what's your favorite ammo for an AR?

[johan]

This would be for an M4 style AR in 5.56, 16" 1:9 twist

what ammo do you find shoots best? And what ammo is cheapest but still shoots ok?

 

[Mike K]

A steady diet of 55gr Winchester or Federal will do just fine.

 

[NaOH]

I shoot 55 grain Winchester.

 

[Holmes]

mine gets a steady diet of 55gr umc and 55 gr norinco

 

[aiwa]

55 grain Winchester is the way to go.

 

[Sniper1]

yep, 55 gr Win works good and American Eagle also.

 

[beltfed]

Ruag GP 90 shoots about the best out of mine (Colt 1:7 twists). Equal to or better than some 68 and 77 grain match ammo from Blackhills shooting at 400m & 500m.
For match quality ammunition, I handload (or at least try to ).

As others have stated, for general training & up to around 200m the Winchester whiteboxed 'USA' brand ammo works (most times) well. You will find on the occassion though, that groups will grow from a decent 1.5" - 2" at 100m to 5" - 6" for no apparent reason (not shooter error ), using the same lot and even ammo from the same box.
Aside from this minor issue, it is decent ammunition for the price.

 

[canucklehead]

South African M193 ball.... exclusively.

 

[Boomer686]

A steady diet of 55gr Winchester or Federal will do just fine.

X2. I don't shoot precision matches so this stuff works just fine. I know my 20" HBar shoot ~1.5" at 105 yds with this cheap surplus ammo. I use anything on sale thru my AR's. All seems to work fine.

Regards,

 

[Jeff/1911]

South African M193 ball.... exclusively.

Where do you get it from, if you don't mind me asking...Jeff/1911.

 

[canucklehead]

Actually, I stocked up on about 4500 rounds a few years back... worked out to about $200/1000.

Nope, not for sale!

Bought it at milarm in Edmonton... not sure if they still carry it!