Federal 158 Grain American Eagle

[soFlaNative]

The LRN was my favorite target load, consistent and pretty clean. When the price per round broke the $.35 barrier I went with bulk same spec MagTech.
Good old days.

 

[sodacan]

I shot the whole box of fifty. This is the result:

At what distance were you shooting?

 

[Model19man]

At what distance were you shooting?

15 yards. It's the distance I normally use indoors.

 

[chief38]

American Eagle ammo is IMHO excellent! I have been shooting it since the early 1980's and it has always performed well. The components are very good quality, the ammo is consistent and accuracy is as good as one shoots. The AE 22 RF 40 grain lead bullets are excellent as well and are just as accurate as the Federal marked line up. I do use CCI standard velocity 40 grain in my target and competition guns as they are a bit more accurate, but for general practice and plinking, the AE 22's perform great!

It is less expensive (in general) than the Federal marked line and for Range work, plinking & general shooting it can't be beat for the money. I also noticed many years ago that some of their centerfire cartridges are actually loaded to higher velocities that their Federal marked ammo in the same configuration. Example: The American Eagle 230 grain FMJ 45acp states 890 fps while pretty much every other brand of the same ammo is either 830 - 850 fps out of 1911 Gov't barrels. On the very rare occasion I carry a 1911 Gov't model, I do load it with AE 230 grain FMJ. It's the only gun I do not use HP's in.

 

[Green Frog]

The American Eagle line tends to be more economically priced while still maintaining the quality of basic retail ammo. When I built my Project 616, if I wanted to shoot factory ammo (esp. to get once fired brass) I mostly had two choice$… American Eagle at reasonable prices, or the High Performance (read ”high priced”) stuff from Federal. The choice was easy, and helped carry me through until Starline finally came out with their brass. I’ve only had good experiences with American Eagle cf ammo.
Froggie

 

[Brian Parrish]

Failure to Stop

The current doctrine seems to be aim for center mass, and if that does not work, try for the head shot. Remember that in a fight everything is moving and changing quickly. That head does not stay still.

 

[Green Frog]

Not to get too morbid, but combat doctrine for a sure kill used to be two quick shots (a double tap) to center mass followed by a third to the head. This sure kill method was called Zambezi or some such(?)
Froggie

 

[fotog54]

Not to get too morbid, but combat doctrine for a sure kill used to be two quick shots (a double tap) to center mass followed by a third to the head. This sure kill method was called Zambezi or some such(?)
Froggie

Mozambique ?

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[Model19man]

The zombie is only presenting a head shot on my targets since his body is hidden by his hostage.

 

[Green Frog]

Mozambique ?

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I stand corrected! I knew there was a Z in there somewhere!
Fro

 

[Bumpus13]

AE 158's are good ammo.

These are better.

.38 Special +P 158 grain Poly-Coated Lead Semi Wadcutter. (100 RND)

@ $1.10 per shot … You can have all of them.

 

[Skeet 028]

I have been getting all my factory ammo together and putting them in the plastic ammo boxesfrom Harbor Freight and others. I have very few factory 357s...maybe 5 boxes and about 2 boxes of mixed loose rounds. Two boxes are the AE 357 158 gr. I used 'em in my Highway Patrolman. Evenshot a fair sized doe Whitetail...and 3 coyotes. The yotes were not useable for hides. The major portion of my 357s are reloads with LSWCs. I also have some factory 357 Rem Max...Don't remember the factory bullets...but my Max ammo reloads are done with some Remington 150 gr Spire points for 35 Remingtons. Only have about 40 of those bullets left...Going to a friend with a Remington M-8 semiauto in 35 Remington