Norinco Super 5.56mm?

I can comment, it's cheap crappy Chinese ammo. I would never use it for anything othe than plinking and it defiantly not 1 moa ammo. I do use it but who ever wrote this seems a little full of it
 
I have never had a problem with Norinco 5.56. I have been using it for a good 30+ years and have been reloading the brass. Never had a misfire and it has always shot accurate enough.
 
TheArmyMan204 said:
I can comment, it's cheap crappy Chinese ammo. I would never use it for anything othe than plinking and it defiantly not 1 moa ammo. I do use it but who ever wrote this seems a little full of it
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Im not an expert and don't promote the site but it is from a ballistics research site. Maybe there is something more to the norc 5.56 than its cover.
 
TheArmyMan204 said:
I can comment, it's cheap crappy Chinese ammo. I would never use it for anything othe than plinking and it defiantly not 1 moa ammo. I do use it but who ever wrote this seems a little full of it
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Yeah, I don't get it ....

People spend thousands on their firearms and then cheap out on their ammo ...

There is 3 parts to this picture: the weapon, the ammunition, and the shooter.

It's a little like a guy buying a Ferrari, then only being able to afford reg gas and expecting the performance to be there - it doesn't make sense ....

Abby
 
The ballistic research article focuses on the bullet itself, and its mysteriously consistent "tumbling" effects. Maybe a lack of rigorous quality control leads to the projectile hitting the right equilibrium between being accurate and tumbling upon impact? Maybe when the bullet's too "perfect", it won't tumble and would pass right through the target?
 
There is 5.56 pressure ammo out there that are not consistent "tumblers" due to the fact that their bullets are constructed a bit different than other M193 loads. The Czech stuff for instance has a heavier jacket and notoriously pokes .224 caliber holes. I have found the Norinco stuff to fragment quite violently in the right medium. If it is travelling a little faster, that just ensures that the fragmentation will happen at a little greater ranges.
 
If someone can cut a bullet in half, I'd like to see a cross section of the Norinco 5.56 compared to other 5.56/223. I've read that if there's a little bit of air pocket at the tip between the copper jacket and the lead bullet, it causes consistent tumbling. I'm wondering if said pocket is in the Norc 556.
 
Kind of moot since hunting large game(or any game in some jurisdictions) with FMJ's is illegal in most places. Stoner and company weren't thinking in terms of hunting though. At least not game animals. So that report doesn't really apply. However, any bullet will tumble and/or change directions when it hits bone.
The Russians tried a small hollow on their 5.45mm. Supposedly to make it tumble. Suspect the relative instability of short bullets has more to do with it than air pockets.
McNamara had no idea what he was talking about, but did have to contend with the assorted Rules of Land Warfare treaties and could not allow a cartridge/rifle combination nobody but him wanted to cause excessive damage.
 
I agree with the tumbling bullets, etc. and know that the more velocity in the equation, the higher the possibility of fragmentation with the fmj's. They usually fragment right along the cannelure and then the multiple pieces form their own wound tracks and can, at times, cause a surprising amount of damage for a fmj bullet.
 
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