i've been shooting american eagle .223 almost exclusivly from my savage axis since it seems to group better then anything i've put through it. at $8.49 a box I couldn't go wrong.
I was at the LGS today and picked up an ammo can of 1000 rounds of american eagle since WSS was running low on my $8.49/box go to ammo. I was hoping the ammo can would be filled with the same standard american eagle ammo, instead it is filled with 10 boxes of "AR223 100 round value pack"
the code on the box being AE223BL, instead of the AE223 code on the standard boxes.
my question is, is there any differance? on visual check the primers are not the same, and the headstamps are not either. google and searching has been pretty well useless, and the federal site doesnt show these different codes.
i'm hoping it'll spec out the same as i've come to really like the american eagle ammo.
standard american eagle on left, bulk ammo can stuff on right, it does say "mil spec primers" are used on the ammo can/value stuff.
I was at the LGS today and picked up an ammo can of 1000 rounds of american eagle since WSS was running low on my $8.49/box go to ammo. I was hoping the ammo can would be filled with the same standard american eagle ammo, instead it is filled with 10 boxes of "AR223 100 round value pack"
the code on the box being AE223BL, instead of the AE223 code on the standard boxes.
my question is, is there any differance? on visual check the primers are not the same, and the headstamps are not either. google and searching has been pretty well useless, and the federal site doesnt show these different codes.
i'm hoping it'll spec out the same as i've come to really like the american eagle ammo.
standard american eagle on left, bulk ammo can stuff on right, it does say "mil spec primers" are used on the ammo can/value stuff.
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