SL8 shooting Norc 5.56

[newbedoo]

Any problems shooting surplus Norinco non corrosive 5.56 in a SL8?
Lots of it around cheap reloadable brass case / lead core FMJ, but hate to damage my gun.

 

[saskcop]

Should be no problem. It is not the highest quality ammo, but it should go bang.

 

[5440fight]

I don't think any 55 gr ammo will shoot very well in the Sl-8. They like heavier pills. It will go bang though.

 

[cr5]

I don't think any 55 gr ammo will shoot very well in the Sl-8. They like heavier pills. It will go bang though.

Mine shoots 55gr just fine.
I don't like norc ammo but it is cheap.
My buddy was shooting norc yellow box through his xcr and getting 4-6 inch groups at 100yds, I let him run a mag of my American Eagle 55gr and groups were down to around 3 inch.
Don't expect it to do much besides go bang. My rifles will never shoot norinco ammo.

 

[saskcop]

Shoot the Norc stuff, pick up the brass and reload it with 69 grain match bullets. That is what I have been doing for years. The Norc brass seems to do quite well over time and many reloads later.

 

[cr5]

Shoot the Norc stuff, pick up the brass and reload it with 69 grain match bullets. That is what I have been doing for years. The Norc brass seems to do quite well over time and many reloads later.

From what I've seen of Norc brass it isn't worth the effort.
YMMV

 

[TheGamerXxX]

Ive shot it through my SL8... and yeah like many said... it prefers heavier ammo.

Having said that... depending on what you're doing with it, it's more then fine.

I have since converted the SL8 to a G36C and it's more then enough for close in stuff.

 

[hatebreed]

You should take 75 grains or 80 grains in a sl8 because it have a 1/7 twist. norinco 55 grains shoot fine but do not Try winchester 55 grains cause that Will group like a shotgun.

 

[cr5]

You should take 75 grains or 80 grains in a sl8 because it have a 1/7 twist. norinco 55 grains shoot fine but do not Try winchester 55 grains cause that Will group like a shotgun.

Every barrel is different. You need to try everything even if someone else with the same rifle says it's no good in his.
My first SL8-4 loved 75gr Black Hills Match but my new SL8-4 shoots about 3MOA with it.
1:7 is needed to stabilize longer/heavier bullets but that doesn't mean it won't shoot lighter stuff well.

You can't overstabilize a bullet, the only thing you can do is spin it faster than it was designed for and have it come apart in the air after leaving the muzzle, because of this the 1:7 may limit you from using very light thinly jacketed varmint bullets but as long as the bullet will hold together it's worth a try. You never know what your barrel will like until you try it.