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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ammunition review - PMC (Page 2 of 2)
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PMC is the most accurate ammo my rifles have ever used. HOWEVER There was a time when I was getting up to 4 and 8 rounds per box of 20 that would not fire. They were complete duds. I wound up sending 100 dud rounds back to them. To their credit they sent me Good ammo to replace the duds. And then their 9mm 115gr pistol ammo started to become duds. I haven’t used PMC ammo in about five years. They may have fixed the dud problem, but as far as I’m concerned they are not on the BUY list. Except, maybe, for their .380 ammo. I haven’t had any problems with PMC there. |
The stuff Im looking at is in a red/white box of 20 marked 223A made in Korea (.18 per) . The powder had a slightly gold color to it as compared with Q3131A but "appeared" to be similar in ball size . The Q had 25.5 grains the PMC about 24 grains . The PMC powder "seemed" to burn a little faster (very little) both bullets measured right on 55 grains FMJ BT. The PMC Has red sealer on the primer and tar sealent around the bullet . Im thinkin Im going to buy a case .
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I've blown through about 3k rounds of PMC 223A this past Spring. The first three cases went down easy; but I am seeing some occasional short stroking on lot #223A-0342. The same rifles continue to run fine with other ammo and the issue only pops up rarely so I can't attribute it to the ammo with 100% accuracy; but have seen about 5-7 cases in 500rds with this last case. |
Newer weapons are usually more sensitive to light loads because there is more friction in the upper receiver (high points haven't worn down yet). One the friction spots "wear in" it won't be as much of an issue. Also older guns with several thousand rounds (particularly carbines, not so much rifles) will usually have some erosion at the gas port that will cause the action to take in more gas than a new gun. |
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Bushy V- Match Carbine Noticed some cycling problemwith the first case, but bought another because of the price. Experiencing more cycling problems, whereas the bolt assembly cocking but not going far enough back to camber up the next round from the magazine. Noticable difference when shooting other brand 5.56 ammo. |
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I really like PMC. I wish I could still find it around here locally, it used to be easy to pick up at gun shows, a case at a time. It always worked well in all my Ar's, and M16, from 16 inch to 11.5 inch. I esp like the flash.  I'd love to get some again, if i could find it on sale. |
| Somewhere between 1500-2000 rds of both PMC camo box M193 and white/red box PMC target 55gr. FMJ through a Colt HBAR with no problems at all. Large muzzle flash from the same ammo fired through an XM-177 with a 5.5" flash suppressor. I always had decent accuracy with no FTF or FTE. This was the Korean made ammo. I personally liked the ammo and the price was usually very good. |
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I haven't shot PMC .223 in years, but the older lots I did have from the late 80s and early 90s were fine. I love their .30-06 M-2 ball equivalent load for my Garands better than any commercial ammo available I found their 132 gr .38 SPL FMJ to peform better than W-W White box which is seriously underpowered and consistently shoots lower than 158 grain lead ammo from ANY .38 revolver I've tried. I prefer the PMC .38s over W-W white box ANY day at ANY price I've had good luck with PMC .45 ACP and I've shot small quantities of their 200 gr .44 SPL which I like better than Remington's. The only PMC ammo I had a problem with was a batch of red and white box 115gr FMJ 9mm that was loaded too light. It failed to function in four 9mm pistols: two SIG P-228s, one Glock 17 and a Beretta 92. All pistols were 100% reliable with other ammo. Only one of those pistols was mine (a 228). Chalk it up to the occasional "bad batch" of ammo. I do NOT like PMC .22 "Zappers" the only thing worse than those are Federal champions out of a MKII |
[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ammunition review - PMC (Page 2 of 2)
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