ChevyGuy91
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Has anyone used this?
I picked some up at a local shop to blast through my finally finished M14 project. It was about 12 bucks a box, so I grabbed a few. I also found some Federal 168grn BTHP Gold Match, so I grabbed that to see what my new barrel might be capable of. The American Tactical is manufactured in Turkey and is supposed to be "NATO mil-spec" 150grn ammo, and the box says it is lot tested to meet at least 1MOA.
I got to range today, and started with the AT "NATO" ammo to get an idea where the rifle was hitting at 100 yards, and it would eject the spent case, but it would not load the next round in the magazine when fired. Of the 40 rounds I brought with me, it loaded the next round once. The ammo was grouping horrible, and I was really getting down on my rifle, seeing all the money I sunk into it.
I got the scope to where I thought was close enough, and wanted see what the Fed Gold Match would do. It worked flawlessly. Real small groupings, and it cycled the action properly. I am quite happy with the rifle, and realize I need to start reloaded stat.
Here are a few links with descriptions of the ammo.
http://dealer.americantactical.us/products?product=680
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/cPath/24_100_279/products_id/2997
My rifle sure didn't like it, is it an ammo snob, or does this sound like crap ammo? Any other experiences?
I picked some up at a local shop to blast through my finally finished M14 project. It was about 12 bucks a box, so I grabbed a few. I also found some Federal 168grn BTHP Gold Match, so I grabbed that to see what my new barrel might be capable of. The American Tactical is manufactured in Turkey and is supposed to be "NATO mil-spec" 150grn ammo, and the box says it is lot tested to meet at least 1MOA.
I got to range today, and started with the AT "NATO" ammo to get an idea where the rifle was hitting at 100 yards, and it would eject the spent case, but it would not load the next round in the magazine when fired. Of the 40 rounds I brought with me, it loaded the next round once. The ammo was grouping horrible, and I was really getting down on my rifle, seeing all the money I sunk into it.
I got the scope to where I thought was close enough, and wanted see what the Fed Gold Match would do. It worked flawlessly. Real small groupings, and it cycled the action properly. I am quite happy with the rifle, and realize I need to start reloaded stat.
Here are a few links with descriptions of the ammo.
http://dealer.americantactical.us/products?product=680
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/cPath/24_100_279/products_id/2997
My rifle sure didn't like it, is it an ammo snob, or does this sound like crap ammo? Any other experiences?