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 What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/23/15 04:02 PM
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What's accurate an good priced? What's better to shoot, brass or steel?
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/23/15 04:35 PM
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Depends on what you're shooting it out of. If you're shooting an AK or cheap AR then steel is ok. If you have a high-dollar AR then probably stick to brass.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/24/15 03:08 AM
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bigjoe8565
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For me it's Federal Fusion MSR ammo for hunting and for target/plinking I use Federal or PMC FMJ.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/24/15 03:17 AM
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Chad's son was wearing out 500, 600, and 700 on my range this Monday with .223 ammo he loaded.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/24/15 02:34 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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Cheap steel cased stuff, or handloads.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/24/15 06:22 PM
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Steel....NEVER, lacquer coated...NEVER
for bulk shooting I like the American Eagle and Fiocchi. have a bunch of mags loaded with this for when the Zombies come to take what's mine.
Everything else is handloads for LR accuracy
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/25/15 09:26 PM
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Check out ammoseek or gunbot
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/25/15 10:24 PM
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Hand loads.
But seriously, there are about a thousand different 223 ammo types to choose from. What are you shooting at?
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/25/15 11:50 PM
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/27/15 03:00 PM
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Hand loads.
But seriously, there are about a thousand different 223 ammo types to choose from. What are you shooting at? Both shooting for fun but also hunting.
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12/27/15 03:15 PM
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I like xm193 FMJ for the range. It shoots pretty well for me. For hunting ammo, you're on your own. It will be hard to find and expensive. I hand load 60gr Partitions for hunting, but rarely use the 223 for hunting.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/27/15 07:44 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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Steel....NEVER, lacquer coated...NEVER
for bulk shooting I like the American Eagle and Fiocchi. have a bunch of mags loaded with this for when the Zombies come to take what's mine.
Everything else is handloads for LR accuracy What's wrong with lacquer?
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/28/15 12:29 PM
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What's wrong with lacquer? The InterWebZ says it ruins your barrel. 
Pass the gravy.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/28/15 05:55 PM
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Speer Gold Dot if you can get the LE hookup. Very accurate, for what it is, & top shelf for blind barrier rounds in a 223/556.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/28/15 06:07 PM
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I really like Hornady 55gr Soft Point training ammo for just about everything.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/28/15 07:32 PM
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What's wrong with lacquer? The InterWebZ says it ruins your barrel. Is it the lacquer coating, or the bimetal bullets?
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/29/15 12:22 AM
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What's wrong with lacquer? The InterWebZ says it ruins your barrel. Is it the lacquer coating, or the bimetal bullets? My understanding is the lacquer can melt in a hot chamber causing feed/extraction issues. Sounds reasonable but I have no direct experience with it and don't intend to try...just not enough savings for me.
I was wrong...on anything technical. Fitz............. is right, ya know............
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/29/15 12:31 AM
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Tactical Cowboy
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What's wrong with lacquer? The InterWebZ says it ruins your barrel. Is it the lacquer coating, or the bimetal bullets? My understanding is the lacquer can melt in a hot chamber causing feed/extraction issues. Sounds reasonable but I have no direct experience with it and don't intend to try...just not enough savings for me. I'm going to continue to shoot the hell out of it. If I run into any of these issues, I will certainly let y'all know.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/29/15 02:28 AM
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Speer Gold Dot if you can get the LE hookup. Very accurate, for what it is, & top shelf for blind barrier rounds in a 223/556. Or Federal Fusion if you don't have the LE hookup. Same bullet technology.
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Re: What's best 223 ammo for the price?
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12/29/15 05:31 AM
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Speer Gold Dot if you can get the LE hookup. Very accurate, for what it is, & top shelf for blind barrier rounds in a 223/556. Or Federal Fusion if you don't have the LE hookup. Same bullet technology. For me, for some reason, the GD's grouped .75" @ 100yds & the Fusion grouped 1.5" @ 100yds.
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