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Posted: 4/1/2013 3:12:55 PM EDT
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Wasnt sure if this was more ammo or optics, so lets try optics first :). I have a shiny new RDS and a Nikon scope I want to at least get reasonably zeroed in. Here's the ammo I have available:
Remington UMC 223 PMC X-TAC 5.56 PMC Bronze 223 American Eagle 223 All in 55gr. Should I just work with my cheaper, more plentiful ammo or just spend the time with better quality? |
| I vote for defense or hunting ammo, where your shots will actually matter. The zeros are close enough at 100 yards that your plinking ammo will still be right in the middle of the paper. It doesn't matter if your group is on the X or 3 inches to the right when your plinking, its all about group size anyways. |
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I completely agree with JayC. I wouldn't use PMC Bronze to zero. AE223 and XTAC will get you within torso sized targets at 300 yards without you having to compensate via adjusting your hold / sight. Can't comment about the UMC.
A couple of anecdotes from my experience with the PMC Bronze (all guns were zeroed with XM193 and had XTAC / XM855 / AE223 / PMC Bronze / MFS / Black Hill to compare with, all shots were from 300 yards via iron sights): Colt 6920 - KAC had to be adjusted to 400 yards mark (four clicks up) for the Bronze and to the "Z" (two clicks up) for the Black Hill. Colt 6520 - 3 clicks up rear sight adjustment for the Bronze and two for the Black Hill. Another Colt 6520 - all ammo had similar POI - no sight adjustment needed. I also had similar experience with PMC Bronze having wider difference in POI than other .223 / 5.56 ammo. At 200 yards, though, I trully believe that one can score hits against Minute of Bad Guy regardless what ammo was used to zero the rifle with. |
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Wasnt sure if this was more ammo or optics, so lets try optics first :). I have a shiny new RDS and a Nikon scope I want to at least get reasonably zeroed in. Here's the ammo I have available: Remington UMC 223 PMC X-TAC 5.56 PMC Bronze 223 American Eagle 223 All in 55gr. Should I just work with my cheaper, more plentiful ammo or just spend the time with better quality? I would do the rough sighting in with the UMC. the fine tune to the X-tac and use the X-tac as your main defense ammo. for fun & practice I would use the UMC up first, the AE223 probably 2nd. |
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