All guns shoot differently...identical models with the serial numbers 1 away from each other can shoot the same ammo, very differently...even if it is GOOD ammo, gotta try out more than one type.
"standard" 55gr ammo...as in bulk or surplus...SUCKS. Its bulk ammo...made cheap, the ammo itself is only rated to be 2-3MOA anyways. Personally in my X95 rifles (3) they shoot 55gr ammo "ok"...but the most common stuff we have (well now HAD) here in Canada, the Winchester "white box" 5.56 NATO shot pretty poorly compared to all other types of 55gr stuff I tired...plus its dirtier than most, both the cases physically and while shooting. Switching to 62gr stuff...I mostly shoot PMC X-TAC M855...shoot MUCH better, even tho people claim it is worse than M193...for me, it is better...and the twist rate as well as IWI themselves, recommend shooting heavier ammo in the rifle.
...all of that said, even crappy bulk M193 will still hit a man center mass, problem free out to 300M, rapidly and easily (4x ACOG and M855)...haven't shot mine any farther than that but I have no doubts it'd be combat effective out to 500M. It is not a long range caliber nor gun anyways...a 300M shot is pretty far in most modern combat settings...and if you are going some place where that distance isn't uncommon...people don't take 16"/18.5" 5.56 guns
Who is "Black Bear Outdoors"? And why does some random YouTuber matter? Can he actually shoot? Most people cannot...most people don't shoot much at all, let alone a lot of trigger time on one particular rifle. A bullpup takes some getting used to...shooting it as you shoot other guns, especially off a bench IS different....took me quite a few range trips to get used to it. Not everything HAS to be based off an AR platform to be good/normal
Sorry...Chinese guns, especially commercial ones and "high reliability" rarely go together. And my statement above goes along with this...I've had people tell me how great _____ Norc or even Turkish gun is, "I've owed it for years!" But on further conversation it turns out they've shot it 3-5x over a decade, a few boxes each time and are no longer a member of a gun club to even go shoot said guns anymore....that type of person is the VAST majority of gun owners in Canada...many reasons why but the biggest being it is hard for most people who do not live in the sticks, to just be able to go and shoot whenever they want, clubs can have wait lists and/or be very $$$ to join too.
"the X95 is kinda overpriced due to some war induced hype" ...false. The price has barely changed on these in 2 years...honestly less than most things in the gun world. DEMAND is high, people know they are gonna be harder and harder to get now...even the USA ones are just assembled there, not made as they are gonna be wanted/needed locally in Israel. That on top of people trying to get what they can legally, while they can. These have been selling fast since all the ban BS started.
What people are asking for used ones/private sales is another story...
