10-13-2012, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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.223 TulAmmo
I've seen Tulammo .223 as low as $210/1000 rounds on the net. WalMart has it for $4.97/20, or just slightly higher than the best net price with shipping. Bought a few boxes today to try. TulAmmo is Russian, 55gr FMJ steel cased.
It took more effort to load the ammo in my mags than the PMC Brass ammo I have. After that, the load, fire, eject cycle was flawless. Although I think I'm having some problems with the Centerpoint scope, the "accuracy of the ammo wasn't as good as I get with PMC Brass. Overall, if you aren't looking for 1 ragged hole but shorter range defensive type shooting, it is a good choice. at 50 yards I got this shooting from a sandbag rest The PMC ($0.35/round) gave me this POI wanted to bounce high right after firing. Scope or mounted too loose. Not sure yet. |
10-14-2012, 04:58 AM | #2 |
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Could be the scope is loose. Take it off, re-mount it and torque the screws to 16 in/lbs.
Could be the ammmo. You should be getting almost one ragged hole at 50 yds. The kid bought some PMC yesterday, so we will try it out this morning.
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10-14-2012, 05:48 PM | #3 |
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Real good possibility. My used .17 HMR started out shooting 1.25" groups at a hundred yards. The more I shot it, the worse it got. I checked the scope ring screws and the ring to mount screws and they were all tight. I took the scope off and found the mount screws were loose as a goose in the receiver. Cleaned up the oil underneath them and in the screw holes, put in a little blue Loktite and it's back to shooting decent groups again.
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