5.56 zqi ammo opinons
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newq
101st Poptart Assault BSB
Honestly.... Its useless in my opinion unless you can't find anything else.
Let me explain.
It not high end precision loads.
Its not as cheap as tula and its not meant for hunting or self defense.
Therefore it falls into the high dollar target ammo category. Useless.
Steel cased tula or brown bear sells for $5/20 or .25/round
Let me explain.
It not high end precision loads.
Its not as cheap as tula and its not meant for hunting or self defense.
Therefore it falls into the high dollar target ammo category. Useless.
Steel cased tula or brown bear sells for $5/20 or .25/round
BossmanPJ
Ultimate Member
I have wondered that also but did not want to buy it without knowing someone who had ran it in their AR. Problem is that I don't know anyone who has ever bought it.
newq
101st Poptart Assault BSB
The only usual complaints I hear are gas piston guys who find trouble with some lots of steel cased ammo that have heavy amount of lacquer on the casings to prevent rusting. It fouls up the gas system pretty bad.
The ammo shoots fine, its just not very economical. Go to your LGS and compare prices. Duffies carries spam cans or ammo and at bulk you can get better deals.
Dude it's a decent deal, buy it! Steel ammo doesn't run correctly in every gun, if you have a high end AR that's built to strict tolerances stay away from steel. Ask 10 people get 10 different answers, no matter how you cut if your shooting brass and not ordering online it's as good as it will get for now...
The only thing that worried me was everytime I go in there to buy handgun ammo, they have lots of it. Looks like its never being bought.
I will only be using the ammo for range/fun shooting, so I dont need super high quality ammo as far as accuracy is concerned.
I will only be using the ammo for range/fun shooting, so I dont need super high quality ammo as far as accuracy is concerned.
montyw2
Member
I bought five boxes of it today at one of the Frederick Wal-Marts. Proceeded to open one of the boxes to find out it's brass cased.
Took one box to the range with me and it shot as well as any other non-match grade stuff.
As far as using for HD, I sure wouldn't want to be shot with it...
For $10 per 30rnd box plus tax I'll stack some in my safe whenever I make a trip to Wal-Mart.
Took one box to the range with me and it shot as well as any other non-match grade stuff.
As far as using for HD, I sure wouldn't want to be shot with it...
For $10 per 30rnd box plus tax I'll stack some in my safe whenever I make a trip to Wal-Mart.
Gmercury2000
Ultimate Member
It is magnetic. Just FYI. At least the few boxes I picked up from wm a while back.
Gmercury2000
Ultimate Member
Yup, I bought it when it was on sale. I noticed the box didn't say anything about the style bullet so I grabbed a magnet and sure enough it stuck. So now it's sitting on a shelf.
Gmercury2000
Ultimate Member
Hmmmm tempting. Lol
montyw2
Member
Ok, the magnetic comments made me curious- what's wrong with that?
Can't shoot it at indoor ranges like Freestate.
Walmart has the 7.62 x 51 on sale 9.99 for 20. I picked up 100rds today. Does anyone have experience with this. The price was just too good to pass up. 50 cpr for brass cased. I have not seen that for a long time.
I bought some as well but I haven't had a chance to test it. Produced in Turkey and supposedly loaded to NATO specs, it seems to get decent reviews for punching paper. For $.50/ round and reloadable brass, it sounds like a good deal to me. Load details and reviews http://m14forum.com/ammunition/150851-zq1-zq-ammo-7-62x51-turkey-walmart.html
Last price at Denton Walmart was $9.97 for the 30 round box. Might be worth it to give it a try now.
EDIT: this was for the 5.56 boxes not the 7.62
EDIT: this was for the 5.56 boxes not the 7.62
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Keystone70
MSI Executive Member
I bought some a while back. No problems firing in my ar. Worked as well as anything else I've shot.
No. There are two primary types of 5.56x45 that fail magnet tests:
1. M855 - this has a steel tip penetrator, but is not actually steel core.
2. Steel-cased - tends to use either a soft steel core or a bimetal jacket. Note: there is non-magnetic steel-cased ammo.
True AP ammo is expensive and rare.
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