What's a Good Price on AR Ammo?

[dracozny]

I've never seen that ammo available anywhere for .25 cents a round. If you saw a deal that good, you should have jumped on it.

If you want to look for good ammo prices online, gunbot.net can be very helpful:

http://www.gunbot.net/ammo/rifle/556/

Like IronMonster, I also prefer the 62 gr XM855 myself, as I consider it to be a better self-defense round, and it is only a couple of pennies more expensive. Also means I don't have to adjust my scope between practice and having the rifle ready to use for protection.
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I use http://ammoseek.com/ to find whatever I am looking for. It's has a bit more user friendly interface.

 

[dracozny]

I forgot who but a final end all study was done on steel cased vs brass and the steel cased did ware out the barrel faster but it used to be with the money you could save buying steel cased you could buy a new barrel unless your shooting a high end barrel .

one person mentioned lacquer gumming up your rifle. wolf stopped that years ago on their .223 ammo .

I think this is the study you were looking for http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/brass-vs-steel-cased-ammo/

 

[teflon6string]

I wavered over some Perfecta .223 at $19ish for 50 at Walmart. Figured I'd look up some reviews first and solicit opinions here before I took the plunge. What's the consensus here? Thanks in advance.

 

[Martini_Up]

.29 / rnd http://palmettostatearmory.com/inde...5gr-20rds-ammunition-xm193i-need-picture.html

.30 / rnd <broken link removed>

I think for brass cased ammo, 300 / 1000 rnds is a good price. Not the good ol' days of 180 /1000 blue box BH but times change I guess.

+1 for gunbot.

 

[IronMonster]

I remember $160 cases of Blue box Black Hills. That was dang near 20 years ago and I was making probably 8 bucks an hour. $300/1000 for new Federal today is probably cheaper in real terms

 

[OverLoad]

Hi, This may be a dumb question but can someone explain to me what the difference is between .223 & 5.56 ammo. If I have a Remington 700 in a .223, I should be able to shoot both ???

 

[IronMonster]

Hi, This may be a dumb question but can someone explain to me what the difference is between .223 & 5.56 ammo. If I have a Remington 700 in a .223, I should be able to shoot both ???

everything you need to know

http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/5-56-vs-223/

 

[OverLoad]

THANX for the help

 

[Bon Sauvage]

Friend, I was thinking that maybe you should get your rifle first, and find out what shoots best in it. Armed with that knowledge you can start looking for good deals.

 

[OverLoad]

That would probably be a good Idea. I have several that I haven't shot yet that I bought years ago, just wondering what ammo I should use.
THANX

 

[010USN]

I found wolf performance ammunition .223, I think it was about $4.75 per 20/box.