sub moa at 100 yards with? What kind of rifle are you shooting this out of? You realize that you're not getting sub-MOA out of a rifle that costs less than $2000 as a rule of thumb, right? Nice gun, but no guarantee for 1 MOA even with the best ammo. |
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For a sub-MOA 100 yard group I would stick with the VMAX or Blitzking loads, 55gr and lighter. The little varmint ballistic tip rounds are incredibly accurate.
XM193F isn't anything close to sub-MOA. Its specs from Federal list a 2 MOA -RADIUS- at 200 yards, which is probably a 6" extreme spread group. So figure if you are getting a 3" extreme spread at 100 yards from XM193 you're doing good to the limits of the ammunition. Anything smaller is gravy. The heavy OTM rounds really don't do their thing until you're past 200 or so. I wouldn't buy Hornady OTMs right now. Way too many stores about crappy accuracy from them as of late. If you want cheap(er) sub-moa ammunition, start reloading and doing ladder tests. |
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The Hornady steel practice ammo is great. Its the cheapest match ammo available.
We load the 75 grain Hornady OTM bullets in reloadable LC brass with crimped boxer primers for a couple bucks more per box. We also load the 77 and 69 SMK to 5.56 pressure and velocity. Thanks, Mike |
| IMHO, If you want sub-moa , the answer is start to reload your own. Cheaply priced ammo is cheap for a reason. The components are held to lower consistency standards which will result in less accuracy. Besides, load development gives you more trigger time and isn't that idea anyway. |
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The Hornady steel practice ammo is great. Its the cheapest match ammo available. We load the 75 grain Hornady OTM bullets in reloadable LC brass with crimped boxer primers for a couple bucks more per box. We also load the 77 and 69 SMK to 5.56 pressure and velocity. Thanks, Mike Hey Mike, I have several years of experience firing Black Hills 5.56MM ammo: MK 262 MOD 0, MK 262 MOD 1, SECONDS, AMU loads, etc. but have ZERO experience with your loadings. And unfortunately, I don't see much actual info on groups fired with your 5.56MM loads. Show us some groups fired with your 69gr. SMK, 70gr. Barnes TSX, 75gr. Hornady OTM, & 77gr. SMK loads from accurized AR15/M16 rifles. 5.56MM shooters are always looking for affordable/accurate ammunition. TIA, Carey Edit: Finally found some 69gr. SMK & 77gr. SMK groups on the Hide this morning; looks very promising. But I want to see for myself exactly what this 5.56MM ammunition has to offer accuracy-wise so ordered a few boxes of 5.56MM 70gr. Barnes TSX, 75gr. Hornady OTM, & 77gr. Sierra MatchKing OTM. Will put it up against my gold standard of 5.56MM accuracy, Black Hills 5.56MM 77gr. SMK based MK 262 MOD 1. I have a highly accurized SPR type rifle to test with. Frank White at CLE chambered the 18" full-heavy 1x7.7 Krieger barrel specifically for 5.56MM MK 262 type loadings. ]http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2725170&page=5] |
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