Who / What Country is Making the best ss109/green tip 5.56 that on the market......not the biggest fan of the round in general, but would like to have a small amount of it on hand anyway..........this may have already been covered in anohter thread, if so please post link.............................

You picked a good time to ask this question. Unable to comment on what is best, but here's what's currently available:

M855 - Lake City (ATK) on strippers, $239/900, $139/500 delivered - Ammoman

M855 - Winchester (Olin) on strippers, $254.97/900, $127.97/450 NET - Sportsman's Guide

M855 - Winchester (Olin) on strippers, $250/900 NET - ADCO

SS109 / M855 - ADCOM, United Arab Emirates (UAE) 20/box - $89.95/500, $170/1000 NET - Aim Surplus

Quoted: You picked a good time to ask this question. Unable to comment on what is best, but here's what's currently available: M855 - Lake City (ATK) on strippers, $239/900, $139/500 delivered - Ammoman M855 - Winchester (Olin) on strippers, $254.97/900, $127.97/450 NET - Sportsman's Guide M855 - Winchester (Olin) on strippers, $250/900 NET - ADCO SS109 / M855 - ADCOM, United Arab Emirates (UAE) 20/box - $89.95/500, $170/100 NET - Aim Surplus

I have shot some of the Adcom and it's NICE ammo, very clean and sealed on both ends. Very consistant crimps and OAL. I've gotten 5 K of it and ALL of it is 99 dated and good shootin stuff. 2 K from AIM is $330.00. I talked with them and they said they want more but the ammo market is very inconsistant as far as shipment size lately. It is not the only place that has told me that. An entirely different biz said the exact same thing. One of the other threads had someone who chronoed it and it was pretty much in line witht 855. I found no dings, marks, funky necks, or anything else I have been seeing on the XM193 lately.

Quoted: You picked a good time to ask this question. Unable to comment on what is best, but here's what's currently available: M855 - Lake City (ATK) on strippers, $239/900, $139/500 delivered - Ammoman M855 - Winchester (Olin) on strippers, $254.97/900, $127.97/450 NET - Sportsman's Guide M855 - Winchester (Olin) on strippers, $250/900 NET - ADCO SS109 / M855 - ADCOM, United Arab Emirates (UAE) 20/box - $89.95/500, $170/1000 NET - Aim Surplus

On various threads here, its been verified that the Lake City stuff is tier 1 and that the ADCOM stuff is also tier 1 and its velocities qualify it to be a M855 spec round.

Does anyone have info or a link to a thread on whether the Winchester M855 stuff has been verified as tier 1 or not?

-Frank

Lake City or IMI are both top of the heap in my book.

Mike

Does anyone have info or a link to a thread on whether the Winchester M855 stuff has been verified as tier 1 or not?

The US Military only sources ammo from LC (Federal), IMI and Olin-Winchester (maybe Taiwan Military Industries). So yes it is Tier 1.