Posted: 4/11/2008 10:55:52 AM EDT
| Would you rather have 500 rounds of match grade hollow point .308 or 1000 rounds of .308 ball ammo to feed an AR10? |
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With a reasonable expectation that any encounter will be within a couple hundred yards or (probably much) less, I'd be happy with the 1k of ball ammo. Now, I do have match grade ammo for my precision rifle to back up the much larger supply of milsurp for the AR. |
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Depends on how I see myself using the gun and scenario. 500 deer is a heck of a lot of deer.  If I can make a wee suggestion, take your time. Though crime is fairly high probability scenario EOTWAWKI isn't nor is surviving shooting hundreds of rounds at an adversary shooting back without support nor is even using a mag fed semi-automatic rifle for self defense. Prepare for the most likely first and least likely last. A little bit here and a little bit there and soon you will know why "Both" is as common a saying on AR15.com as it is. I do believe in a SHTF stash of ammo. I think where I started is as good a place as any which is with what you can carry and as good as you can afford. Giving priority to what firearm you will most likely use. For most of us that's a handgun. I then put my money in less expensive ammo since well the potential of me shooting at the range is far more likely than using a semi-automatic rifle for self defense. I added a little here and a little there and soon your wife is counting your ammo by square footage. Tj |
you mean 4 minutes of angle? standard man size silhouette is 20 inches wide..... one inch at 100 yards is 5 inches at 500 yards....so 4 inches at 100 yards is 20 inches at 500 yards. |