Anyone shoot AAC 6.5cm ammo?

[theHerder]

Have seen reviews on AAC ammo (some good, some not) but none on their 6.5CM ammo. Seems to be a decent price if it shoots. My LaRue loves the Hornady 120-140gr factory ammo. Anyone shot the AAC 6.5 cm ammo, either the "Sabre" or the SMK's?

Thanks!

 

[Mountain_Man_22093]

New here but I have a POF Prescott I have been waiting to put some more rounds through before posting a review.

I had some good groups with their 6.5 but I will say the Sabre black tip line was the worst of the bunch for me but still very acceptable for “defensive” ammo.

I have shot their 140 BTHP:



140 Sabre Black tip


140 SMK

 

[bfoosh006]

FWIW, I have some on the way, ( all the 4 different AAC loads ) , but they have been stuck in the PSA shipping "Matrix" for 10 days.

SuperJLarge has posted some impressive groups over here, especially for the cost.. towards the bottom of the page.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/AAC-6-5-Creedmore-and-7-62x39/16-781599/

 

[theHerder]

Thanks for the info fellas. I’ll grab some and see how they do and post my findings.

 

[TroyMayo]

New here but I have a POF Prescott I have been waiting to put some more rounds through before posting a review.

I had some good groups with their 6.5 but I will say the Sabre black tip line was the worst of the bunch for me but still very acceptable for “defensive” ammo.

I have shot their 140 BTHP:

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140 Sabre Black tip
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140 SMK
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Man that Prescott looks like it shoots pretty well. I've been thinking about getting one myself. Are you having any issues with it? Does it beat up brass like most Creedmoor ARs?

 

[Mountain_Man_22093]

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Man that Prescott looks like it shoots pretty well. I've been thinking about getting one myself. Are you having any issues with it? Does it beat up brass like most Creedmoor ARs?

Yeah, for the money I’m impressed with the precision. I’ve only shot it suppressed and immediately added a superlative agb but still getting some beat up brass. My suppressor is an Enticer-L so it adds a good amount of back pressure. I’m planning on playing with the buffer weight a bit as well just haven’t had time yet. I never shot it stock so unsure what it would do out of the box but given it’s a rifle length 20inch barrel I’d say it’s prolly similar to other traditional 6.5 gassers.

I’ll have a full write up on it once I get to the ~400-500 round range I’m only around the 150 rounds in so far.

 

[TroyMayo]

Did it not come with the Dictator AGB? Also is the gas tube length Rifle, not +1 or +2?

I had a 6mm Creedmoor +1 and it seemed like it was extracting too early, bending the rims.

 

[Mountain_Man_22093]

mine did not, I don’t believe the rogue or prescott come with agbs. It is rifle length wish it was +1 but unfortunately not. I was just gonna cut it down to 18 but it shoots so well and the flutes are likley too deep to make that work.

 

[tsavo303]

I just bought a dozen boxes, will add report later

 

[generalzip]

Any updates on this? Only accuracy report seems they aren't great for precision. Anyone else have opposite experience? I bought 50 boxes to try. For the price there's not much else that comes close. If they don't work great for long range precision I'll use them in my MDRx for hogs and coyotes.

 

[Carolina Hill Billy]

I’ve shot a bunch of the Sabre and 140 SMK. Both shoot well in my bolt rifles. The SMK stuff shot .5 moa at 600 as measured by an electronic target through a Proof steel barrel.

 

[generalzip]

How did the Sabre shoot? Tempted to buy some smk as well but maybe should just see how the Sabre shoots first

 

[Carolina Hill Billy]

How did the Sabre shoot? Tempted to buy some smk as well but maybe should just see how the Sabre shoots first

The Sabre shoots well. I mostly shoot steel out to 600yds at my local range. I haven't measured the groups from the Sabre, but 1 MOA steel targets are easy to hit. I only shot the SMK stuff at the electronic target because someone else at the range had one and invited me to play because he was interested in how the AAC stuff grouped. You absolutely cannot go wrong for the price. To shoot better, you'd need to work up a load and do a lot of handloading. For my purpose, it's as good as it gets for the money.

I should add that I've shot a bunch of the .308 stuff as well and I'm equally impressed. I haven't reloaded the cases or measured water capacity yet, but the empty case weights are very consistent. I'd bet the cases are equal in quality to something like Starline, which I like.

 

[generalzip]

Awesome to hear. Thanks for the info!

 

[bt_96]

Anyone have a BC number for their BTHP?

 

[Glasses]

I know this is almost 2months old, But im getting Sub MOA averages out of both the Sabre and SMK in my Tikka 6.5CM, and sub moa Averages out of the 77Grain on my 16” Criterion AR15.

 

[Riverlife87]

About 55 rounds through the chrono of the aac smk

 

[stello1001]

About 55 rounds through the chrono of the aac smk

Damn, with this type of ES, prolly not even worth it.

 

[southerngolfer]

what brass and primer size does this ammo use? any updates on accuracy?

 

[bigjake83]

I've just started using AAC ammo this year and all the SMK offerings shoot very well (.75 or less) especially through my custom Bartlein Barrels, from .556, .308 and 6.5CM

I've also found the 5.56 Saber Black tips to be very consistent in my SBR's and "Blaster Rifles" Suppressed and Unsurpressed, I own a few LWRC DI rifles that shoot it quite well.

This is one of my my newest LWRC's its a 10.5" pistol that's just waiting for the SBR paperwork to come back. I ran 60rds of the 5.56 77gr SMK through it the first day I picked it up. 3 10rd groups and they were all under 1MOA.

 

[Maggot]

Just ordered 500 rounds of the ACC 77 grain OTM. Got great reviews, hope it shoots that well, I'll get back when I have shot some.

 

[bigjake83]

Just ordered 500 rounds of the ACC 77 grain OTM. Got great reviews, hope it shoots that well, I'll get back when I have shot some.

I ordered a bunch of the 77 OTM and the 77SMK. The Matchking loads have been more accurate in every .223 and 5.56 NATO chambered rifles I own.

 

[Jdowns0415]

I put around 800 rounds of the AAC 140gr bullets through my criterion barrel AR10 last year. They all shot well at 100 yards but once I got out to around 750-1300 I noticed the consistency shot to shot dropped off. I suspect the SD's were really high but I didn't have a chronograph to verify it with. One round would be spot on the next one would be like 4 feet low. I would recommend it for plinking if it is still cheap and plentiful.

 

[Riverlife87]

I put around 800 rounds of the AAC 140gr bullets through my criterion barrel AR10 last year. They all shot well at 100 yards but once I got out to around 750-1300 I noticed the consistency shot to shot dropped off. I suspect the SD's were really high but I didn't have a chronograph to verify it with. One round would be spot on the next one would be like 4 feet low. I would recommend it for plinking if it is still cheap and plentiful.

My experience as well. Had a sd of 130 in 50 rounds. Some would just be way off

 

[houndog]

AAC ammo is a fantastic value across multiple calibers. Was shooting the 6.5 CM 140 BTHP ammo out of my Tikka TAC A1 a couple of days ago. (So not a gas gun). No long range shooting, but at 100 yards I was getting pretty consistent .5-.7" five shot groups. Not aware of any other 6.5cm ammo that costs $1 a round that can come close. Just bought 200 rounds of the AAC 6.5 SMK ammo. Curious if the extra .10 per round will buy me even better results.

I only have regular access to a range that goes to 600, so if it can hold its accuracy at that distance it works for me.

 

[Riverlife87]

Norma golden target 143 can be found for same price and absolutely blows aac out of the water in es sd imo