Looking for high quality inexpennsive ammo to shoot in my M1a. For target and plinking. Recommendations?

Question

Caliber = 308. Locations on where to purchase online would also be helpful.

Answer 1

The best I have found so far is Black Hills ammo. Mine likes the 168 gr. but doesn't like the 175 gr. You might also like to try Ultramax 168 gr speer bthp from www.sportmansguide.com I have been getting the Black Hills from www.midway.com I would try both and see which your rifle likes better. buy the way, both are very accurate in bolt guns too. Good luck and take a friend hunting, we need as many pro-gun friends as we can get. Merry Christmas...

Answer 2

Any FMJ ammo that is NOT recommended for hunting is the only factory ammo you should be shooting. Here's why: The pressure curve for hunting powder that achieves optimum velocity (read highest possible velocity that meets SAMMI specs) has too much of a high spike in the pressure curve, which ultimately will cause a bending of your M1A operating rod. One second you will be shooting 1 MOA groups and the next shots will be into a 1 FOOT pattern or worse with the bent rod-Under no circumstances use Winchester, Federal or Remington or any other hunting ammo, as operating rods and gunsmithing are both larger bills than you most likely would like to pay for. I believe that the recommendation to shoot Black Hills may be the best, however contact Black Hills to determine pressure curves and state that you are shooting an M1A. This same problem can occurr in any "Gas Gun" including M1 Garands.

Answer 3

I use the below listed ammunition in my own M-1A and it makes for a very accurate target round at a fair price. With the war in Iraq causing such shortages lately , it's difficult to find quality .308 Win ammunition that won't break the bank.
The ammunition below is available from several online distributors, but Cabela's has the best price I've seen on it lately.

Cabelas.com

MAG-TECH .308 Winchester150 Grain FMJ-BT (Boat-Tail Bullet) 2820 Feet per second 2,661 Ft Lbs at 100 yards
Current price at Cabela's is about $28.00 per (50) rounds. Quality brass cases and they are reloadable...

*Note.Black Hills brand doesn't shoot well out of either one of my M-1A's...You will have to try several and see what shoots best for you......

Answer 4

relatively the AK-40 seven is a much greater useful rifle than the SKS. remember the AK-40 seven got here out to change the SKS. that is lots greater solid and could handle abuse interior the battlefield. The AK-40 seven has greater upload-ons and for greater fee-effective. you may get a grip with quad rails for attachment of a scope, night imaginative and prescient, infrared, laser sight and a flash easy. you additionally can mount a grenade launcher or bayonet on your AK-40 seven. Grenade launchers are a classification 3 limited merchandise nonetheless. AK-47s frequently incorporate a sling, greater beneficial mags and a cleansing kit is interior the returned of the inventory. The Romanian AK-47s are approximately $4 hundred or perhaps the wood inventory ones have an component scope mount. The AK additionally has fairly some affordable solid banana clips that carry 30 or 40 rounds. There additionally are seventy 5 around and one hundred around drum magazines for them. The SKS rifles have banana clips, yet they at the instant are not very solid. they're greater good to alter out and maximum of them jam many times. My chum ended up merchandising his SKS because of the fact he could not discover any good clips for it. I relatively have shot my AK-40 seven alongside along with his SKS. they have a similar accuracy, the only difference grew to become into his SKS saved jamming. The AK and SKS the two shoot a similar 7.62x39 cartridge and the accuracy of the two rifles is in basic terms about comparable. optimum powerful selection of four hundred meters. To Metropol: The AK-40 seven is a approaches greater precise than any 9mm carbine. What are you thinking? in case you won't be able to hit a 12" metallic plate with an AK-40 seven then your barrel is shot. i will hit a 12" metallic plate at 2 hundred yards with iron web sites with my AK. At 50 yards my bullet holes are touching one yet another. The AK-40 seven is relatively precise and while chambered in .223 will outperform modern M4 attack rifles.

Answer 5

Here are a few of the sites I have personal ordered from, there are even more that I have ordered from as well, these have been excellent customer service when an issue has came up. I recently checked my records and have spent well over $1300.00 on ammo in 2007, must of it ordered online.

Answer 6

I have two M1A rifles; needless to say I also found that ammo sort of melts in their presence. I found some Indian (from India) ball ammo at J&G last summer that was $ 60.00 a thousand if you bought 5,000 rounds. It is non-corrosive and functions just fine; don't know if they have any left, but it would be worth checking with them.

Answer 7

Impact Guns.com... cheaper than dirt.com... ammunitiontogo.com

Answer 8

winchester, good stuff.