M855a1 found some in ammo bought last year

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Big man546

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I am new to this forum i just found that in one of the bulk ammo buys i did last year i have some of the new m855a1 mixed in with the green tips Has any one seen this happen before they are with a bronze tip looks to be new design any advise on this round have fired a couple and dose not look like it is over pressured shooting out of my mvp with 24 inch barrel verry accurate goes throw 3/8 ar 500 plate and 5/8 mild steel at 100 yards groups at under 1 inch very surprising any advise what should i do with it
 
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Man!!!!....

Cut the dude some slack. Not all shooters have an Ive League education.

The new 855a1 ammo is supposed to be a huge improvement on the old "green tip" stuff. If it shoots good in your rifle, then keep it. Either store it away for a rainy day or just blast away with it.

As you noted it is designed to penetrate better then the Green tip, so i wouldnt use it as a light game round. For P-dogs or other SMALL game id say...have at em.

I dont know rate of twist on the MVP you talk about. So its hard to guess about bullets upseting or just ice picking through Coyotes and such

Do a Google search on it snd you'll find a cpl good tests and articles on the improved "Bronze tip"
 
Sorry i am doing my posting on my iphone in between work so just typing ang running dont have all day sitting infront on a computer kind of hate computers! I hate starring at a computer screen i work outside and love it. But i think i might sell the stuff. It shoots great and extremely accurate. Just dont need to store for a rainy day it never rains in the desert where i live. Might keep a couple for collector value but just as firearms if its not a shooter its not for me. I shoot every gun i own no matter what the cost or rarity.
 
I agree with you, if it doesn't shoot it's a paper weight or a bullet shoot at a random point it space (and I can't see the value it that). Sell them!
 
I am wanting to sell because i dont need it and believe it would be a waste if I just put it away. It is very rare and what i read impossible to find just thinking others might want some to see or have and try. I am not an ammo collector from what i have seen during research it is like a unicorn and i figured someone might be interested. If not i will just shoot it all.
 
if you search the TFL site, you'll find a member, A. Wiggins, did a gel test of this ammo, he also found it, but at a military range or something. i do not recall the results. i don't know if selling it would bring a huge profit or not, i haven't SEEN any for sale, so i assume it could right now. i would think it would be commercially available eventually though, especially since a company here holds the patent.


here is the test in question, from forum member:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_epymWduYs

i am not sure why it wouldn't be available to the public. i was under the impression that the steel core, was soft and for stability, not considered "armor-piercing". but Liberty Ammunition, sells the round, but in the mil/police section only. anyone know why this would be the case?
http://libertyammunition.com/national-defense-5-56-x-45mm
 
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