MFS 223 55gr FMJ Zinc Plated Ammo

2001gmc · Apr 5, 2012

Anyone ever shot this in there Smith AR-15? $5.29 a box and only $14 shipping on 25 boxes 500 rounds.

oneyeopn · Apr 5, 2012

I havent seen it yet!!

Breechloader · Apr 5, 2012

Matt Romer did.

"This ammo is great! It ran without any malfunctions in my M&P 15T, plus it is just as accurate as anything I have shot before. The zinc coating is far cleaner than other steel cased ammo. Overall a great product, and you can't beat the price!"

Ammo 223 Remington 55 Grain Full Metal Jacket Zinc Plated Steel Case

2001gmc · Apr 5, 2012

People are saying on the net its silverbear in a black box. you can get just a 100 rounds for $32.45 shipped to try it out. Thats pretty reasonable I thought. I put a link above that pic.

oneyeopn · Apr 5, 2012

I personally like Silver Bear, I have shot about 300 rounds of it. It was decently accurate and gave me no malfunctions. At that price it is sure worth a try. Plus you can clean up your brass with an old speaker magnet...LOL

ocinsomniac · Apr 5, 2012

oneyeopn said:
I personally like Silver Bear, I have shot about 300 rounds of it. It was decently accurate and gave me no malfunctions. At that price it is sure worth a try. Plus you can clean up your brass with an old speaker magnet...LOL

+1......I've shot close to 1,000 rounds of it recently in my MP-15 without a single misfeed, misfire or FTE. Was surprised at its accuracy for the price. Great choice for those seeking cheap, reliable ammo and are not concerned about reloading.

oneyeopn · Apr 5, 2012

I was reading over in the gunsnob forum (that wasnt nice, one of the other AR forums) and someone over there was claiming that you can reload the metal cases one time. I have actually thought about it but I dont want to mess up my dies. And I have a lot of brass cases but in an acronym situation I would consider the zinc coated cases.

Gunslinger808 · Apr 5, 2012

They're beridan primed, you need a special tool to get the old primers out for reloading.

oneyeopn · Apr 5, 2012

Gunslinger808 said:
They're beridan primed, you need a special tool to get the old primers out for reloading.

Gunslinger if you look it up at least Wolf and Tulammo is Boxer primed. Even the foreign ammo makers are getting away from Berdan Primers. I had to look it up but It is...when I go out to the barn I will grab a couple of old Silver Bear and try to run it through my sizing die!

Gunslinger808 · Apr 5, 2012

Yeah, I was speaking (typing?) specificaly about the MFS being beridan.
Realoding steel shouldn't be to hard on carbide dies though.
I personally never have, but in an emergency situation it'd be better than throwing rocks.

oneyeopn · Apr 5, 2012

Yeah a couple of rounds of silver bear just ran through my resizing dies real easy, a little lube, run em through and they are ready to clean and reload, I was seriously surprised. I dont think I am going to load them although it would be a good experiment. Maybe when I get some inexpensive plinking bullets I will try to reload 5 or so. or Maybe not!

2001gmc · Apr 5, 2012

I was in a gunshop today and they told me they reloaded Tulammo I believe it was. If not that it was Wolf Military or the Silverbear cant remember which one but was steel case ammo.

rojodiablo · Apr 7, 2012

oneyeopn said:
I was reading over in the gunsnob forum (that wasnt nice, one of the other AR forums) and someone over there was claiming that you can reload the metal cases one time. I have actually thought about it but I dont want to mess up my dies. And I have a lot of brass cases but in an acronym situation I would consider the zinc coated cases.

I have seen way too many split necks on steel cases to consider reloading them. On the 308 ammo, no split necks. On the .223, about 1-50 will split its' neck.

Since it costs about $220 per 1,000...... I don't bother trying to reload it.

SSgt M · Apr 7, 2012

Mfs has jumped to 6.09$ per box, and out of stock.

2001gmc · Apr 7, 2012

SSgt M said:
Mfs has jumped to 6.09$ per box, and out of stock.

Still shows in stock here and $5.29 per box with link I provided at top.

DocRod · Apr 10, 2012

I like this ammo for plinking, and I've personally never had a problem with it, even when shooting 500+ rounds in an afternoon. It is not my go to ammo for an emergency situation, but for burning up the range for an afternoon, it's hard to beat.

FYI: MFS is not Russian ammo. It's manufactured by MFS-2000 in Hungary, and it's not near as dirty to shoot as the Russian brands.

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