PMC .223 AMMO

[EC1]

I fired off about 40 rounds of PMC 223 recently. The ammo shot well and appeared very consistant. However, I noticed a strong ammonia smell from the chamber after firing the PMC. I also shot Prvi, S&B and Ultramax at the same time, all shot okay but none had the ammonia smell.

Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone have an idea what causes the odor?

 

[MassMark]

Kimchi?

 

[jrbtzx12r]

Kimchi?

 

[drumenigma]

It's probably the powder. I get a similar smell from the Brown Bear 7.62x39 ammo I shoot. It's definitely a little off-putting.

 

[kencop93]

Ammonia smell

I had the same thing with 223 Wolf ammo...

 

[WayneWong]

I get it from Sellier and Bellot as well as Remington.

 

[vellnueve]

I fired ten rounds of it today and smelled nothing of the sort. It did make a bigger flash than any factory ammo I've shot in my AR to this point.

 

[drgrant]

I fired off some Privi 5.56 NATO (M193) on Friday and I got a strong ammonia smell from that... reminded me of sweets bore cleaner or something. So apparently whatever powders a lot of these companies are using, when it burns up it releases ammonia? Wasn't really an issue unless the wind was blowing towards my shooting position, then I would get a sort of wake up call from it.

-Mike