non-match ammo in tactical rifles??

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howardw

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I've heard some folks say that cheap ammo should not
be used in sniper/tactical rifles. I would like to
know the reason. Is it that using such ammo is
"insulting" to the gun and/or doesn't allow top
performance...or is cheap ammo physically bad for the
gun? If the former, I can still see using quite
a bit of cheap ammo (non-corrosive, however) since otherwise
I would go broke quickly (and I don't want to start
reloading right now). And it will likely be awhile
before I have the ability to maximize the ammo performance
anyway, though I can see using match ammo from time
to time to check my progress in training.
Just curious about it, thanks...

Howard Wilcox
 
It depends on what you want...

If your goal is just to playing around, then it will be fine as long as it's not corrosive. The barrel doesn't care how consistant the ammo is, it just wears out a little bit more every time you pull the trigger:)

If you are trying to be really good at shooting, then you need to use the most accurate ammo for the rifle. Imagine this, what's the point to learn shooting if the ammo does not impact exactly where you are aiming at? Many people think the more the shots they shoot the better shooter they will be. The only way to be a good shot is to learn from each shot and find out what’s wrong. Quality is better than quantity!
 
I think that is to avoid the possibility of corrosive ammo. Also, some of the steel-jacketed stuff is hard enough to affect the rifling. That said, the steel-jacketed Hirtenberger 308 shoots extremely well, averaging 1moa or less out of my bolt gun without any damage to the rifle.
 
If you're trying to become an all-around rifleman, once you've gotten your rifle sighted in: Forget the benchrest. Unless you're developing loads, or testing or competing, you won't learn much from hours at the bench.

The various positions, with a sling, shooting at impromptu style targets--tin cans and such, at distances over 50 yards, are far more useful.

I've yet to hear of ammo which won't be accurate enough not to let you hit a beer can at 100 yards, if you do your part. If it's corrosive, all ya gotta do is clean the barrel with hot soapy water and run a couple of clean patches through; then an oily patch and you're done worrying about it.

Whatever works is good, although I'd imagine that copper-jacketed ammo will wear the bore less than steel-jacketed ammo.

A rifle is a rifle is a rifle. It either shoots good groups or it doesn't. "Tactical" or "Sniper" is nothing but advertising hype, anyway. I've yet to figure out why black plastic is somehow better than tan, brown or camo. Or pink with yellow polka dots, for that matter. Heck, I may start a line of tactical underwear or bumwipe. I've been hunting for a goodly number of decades, and I've yet to have a deer tell me I ain't very tactical. Or any hunter I've watched who never knew I was anywhere near. :D

Apologies for the rant. I'm just sorta fed up with a bunch of marketing whizbangs jacking up the price for an ugly gun and selling it as "tactical" or "sniper". But we've been through this before, here.

Rant mode off--for a while, anyway.

:), Art
 
One of the funnest (most fun?) things to do is to find a place with a bunch of big rocks. Then you take that cheap ammo and turn the big rocks into little ones. :)

Seriously, the surplus stuff out there now is decent. Take your rifle and go shoot.
 
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