Journal RailGunner's Journal: Ammo prices returning to sanity... 5
Found a special, for $59 you can get 120 rounds of 5.56x45 NATO, 55 grain FMJ-BT, with a plastic ammo can.
Finally. 1000 rounds cost me $600 earlier, but then again, I also picked up 68 grain green tipped NATO FMJ rounds, so I bought something slightly different. (My AR-15 will obviously handle both with no problem. I prefer a heavier bullet, more momentum usually means more penetration depth.)
For you non-ballistics guys and gals: Grain represents the bullet weight - a lighter bullet will have more range, but will pack less punch when it reaches the target. BT = Boat Tail, which also adds some additional range and in-flight stability. The 5.56 bullet is so lethal because it tends to yaw and fragment once it hits tissue (or ballistics gel) and the path of the bullet because very unpredictable (more predictable in a consistent gel, but far less predictable in a Boar).
Cheaper bullet prices = more range time for me. A day at the range is always a good day.
Finally. 1000 rounds cost me $600 earlier, but then again, I also picked up 68 grain green tipped NATO FMJ rounds, so I bought something slightly different. (My AR-15 will obviously handle both with no problem. I prefer a heavier bullet, more momentum usually means more penetration depth.)
For you non-ballistics guys and gals: Grain represents the bullet weight - a lighter bullet will have more range, but will pack less punch when it reaches the target. BT = Boat Tail, which also adds some additional range and in-flight stability. The 5.56 bullet is so lethal because it tends to yaw and fragment once it hits tissue (or ballistics gel) and the path of the bullet because very unpredictable (more predictable in a consistent gel, but far less predictable in a Boar).
Cheaper bullet prices = more range time for me. A day at the range is always a good day.
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we are visiting the states this summer and I promised my kids I'd take them all shooting.
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If you end up in/near the DC metro area, your best bet is the NRA range. Barring that, I can suggest a few other nearby places.
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We will be in Phoenix, where I grew up. In the summer the best bet will be Ben Avery as they have lights so we can shoot when it isn't so hot.
Or we'll go up north and find a good spot. That's the nice thing about all the public land there.
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I haven't checked online as I'm in ok shape for the moment, but handgun ammo around here is still funky. Some calibers no problems, others as rare as hens teeth. And don't get me started on .22lr.
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