1) 2:18 SPEER gold Dot in 5.56, 55gr SBR/GPR and 75gr SPR 2) 4:58 Monolithic

I only found you a couple days ago and have been eating this up. You're a data nerd like me, and I'm loving it. Kinda wish you had a publicly available and queryable database for all your stuff. (I'm neither asking nor expecting you to produce one, just wishing "out loud". Take it as a form of admiration for the knowledge you've got in that wonderful brain of yours.)

For what its worth, gold dots come in 62 grain as well. Problem is, gold dots are imfamously loaded mildly. Federal fusion msr is the same bullet, but loaded hotter. Federal is coming out with a tipped fusion. Id love to see reviews on its terminal ballistics and see how my 18" can grouo them.

Your videos are a treasure. I can not tell you enough how helpful this info is!

I have solid coppers 62 and 70 from Barnes also hunting rounds as you mentioned . I use imi 77 razor cores all my barrels are 18 0r 20 with scopes ..... I agree m855 sux but pmc 855 is more accurate 2.5 and 2 inch groups ... I use superperfomane and fort Scott a lot keep several hundred in load out .... All so use 308 in static positions .....

2 minutes in, and I'm a NEW subscriber👍🏾. Great content and your knowledge is on par.💯

Great video, i love when you do ammo selection videos. Your knowledge is appreciated, i personally have run the federal fusion in my AR for home defense for awhile now, glad to see it on your list. I would like to get some speer gold dots but for some reason they are extremely rare in my area. Also like the lil bits of extra infor like the federal 64gr sp, just happen to have some of those!!

I inherited a Styer-Mannlicher SL Varmint from my father that was a work of art... double set trigger, hammer forged fluted barrel (the flutes were actually spiral forged in)... beautiful carving on the stock. That thing was capable of printing a dime-size group at 200 yards. Had it up until it was stolen (along with my gun safe) 12 years ago) I wonder how it would have performed with some these choices? My father and I were (are?) reloaders, and he had already ginned up his tack driver round when he was still PCS in Germany. Man, I wish he had lived longer. He would be flabbergasted by how far firearms technology has come in 25 years. (not only firearms, but pretty much everything else) Please keep up the good work!

Great over all explanation and overview of some of the best cartridges on the market for the 5.56 platform, in both the short barrel and DMR style rifles... I come from a similar background, which gave me the opportunity to test and field most of these loads. I initially discarded any interest in the 300 Blackout when it first came on the scene, but after some lengthy investigation found it had substantial merit for an entry gun... Say 12.5" barrel. With this size, you can run Hornady CX 110 gr projectiles at 2,335 fps. , which brings just a little more to the game when compared to the 5.56 heavy's in the same barrel length, and I have tried the Lehigh Defense 110 gr Controlled Chaos projectile also, for some interesting wound capabilities . With that said, I think the Blackout is better suited to thise that can get the most out of it through Hand Loading, specific to their platform... thanks for the great information and sharing your knowledge about these great loads for use in the 5.56 platform...👍

If your expecting shorter ranges Black Hills 50gr TSX is amazing, they also have a 62gr if you want to reach out farther.

I paid $2/round for m855a1 off tacswap, i have them as my home defense rounds out of my 10.5. The few tests i did with them were freaking awesome.

I was surprised to see Fort Scott mentioned. They are my go to for rifle rounds. They have a 45 gr loading as well. They also partnered with Maxim defense and created tui ammo specifically for short barreled rifles. I’d like to see someone test the G9 defense barrier blind hollow points. I love G9’s pistol ammo

Thanks for the info brother. This is the exact info that I was looking for for civil war.

Not sure if you purposely left it out or not, but speer does produce 62gr gold dots. It's what I use for a duty round in my 14.5" GP rifle.

you have yet to post a video where I don't learn something...keep up the good work. you are one of the best at what you are doing. THANK YOU

Great discussion (because I agree with everything you said 😉 ). In my own limited testing I found that the M855 is not only inaccurate, it performed very poorly through windshield glass and not that well through automotive sheet metal. I settled on the 64 and later 62 grain Gold Dot.

The most accurate green tip I've ever used was PMC x-tac. As far as load spec goes it may not be as hot as "real" M855 ......you are right though brother- I'm not arguing AT ALL. It's just in my 13.7 SOLGW and my buddies 16" POF gas gun it shoots better than regular M855. I just noticed last weekend. We were at 85-90 yards and laying prone and I found some in my bag and we both shot a group for morbid curiosity during other load testing lol. We were pleasantly surprised when my gun shot .1.190ish and his POF shot it like 1.100ish. That not good by any means BUT it was way better than most M855. Just putting it out there in case someone has some or needs to shoot it for some reason.....it was only about half as bad as normal M855 through our guns. Hell my 13.7 throws like 3 + inch groups with the federal green tip. Winchester and Privi green tip too.

You out flank them😅 with bayonets

I found myself considering a small amount of fort scott's 62 grain tui for a fairly niche sort of reason. Hear me out. It's for an 18" precision sort of rifle. Heavy barrel, 10 power maximum optic. Something like TMK is accurate, and terminally effective, but the moment it hits auto glass, or metal, the bullet has all the terminal effect of birdshot in gel on the other side. Federal fusion which is still my favorite standard go-to round in a low magnification 14.5 defeats barriers, and does work on a soft target, but still has a velocity dependent expansion threshold, and seems to shoot 2 MOA at best from my barrels. I'm now considering fort scott's tui for its barrier blindness, and its tumbling capability to do the damage of 7n6 even after punching through a windshield and down to subsonic speeds. Its main problem is that it is known to overpenetrate, but that doesn't seem to be a concern in a WROL kind of situation, and I guess people aren't the biggest fan of tumbling over expansion/fragmentation. So I'm thinking the TUI is oddly enough sets itself apart as a 5.56 projectile for staying true to its ideal terminal performance at super long range, low velocities, and punching through barriers for a precision build

Interesting! I’d never thought about this issue. This is critical in WROL! I thought green tips were good for this kind of thing, but these are better.

AWESOME.....yeah...lots of good info and this time I was taking notes. Yeah I do have a stash of the 855 stuff, but I guess I'll have to invest in some better rounds. Thanks!

Good topic. I'll be watching this again. I wish I could put my hands on some of the Gold Dot 75gr projectiles for loading. Although I did managed to get a fair bit of the 62gr Gold Dot to load.

Was fun to watch and learn

Man what a geek, lol no great job. Thank you that explains a lot.JD😎

Try out the aac black tip stuff. Interested in your opinion on it.

Like the info. Posting for the Al-Gore-Rhythm

I wouldn't mind a .300AAC/BO version of this video. As I prefer my .300 as a GPR as it's my best build to date with everything I wanted and no trade off component wise due to $$.

Nd55664 is also a trophy bonded bear claw. It is a 64 grain boat tail tbbc loaded to 5.56 pressure. Problem is the 'nd' indicates its 'not for duty use' for one reason or another, and its inaccurate as hell doing 5 and 6 moa groups out of the same rifle that did ~2 moa groups with federal fusion msr a moment before.

I’ve had a lot of good accuracy with the frontier from hornady. Unfortunately it’s become pretty hard to find. Great video!

I like the mk318 mod0 or my .50 Beowulf with Underwood 380gr poly coated hard cast lead rounds

Good info

I recall reading that SEALs liked running 77gr Mk262 in their 10.3” Mk18s. I seem to remember that it was about longer dwell time for reliability in cycling the weapon, but that it also had good terminal ballistics at close range. I am not a ballistics nerd, so could you weigh in on this? I’ve got a stash of 77gr IMI for my 10.5” gun, and am wondering if I should reconsider this- I’ve only used it for punching paper thus far…

I'll definitely concur about theM855... I've shot it out of everything I have and if you can get 1.5 MOA out of it you're doing.

Im also a ballistics junkie and ordinance junkie amongst other harmless hobbies

Have you ever considered a video on non traditional weapons in a shtf situation? A lot of people have inherited 3030s lever guns, 30.06 bolt guns, skss, mini-14s, shotguns, etc. It interests me cus a lot of my buddies have nothing but hunting rifles and are too stubborn to get any of them tAcTiCoOl ar 17s cus you don’t need that for a deer. Lol. I mean 30.06 hunting rifle at range isn’t bad, but none of my buddies are trained snipers either.

Also I mentioned it in the live chat but anyone looking for some bonded soft points sgammo has the Winchester ranger 64gn in stock a 64 grain nosler bonded and another I’ve never heard of called blue line ammunition, it’s a bonded 64gn and $.98 a round or if you get 200rds it’s $179.

I'm pretty lucky. My noveske and my scar16 both group sub moa at 100 yards with 62 grain and 55g

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M855 is 3 MOA ammo I don't know why that's a surprise to anybody. If you want accurate ammo 75 grain Hornady jacketed hollow points you could get 79 grain Black Hills you could get any number of actual Precision Ammo m855 is made for fighting it's not inaccurate it's exactly as accurate as it's supposed to be

Unc, what is your opinion on hornady frontier 5.56 68gr bthp for an sbr and gpr?

You just made me feel better, Tossed a new optic on one of my platforms and I used 855 to sight it in before quick swap to my work choice of TSX and my groups with 855 where really bad like 3 inches at 50 yards from a standing supporting position, the TSX round went to about 1.5 inch group.

As a fellow ballistic nerd, check out Jeff Siewert 'Ammunition Demystified' The (non) Bubba's guide to How Ammo Really Works. I'm building a new upper w/ Criterion core 18in 223 wylde. w/ CMT's new rail with Arca Swiss on the bottom. Will be trying out your suggestions on ammo. Thanks for the knowledge & stay safe out there.👍🏽

Can you recommend a more economical round that is reasonably accurate to stockpile?

Great video. What is your preferred cummerbund round? I can shoot green tips at 500 yards with a 6x optic on 6" steel consistently in low wind conditions. I also have the ability to carry 9x30 round mags on me without taking a second mortgage out on the house :) For me its performance vs cost. I have 220 rounds of 855a1 left. Both my ARs hate it. I may gunbroker it all.

How come I never see Hornady interlocks as just a projectile..id buy the hell outta a 75gr bonded..

Have you ever tested any of the Armscor 55 and 62 grain psp? I’ve tested a lot of the cheaper soft points like ppu and even silver bear but never tried the armscor. Only $.50 a round so if it works that would be a good option if you are on a budget. My go to is the 64 grain power shock. It’s running about $1 a round now but I loaded up on it a few years ago on sale for $12.99 a box.

Another great video! How would rate 5.56 TAP 70Gr CX as far as best application/rifle length? I was able to pick up three boxes figured they were good but unsure how well they’ll run with my 13.9

M855 is great for area fire. Mk318 is good 16 and under ammo. Mk262 for 16 and up.

Let's Goooo!!

What you think of the federal fusion msr? I have about 300 rounds of those.

I've noticed nobody mentions the Nosler Partition.

I am curious what barrel twist do you like to use often ? For me its 1:8 and does the twist rate make a difference on the barrel length ? Where I live at most of the time I only see 50, 55, 62, 75, and 77 grain compared to the other uncommon grains.

Will the 55 grain gold dot penatrate body armor like a M193 will?

Thank you good sir. My question is will a Fiocchi v-max go through a Carhart jacket?

Can you do a vid for 308?

Thoughts on ss109? Is it worth the price or rebranded cheaper round

Would like your opinion, I have plenty of 62gn GD to load for my 12”. Should I load the Fusion velocity or a little hotter, and or just the most accurate load?

Pistol light next

Can you do a video on aac Sabre black tip rounds?

Do you have any info on Hornady tap urban 40 gr. 223?

wait trophy bonded bear claw wasnt discontinued?

Respectfully i dont think your right about the 64 grain federal powershok. I have both and the the powershock is supposed to be plain cup n core while tbbc is solid copper base and bonded on the front. Ones 64 grain the other 62 and they have different ogives. Not the same bullet

You said 15 gr when I think you meant 55gr

15gr!? 5000fps here we come!!! 😂

Mr. Ballistics while you are showing us your range targets, you are missing one HUGE part of this equation. The barrels twist rate significantly impacts the accuracy of any rifle. If the ammo doesn't like that twist rate it will perform slowly. Milspec 5.56 rounds have a twist rate of 1:7, you see some slower twist rates of 1:8, 1:9. For a 1:7 twist rate barrel you should be running heavier rounds 62 grain maybe even 75 grain rounds for optimal performance. Now as to your love of high priced ammo, go for it dude.Most of us don't have the deep pockets you do. Most of those 53-55 grain rounds would perform poorly in a 1:7 twist rate barrel. I am betting your rifle has a 1:8 or 1:9 twist rate. One last note. In a defensive environment you are not going to be taking 300 yard shots. If you are, you are no longer defensive, You are now are now on the offense. if I am going to shoot long range I will be breaking out a better rifle, .308/30-06/.270/.240 just to name a few, all of which are superior to the 5.56 at ranges of 300 yards or more.

Think this guy is cosplaying as Jim from back4blood.😂 google image that if you don’t know.

Mk318 SOST was the best ammo the .mil .gov created for barrier blind. From every barrel length. The stupid BIG Army gave us M855A1.