Got a new Gun BUT no AMMO

haewon922 · Jun 17, 2017

Hi,

I have recently got into shooting and it is so addictive. In the past I was in the Korean army (of course the South) and loved my AR-15. I called her "Laura". In remembrance of her, I recently purchased Colt 6721. Now that I have a gun, I want to stock some ammo for the range. Where is the best place to buy 1000 rounds of 5.56 mm and is there a Maryland specific law on ammunition? Follow up question is what kind of ammo should I even consider?
Even through my HQL and Utah courses, I never thought about asking these questions...

Thanks for your help!

knastera · Jun 17, 2017

haewon922 said:
Hi,

I have recently got into shooting and it is so addictive. In the past I was in the Korean army (of course the South) and loved my AR-15. I called her "Laura". In remembrance of her, I recently purchased Colt 6721. Now that I have a gun, I want to stock some ammo for the range. Where is the best place to buy 1000 rounds of 5.56 mm and is there a Maryland specific law on ammunition? Follow up question is what kind of ammo should I even consider?

Even through my HQL and Utah courses, I never thought about asking these questions...

Thanks for your help!

One thing to keep in mind if you are shooting at a range is that some ranges will not let you shoot XM855 "green tip" 5.56x45 because it has a steel core. XM855 is usually very affordable, but it's only valuable if your range will let you shoot it.

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HordesOfKailas · Jun 17, 2017

For range use, I'd recommend:

https://www.freedommunitions.com/ammunition/rifle/5-56-nato.html

chipd · Jun 17, 2017

your barrel's twist rate and length is what determines what ammo you want. if you have a 1:9 twist rate, with a 18" barrel, 55 gr is appropriate. make sure you know your twist rate when you go ammo shopping. if you have a longer barrel, less twist is needed to stablilize your bullets, but not by much. if you search the forum for this stuff you will find a wealth of info.

knastera · Jun 17, 2017

HordesOfKailas said:
For range use, I'd recommend:

https://www.freedommunitions.com/ammunition/rifle/5-56-nato.html

That's a sweet price on the M193. To the OP, M193 is range safe.

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haewon922 · Jun 17, 2017

knastera said:
That's a sweet price on the M193. To the OP, M193 is range safe.

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Perfect! In for 1000

knastera · Jun 17, 2017

chipd said:
your barrel's twist rate and length is what determines what ammo you want. if you have a 1:9 twist rate, with a 18" barrel, 55 gr is appropriate. make sure you know your twist rate when you go ammo shopping. if you have a longer barrel, less twist is needed to stablilize your bullets, but not by much. if you search the forum for this stuff you will find a wealth of info.

He got a Colt 6721. It's a 1:9 with a 16.1" barrel.

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WildBill · Jun 17, 2017

knastera said:
That's a sweet price on the M193. To the OP, M193 is range safe.

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Everything under 30 cpr is reman, something to be mindful of, if anybody didn't happen to notice it.

HordesOfKailas · Jun 17, 2017

WildBill said:
Everything under 30 cpr is reman, something to be mindful of, if anybody didn't happen to notice it.

Correct.

That said, I've found FM reman to be both reliable and safe. I've shot their reman through most of my guns and I've never had any problems.

MEGARMS · Jun 17, 2017

You are fine running 55 or 62 grain in that gun. These are the most popular and therefore are the least expensive.

If plan to shoot at an outdoor range and do not mind steel cased ammo, the here is good deal.

https://gun.deals/product/wolf-polyformance-223-rem-55-gr-500-rnds-10349-after-20-coupon

Much less expensive than brass cased ammo, however I have found it to not be as consistent (accurate) as more expensive ammo.

Mike · Jun 17, 2017

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/fiocchi-sd-357-magnum-ammo-142-grain-fmj-357f-p-2965.aspx

I was looking at 9mm so that is where the link will take you but they have a wide selection of 5.56 too. The good thing is buying 1000 gets the shipping included. Where I live I get 24 hour delivery with FedEx.

GolfR · Jun 17, 2017

Mike said:
https://www.targetsportsusa.com/fiocchi-sd-357-magnum-ammo-142-grain-fmj-357f-p-2965.aspx

I was looking at 9mm so that is where the link will take you but they have a wide selection of 5.56 too. The good thing is buying 1000 gets the shipping included. Where I live I get 24 hour delivery with FedEx.

+1 I've bought a lot of ammo from these guys. I used to hunt for the the best deal on ammoseek.com and found that I could almost never do better than targetsportsusa after consideration of shipping.

Schipperke · Jun 17, 2017

haewon922 said:
Hi,

I have recently got into shooting and it is so addictive. In the past I was in the Korean army (of course the South) and loved my AR-15. I called her "Laura". In remembrance of her, I recently purchased Colt 6721. Now that I have a gun, I want to stock some ammo for the range. Where is the best place to buy 1000 rounds of 5.56 mm and is there a Maryland specific law on ammunition? Follow up question is what kind of ammo should I even consider?
Even through my HQL and Utah courses, I never thought about asking these questions...

Thanks for your help!

Are there a lot of Laura in South Korea?

Minuteman · Jun 17, 2017

Welcome OP.

Good advice here already, I have nothing more to add at this time.

Minuteman · Jun 17, 2017

OP= Original Poster. That's you Haewon922, in this case because you started this thread and are the OP here.

Sorry if you knew this, I'm trying to be helpful.

lazarus · Jun 17, 2017

knastera said:
One thing to keep in mind if you are shooting at a range is that some ranges will not let you shoot XM855 "green tip" 5.56x45 because it has a steel core. XM855 is usually very affordable, but it's only valuable if your range will let you shoot it.

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Same goes with steel case ammo as it almost all has a bimetal jacket (thing copper guildingnover steel jacket over lead core).

SGAmmo is a good place to get ammo cheap. Reasonable shipping. Cabela's also often has free shipping deals and often has something on sale.

You can get gift cards discounted on eBay (SVM gift cards seller often has them discounted if you wait a few weeks) or through raise.com

Can get them 10-20% off and then use activejunky.com to get kicked back another few percent.

Just in case you don't want to buy 1000 rounds at a time.

byf43 · Jun 17, 2017

Observation.

New member.

Two posts.

First, asking where to get cheap (read as inexpensive) ammo.

Second. Acknowledges information given. Disappears.

Is it just me that noticed this?????? :shrug:

Reptile · Jun 17, 2017

byf43 said:
Observation.

New member.

Two posts.

First, asking where to get cheap (read as inexpensive) ammo.

Second. Acknowledges information given. Disappears.

He asked a question and got the answer he was looking for within 30 minutes. He acknowledged it in the wee hours of the morning and may just be sleeping or out buying ammo right now. Doesn't seem odd to me.

Cryptotek1 · Jun 17, 2017

byf43 said:
Observation.

New member.

Two posts.

First, asking where to get cheap (read as inexpensive) ammo.

Second. Acknowledges information given. Disappears.

Is it just me that noticed this??????

He replied 8 hours ago. Lol. Do you monitor this site 24/7?

teratos · Jun 17, 2017

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