Best ammo for a Norinco M4?

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On the edge and about to buy one of these Norinco M4 rifles and need to know what ammo would work and cycle best in these particular guns? Also, can the brass from the recommended ammo be reloaded and still work well? Or should I not even buy ammo, and maybe just by a certain brass, bullets and powder for such a machine?

For reloading my press of choice would be a Lee Pro 1000.

Thanks.
 
I'd go with the Norc stuff from Can Am - with the AR you go through ammo in pistol quantities buy a butt load of cheap brass cased ammo, save the cases and reload later. All 223 Rem loads with bullets of 55-68 grains will work in your Norc. Always full length size and crimp.
 
I have been running American Eagle 55gr black box ammo from the 1000 round ammo can deal in my Norc. It has run 100% so far and shoots ~3"-3.5" at 100yds with the iron sights and my flaky eyes.


Mark
 
I bought my Norinco CQ 5.56mm (M4 Copy) from TSE about 4 months ago and I have ran all kinds of bulk ammo through it and haven't had a single problem. I wasn't expecting this rifle to be half as good as it has been and shoots really well, so as far as a recommeded ammo I can only ask that if you buy one and find any problem ammo give us all a shout.

Mike
 
The Norinco will eat anything. I had one, sold it and bought a Windham Weaponry .223. The trigger was a bit better on the Norc oddly enough. I also have a Lee progressive 1000 reloader that I have had for the past 27 years. Yes I have had to replace some pieces but for the money it's a great reloader
 
I've tried PMC, Remington UMC, and American Eagle "Tactical" bulk ammo in mine, and there's been no problems with any of them. I'd imagine most other brands would work just fine as well, but those are the only ones I've used so far.
 
The only thing I would shy away from, unless you really enjoy cleaning your rifle, is MFS. Any of the brass cased bulk .223 (American Eagle, Norinco, PMC, etc) is comparable. MFS goes bang consistently, but the laquer on the steel cases makes one hell of a mess after a while.
 
I ended up pricing out the 1600 rounds of Norinco ammo compared to buying the brass and bullets, primers and powder and its pretty much the same price LOL, does that make ANY sense?
 
GunfighterAlpha said:
I reload for $0.28 a round. You can't buy it that cheap.
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Thats close, your cost to make 1600 roundsis $448, you can buy 1600 rounds for $499 plus tax, free shipping, so I think my first order will be the 1600 rounds, then recycle the brass for reloading it. After I buy another press, if I reload all rounds twice I break even...roughly LOL
 
GunfighterAlpha said:
I reload for $0.28 a round. You can't buy it that cheap.
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Does that price factor in the overhead cost of purchasing all of the equipment? If it doesn't, it should, only to reflect the more accurate cost. The great thing about reloading is that once you've made back the cost of the equipment, you're golden (especially if you've got good reloading equipment that will last you a while).
 
Prvi-partisan 5.56 55gr shot like a hot damn thru mine... I reload 55gr FMJ's over WC735 and CCI small rifle primers in IVI brass... The rifle eats anything I have tried in it so far.
 
X2 eats everything I put in it...... Mostly american eagle, but whatever I can get a deal on......
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