Accurate bulk ammo for silhouette shooting?

[wahoowad]

I want to begin shooting steel (AR500) targets at 100 yards with the iron sights on my AR15. This gun shoots MOA with the scope I use and Winchester hollowpoint ammo. It would be prohibitively expensive to plink this varmint ammo at steel so I tried to shoot groups with boxed military M193 surplus ammo I've had stored in ammo cans. The ammo is dated 1983 but is clean, cycles perfectly. Unfortunately it shot 4" groups (with a scope) so I doubt it will group well enough as I revert to iron sights.

I see tons of "bulk" 223 ammo for sale in catalogs and emails from places like cheaper than dirt. I assumed it was military surplus but never paid too much attention as I wasn't in the market for it. Now I want to buy a case of something and wondering if there is any 'cheap' bulk ammo that is capable of better than 4" groups? My AR has a 1:7" twist and currently shooting 53 grain bullets well.

 

[dway]

It's not exactly bulk ammo, but the Hornady Steel Match is supposed to be pretty good. I know a guy that shoots a lot of 3 gun competitions and that's what he chooses to shoot.

ammunitiontogo has it for $17.95 for 50 rounds



http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/cPath/198/products_id/6360

 

[YWHIC]

People run the PMC Bronze 223 with good 'groups' in most ARs..

Soft but accurate is the rumor.. I did shoot some its pretty tight for less than $6/box online.

 

[wahoowad]

Hornady is too expensive for what I want to do. Nay have to check out the PMC.

What do you mean 'soft'?

 

[blopez50]

My shooting buddy shoots silver bear out of his AR. He uses an eotech and is 99% on 4, 6, and 10" steel at 100. I dont think hes ever shot groups with it (hes just a plinker) but it is plenty accurate for him.

 

[wahoowad]

I'll try that silver bear out. Is it made in Russia like the Wolf ammo?

 

[cayotehunter]

Try PriviPartisan ammo, I get very good groups with that stuff and its only like $11 a box at ammunitiontogo

 

[TCS]

The Prvi ammo is decent. I've also had good luck with Armscor which is made in the Philippines.

 

[wahoowad]

can you guys be more specific about your groups? I don't want to expect 1 or 2 inch groups if the ammo is only producing 4 inch groups for others.

 

[travis]

I have always had good luck with bitterroot ammo

 

[rdsii64]

Accuracy and bulk ammo aren't normally discussed together. Accurate ammo is expensive. Bulk ammo is cheap. To keep the price down the manufacture has to cut something somewhere. The end result is much less consistency from round to round. I would suggest that you look in to loading your own. Once you take the initial hit to purchase your equipment and components you price per round will be much less than the bulk stuff you are asking about. The catch is you will be producing a match quality product. Since the brass can be re-used, the price of your subsequent loads will be cheaper still than your first batch.

 

[varminthunter123]

Wolf Gold

Is a much more consistent round than any of the other Russian made brands.