PMC ammo, is it any good?

[6mm Shoot]

Is PMC ammo any good? I am looking to buy a case of green tip and that is all I can find at a good price.

 

[HubertGummer]

I hope so...I just bought 900 rounds of it...heard good things about PMC

 

[Leo]

I have never had any problems, for about 30 years.

 

[KellyinAvon]

No prob, the ROK makes good stuff.

 

[calcot7]

Yes, it's good to go.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Another vote. Not precision but not awful. I like it. I'll be shooting some 55 on sunday.

 

[6mm Shoot]

I guess I posted that badly. What I should have asked is it as good as Federal M855 62 gr green tip?

 

[Sniper 79]

Bought fired and refilled a bunch. Not the best and not the worst.

 

[churchmouse]

I guess I posted that badly. What I should have asked is it as good as Federal M855 62 gr green tip?

No. It is not. Great target/plinking/practice ammo.

 

[One Shot One Kill]

Yeah not better than federal, but a heck of a lot bette than Tula or wolf steel!

 

[6mm Shoot]

Thanks for the information. I think I will keep hunting for Federal. My rifles seem to like it. The only thing that I have tried that they like better is my hand loads.

 

[Jackson]

Maybe. Define good. Reliable in an off-the-shelf commercial rifle? Precise in your specific rifle? More precise than Federal M855 in your rifle? Shoot the same zero as Federal M855 in your rifle? Are you comparing a PMC M855 spec round or some other PMC .223 or 5.56 round?

Assuming they are both M855 spec, and you aren't going for some relatively high level of precision, I bet you'd have to shoot a fair amount to see the difference. Just my experience.

 

[bwframe]

I've shot a couple cases of PMC Bronze in .223. They have all went bang with no ammo specific malfunctions. All in carbine courses of one sort or another, so I cannot speak to accuracy beyond sighting in. No one holers with the red dot, sadly none with the scope either.

I will say that I have noticed some inconsistency in loading's. Not unusual to have an exceptionally loud report and recoil or an unnervingly low powered "pop." No bad results though.

 

[wolfeden]

I use a lot of PMC in .308 over the years. I have never had any kind of issue with it. Seems to leave very little mess to clean out when I am done. Here is a photo of 20 rounds in a target @ 100 yards. My son gets a little cocky sometimes and I have to set him straight. He is getting real accurate with his shots at the age of 13. I set the bar high for him and it usually shuts him up. Got to give them something to work for.

 

[Hop]

What size groups are you getting with Federal? I still have a lot of it on stripper clips.

I've shot both Federal xm855 and steel cased Wolf out to 500 yards and the Wolf wins in accuracy. I don't recall any groups smaller than 2 MOA using the Federal. This out of a 14.5" AR so maybe not as accurate as your hunting gun.

Steel core isn't meant to be accurate. It's made to fly about 600 yards and still go through an enemy's helmet.

 

[Fordtough25]

I haven't noticed much difference between federal xm193 and pmc of the same over the years. Maybe the federal m855 is better idk

 

[ryknoll3]

What size groups are you getting with Federal? I still have a lot of it on stripper clips.

I've shot both Federal xm855 and steel cased Wolf out to 500 yards and the Wolf wins in accuracy. I don't recall any groups smaller than 2 MOA using the Federal. This out of a 14.5" AR so maybe not as accurate as your hunting gun.

Steel core isn't meant to be accurate. It's made to fly about 600 yards and still go through an enemy's helmet.

855 isn't known for its accuracy. It's said that the steel penetrator can be not perfectly concentric and cause inaccuracy. 55 gr and 62 gr non-penetrator rounds are typically more accurate than the 855.

 

[6mm Shoot]

For me it seems like I can get around a inch then get a flyer that opens it up to past a inch to about 1.5" with the Federal. That flyer can come in on any of the five shots. With my hand loads I can get less than an inch. Fairly consistently. I am just looking for back up ammo that will shoot close to a inch.

Thank you all for your time.

 

[jgressley2003]

I like reloading their brass, primers go in real smooth. As for ammo I haven't shot a ton, but most of it fired without issues. One 20 pack of 5.56 I had 2 FTF.

 

[SSGSAD]

I have never had any problems, for about 30 years.

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