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rogerxd45 · 08-14-2007, 01:45 AM

i want some 223's with as big as a fireball as possible without reloading so if you guys know of any ammo that does that let me know

medicstimpy · 08-14-2007, 04:25 AM

Ditto for me... but how about for those of us who reload? 55gr gas-check lead bullets or 55gr FMJ or 55gr SP.

It would be kewl to reload a couple of BIG BUBBA loads for the AR.

Verk · 08-14-2007, 05:50 AM

You want 5.56mm as it is loaded to higher pressures than commercial .223 Rem. I have found that Federal M193 or Winchester Q3131 are the hottest factory rounds you can buy. Both are 55 gain FMJ.

The problem is however, M193 and Q3131 have become very hard, if not impossible, to come buy the past several months. Its MIL-Spec ammo so if you can find it, by all means buy it. I have pretty much quit shooting it in my ARs as I can't replace what I shoot so am using commercial .223 for practice and keeping the hot stuff for when I need to do more than punch holes in paper.

FatMatt1981 · 08-14-2007, 08:02 AM

+1 on the Federal "Lake City" 5.56.....biggest fireball you'll get...Winchester q3131a a close 2nd.
Very hard to find....expensive as hell when u do.
I only have a few hundred rounds left.

08-14-2007, 01:45 AM	#1
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	223 with big fireball i want some 223's with as big as a fireball as possible without reloading so if you guys know of any ammo that does that let me know

08-14-2007, 04:25 AM	#2
medicstimpy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebecistan in the land of anti's... the dictatorship of Canada Posts: 422	Ditto for me... but how about for those of us who reload? 55gr gas-check lead bullets or 55gr FMJ or 55gr SP. It would be kewl to reload a couple of BIG BUBBA loads for the AR. __________________ Springfield Armory: 1911 Loaded SS (x2), XD9-TAC & XD45-TAC AR-15: Armalite .223, RockRiverArms 9mm Ruger: Mark III, 10/22 S&W: 686 Tokarev: 1942 Soviet TT33, 1958 Hungarian TT-58 Tokagypt, 1954 .22 Polish Sportowy Norchinko: M14S (x2) Yugo: M48 Mauser, M59/66 SKS Desert Chicken 44Magnum Levers: Win '94 1962 (unfired) & 1958 in 30-30 Taurus: 455 Tracker... 45ACP wheel gun... WAY KEWL If GUNS kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat

08-14-2007, 08:02 AM	#4
FatMatt1981 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,467	+1 on the Federal "Lake City" 5.56.....biggest fireball you'll get...Winchester q3131a a close 2nd. Very hard to find....expensive as hell when u do. I only have a few hundred rounds left. __________________ \"Through strength, we deter tyranny\" ICVM OD XD-40 4\" Black on black XD-9 4\"

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08-14-2007, 05:50 AM	#3
Verk XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 376	You want 5.56mm as it is loaded to higher pressures than commercial .223 Rem. I have found that Federal M193 or Winchester Q3131 are the hottest factory rounds you can buy. Both are 55 gain FMJ. The problem is however, M193 and Q3131 have become very hard, if not impossible, to come buy the past several months. Its MIL-Spec ammo so if you can find it, by all means buy it. I have pretty much quit shooting it in my ARs as I can't replace what I shoot so am using commercial .223 for practice and keeping the hot stuff for when I need to do more than punch holes in paper.