.223 Hollow Point Ammo....

[WAYNO]

We know that generic .223/5.56 ball ammo is easy to find and relatively inexpensive. I know, I know, I'm not addressing the reloaders...

But soon will be sage rat season, and folks will be looking for hollow point ammo. When they find it, it wont be cheap. Again, I'm still not talking about reloading options here...

Wal Mart is now carrying American Eagle Hollow Point ammo, for what I consider to be fairly economical compared to most HP ammo. Bought some today, and it's $24.99 for a box of fifty. And for camparison, that's just under ten-bucks for 20 rounds.

Just a heads up. Nothing more.




WAYNO.

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[ageingstudent]

Hey this is the ammunition and reloading subforum. Feel free to post about commercial ammo. Also feel free to invite me to shoot sage rats. I have some reloads I'd like to try out.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Glad I bought 2,000rnds of 62gr HP's some years back! Lots left!

 

[WAYNO]

Glad I bought 2,000rnds of 62gr HP's some years back! Lots left!

That's enough for one good Rat Safari.

I also have many rounds socked away from previous purchases, but when I saw these for sale, at less than the going rate, I could not help but to sock away a few more.

WAYNO.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Yeah, I get that, I use multiple calibers on a rat hunting expedition and I don't waste HP's on Sage Rats anyway!

 

[Stomper]

Do HP's that small in diameter even really "expand" anyway?

 

[ageingstudent]

Do HP's that small in diameter even really "expand" anyway?

At velocity they are downright explosive lol.

 

[Stomper]

At velocity they are downright explosive lol.

Sounds like a "blast"!

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

.40G Varmageddons scoot out there pretty fast and make quite the explosion too....

 

[WAYNO]

Do HP's that small in diameter even really "expand" anyway?

I've shot lots of sage rats. Truly thousands. A solid, or ball, make a nice clean little hole. The squirrel runs away and down his hole. The same .22 ammo, doesn't matter if it's rimfire or centerfire, is like the squirrel swallowed a grenade. They absolutely explode. I'm certainly not a PETA candidate, but even a little squirrel, when I shoot them, I want them immediately dead on impact.

WAYNO.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

So there is enough there in a 5.56 to hollow out and still have something left? Wow!

 

[wcdubois]

I exclusively shoot 40 grain HP bullets. Tiny little things.
When they hit the rats they fly through the air surrounded by pink mist!

 

[Certaindeaf]

I exclusively shoot 40 grain HP bullets. Tiny little things.
When they hit the rats they fly through the air surrounded by pink mist!

There was an old site called "mist" something and also Varmint Vapor Vestry (same site) but I can't find it.. it was pretty cool.
For the reloaders, a lot of guys get their varmint bullets as blems, in bulk. and dang it, I can't find that bookmark

 

[ThemGunsThough]

Thanks for the heads up, OP. Will try to get some.