There are a few companies that have penetrator .223 ammo with green tips. Are they hard on any part of the AR 15?
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Penetrator Ammo
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Re: Penetrator Ammo
If you are talking about ss109, it just has a steel penetrator in the middle with a copper jacket. So no, it won't hurt anything.
-dan
If you are talking about ss109, it just has a steel penetrator in the middle with a copper jacket. So no, it won't hurt anything.
-dan
Re: Penetrator Ammo
M855 "Green Tip" is the current issue ammo for most of the armed forces.
It uses a 62gr full metal jacket, lead core bullet with a tungsten steel penetrator.
There is NO REASON to buy this ammo unless you need to shoot through steel. Many ranges will not allow it because dumbasses shoot the steel gongs with it.
IT WILL RUIN STEEL TARGETS. It craters some and holes others.
Now if you get it for stupid cheap, then buy it. It goes bang and put holes in stuff. It's accurate enough to hit a man sized target at 500 yards. I never checked it for group sizes, but I am sure some here have.
There is nothing magic or special and it's not really armor piercing. Most current issue rifle rated armor will stop it.
M855 "Green Tip" is the current issue ammo for most of the armed forces.
It uses a 62gr full metal jacket, lead core bullet with a tungsten steel penetrator.
There is NO REASON to buy this ammo unless you need to shoot through steel. Many ranges will not allow it because dumbasses shoot the steel gongs with it.
IT WILL RUIN STEEL TARGETS. It craters some and holes others.
Now if you get it for stupid cheap, then buy it. It goes bang and put holes in stuff. It's accurate enough to hit a man sized target at 500 yards. I never checked it for group sizes, but I am sure some here have.
There is nothing magic or special and it's not really armor piercing. Most current issue rifle rated armor will stop it.
Re: Penetrator Ammo
Ok. I just bought 250 rnds from a friend for $30, I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't mess up my gun. I'm guessing the accuracy isn't that great so it will probably just go into the safe. But it was cheap enough.
Ok. I just bought 250 rnds from a friend for $30, I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't mess up my gun. I'm guessing the accuracy isn't that great so it will probably just go into the safe. But it was cheap enough.
Re: Penetrator Ammo
Lol, ya nice guy. He had a SPS Tactical .223 and he traded it in towards a SPS tactical .308 at the gun store. He sold most of the ammo on a local forum and had that left over.
Lol, ya nice guy. He had a SPS Tactical .223 and he traded it in towards a SPS tactical .308 at the gun store. He sold most of the ammo on a local forum and had that left over.
Re: Penetrator Ammo
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LoneWolfUSMC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">M855 "Green Tip" is the current issue ammo for most of the armed forces.
It uses a 62gr full metal jacket, lead core bullet with a tungsten steel penetrator.
There is NO REASON to buy this ammo unless you need to shoot through steel. Many ranges will not allow it because dumbasses shoot the steel gongs with it.
IT WILL RUIN STEEL TARGETS. It craters some and holes others.
Now if you get it for stupid cheap, then buy it. It goes bang and put holes in stuff. It's accurate enough to hit a man sized target at 500 yards. I never checked it for group sizes, but I am sure some here have.
There is nothing magic or special and it's not really armor piercing. Most current issue rifle rated armor will stop it. </div></div>
^^ THIS! ^^
I have a bunch of M855/SS109 and I don't really shoot it much any more because it is bad for ringing steel, you can't use it when competing or practicing because of the "no-steel" situation. Also, for your pusposes of buying some now...it isn't worth what most places now charge as a "premium" versus standard surplus or "plinking" ball ammo.
I bought the stuff I still have in an insane deal at the Knob Creek MGS a while back. Of what I have left over, 500 rounds of it is straight surplus 62gr SS109 while the remaining 2k I still have is a pull-down, remanufacturered offering from Amer-I-Can Enterprises (Jerry Hazlett). I got in on a de facto group buy with a bunch of buddies I had with me at the shoot and we cleaned Jerry out of all the M855 reloads he had left to the tune of approx. 20,000 rounds at $189/1k...it was a deal none of us could pass up!! I got 3k rounds for less than $0.19/round! I mostly use it now for cheap break-in or sight-in ammo so that I'm not wasting more expensive ammo.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LoneWolfUSMC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">M855 "Green Tip" is the current issue ammo for most of the armed forces.
It uses a 62gr full metal jacket, lead core bullet with a tungsten steel penetrator.
There is NO REASON to buy this ammo unless you need to shoot through steel. Many ranges will not allow it because dumbasses shoot the steel gongs with it.
IT WILL RUIN STEEL TARGETS. It craters some and holes others.
Now if you get it for stupid cheap, then buy it. It goes bang and put holes in stuff. It's accurate enough to hit a man sized target at 500 yards. I never checked it for group sizes, but I am sure some here have.
There is nothing magic or special and it's not really armor piercing. Most current issue rifle rated armor will stop it. </div></div>
^^ THIS! ^^
I have a bunch of M855/SS109 and I don't really shoot it much any more because it is bad for ringing steel, you can't use it when competing or practicing because of the "no-steel" situation. Also, for your pusposes of buying some now...it isn't worth what most places now charge as a "premium" versus standard surplus or "plinking" ball ammo.
I bought the stuff I still have in an insane deal at the Knob Creek MGS a while back. Of what I have left over, 500 rounds of it is straight surplus 62gr SS109 while the remaining 2k I still have is a pull-down, remanufacturered offering from Amer-I-Can Enterprises (Jerry Hazlett). I got in on a de facto group buy with a bunch of buddies I had with me at the shoot and we cleaned Jerry out of all the M855 reloads he had left to the tune of approx. 20,000 rounds at $189/1k...it was a deal none of us could pass up!! I got 3k rounds for less than $0.19/round! I mostly use it now for cheap break-in or sight-in ammo so that I'm not wasting more expensive ammo.
Re: Penetrator Ammo
i have 1k rounds and i have had it for about 5 years now i got a great deal on it but have no reason to use it.
i have heard some say it will burn a non chrome lined barell faster
i have 1k rounds and i have had it for about 5 years now i got a great deal on it but have no reason to use it.
i have heard some say it will burn a non chrome lined barell faster
Re: Penetrator Ammo
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: epdesign</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i have heard some say it will burn a non chrome lined barell faster </div></div>
Not any faster than any other similar weight bullet at the same speed.
At $30 for 500 it's GREAT plinking ammo. I would have jumped on it for that price. When I am working on CQB type drills it's close range on paper, so that ammo works fine. Right now I usually use the cheapest 55gr ammo I can get. Accuracy isn't much of a concern at 7-50 yards.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: epdesign</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i have heard some say it will burn a non chrome lined barell faster </div></div>
Not any faster than any other similar weight bullet at the same speed.
At $30 for 500 it's GREAT plinking ammo. I would have jumped on it for that price. When I am working on CQB type drills it's close range on paper, so that ammo works fine. Right now I usually use the cheapest 55gr ammo I can get. Accuracy isn't much of a concern at 7-50 yards.
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