Ammunition Stock Pile ???

[Mark Ducati]

When you guys buy ammo in bulk... do you buy different types? Meaning, do you buy Wolf in FMJ, HP or SP's? That is same caliber, same manufacturer, but different grain weight bullets?

I've always figured to make a single choice and stick with it... reason being, whenever you change to a diff ammo, you have to "REZERO" your weapon...

I'm getting ready to order another case of .223 for my AR15.... I've been shooting Winchester Q3131A with no problems... its 55gr FMJ. Any reason why I might want to buy some SS109? I dont plan on engaging anybody wearing body armor and even if the SHTF, 55gr FMJ will penetrate car doors.

M.

[Starvin]

As a just in case mesure you might want to have a little SS109 to make a nice party mix.

Personally I am a big fan of the Q3131A. And it is my primary defence ammo. However if I needed to kill radioactive armor plated zombies it'd be nice to have some SS109 around (course if I were fighting them I'd probably grab my AK and some steel jacketed ammo).

As for zeroing. Yea the different loads will give you different results. Personally, I zeroed my rifle in with Q3131A. That way it good to go if the need to use it or another M193 for defensive use. Most everything else may be moderatly off but at least my most important ammo type will be dead on.

[John Kennedy]

FMJ, lead core. In 7.62x39, .223, 5.45x39, etc. I shoot military guns and this is the ammo they were meant to shoot. Not to mention I think the jury is still out on the poor wound ballistics of the steel core .223. Maybe thats why over the next few years Uncle Sam is replacing it (with metal/polymer high-tech stuff).

Even the FMJ stuff differs by MFG, so look for what works. For example German .308 has a thinner jacket than US .308 and it fragments all to hell on impact. The Wolf 5,45 is supposed to have the cavity in the nose like 7N6 rounds, which gives it an advantage by tumbling crazily through soft targets.

Regardless, no matter what you shoot you should consider what the weapon was meant to shoot, what options there are for the type of round it was built for and learn how your weapon shoots with that particular load.