After doing a lot of research on what kind of duty ammo to have in my AR I decided to get some 5.56 TAP, however I cant find the 5.56 TAP in stock anywhere and my local LE dealer only has the .223. Anybody got any places to point me to that has it in stock?
Are you LE or .MIL? If so, you can order direct from Hornady that’s what I do. The price is CONSIDERABLY lower than retail also.
I am an airline pilot so I am on the list that most people would consider LE/MIL(dont know how we ended up on that list) and have been buying at a local LE only distributor(and thankful for the opportunity to do so), but I dont know if Hornady would consider me eligible. I guess I can call them and find out. Wasn’t looking to do a huge order, maybe 5 boxes.
It can’t hurt. BTW- I don’t know what 5 boxes cost retail, but their cases are in 200 rd. increments and you will probably be surprised when you see the cost which includes shipping.
200 rounds would be ok. Retail the boxes go for like 22 bucks I think, but I cant find any.
I called Hornady back in March and they said they have stopped selling to individual officers due to large backorders and supply (or lack thereof).
That’s funny because I ordered some .308 from them.
ammunitiontogo.com has some Tap ammo in 223 as of about 3:00 CST.
Which is not what I am looking for. I can get all the .223 I want locally, I want the 5.56.
Maybe because you got 308 and i asked for 5.56 who knows this was back in March 
I just put in an inquiry for some 556. I will notify you when I hear back from them.
By far the best way to get 5.56 TAP if not an LEO is from an LEO friend. Nothing illegal about it as far as I or he know. That is where all of mine came from. I have not spoken to him in a little while, but I will see if he has any around. If so, he is a member here and can contact you via PM.
By the way, expect to pay a bit of a premium if you are lucky enough to find some. They don’t cost today what they did when I stocked up a few years ago.
Well, I believe I am on the list of approved people who can buy it. I am waiting to hear back from Hornady. The LE distributor by me, which I am allowed to buy anything in there(some people they let in the front door are not allowed to buy much but clothes and stuff), does not stock it. I have not called them to see if they could get it for me, I am sure they can and will.
So Hornady can get you some as well as your local outlet…what does this mean? Do you want help or not? I have already PM’d my friend for you, should I tell him to disregard?
Let’s not waste anybody’s time here.
I am really looking for a retail outlet to buy from.
I do not want to get your friend in trouble, which it seems that Hornady has taken away peoples ability to buy direct from them at discount prices for selling what they have bought from them, not that that would happen and I would not turn him in, but I am really just looking for a retail source to buy from, or get myself setup to buy from Hornady.
I do not want to get my friend in trouble either. Everything we have done together is legal as far as we know, and we both did our due diligence. The chances of you finding a “retail” outlet for 5.56 TAP are essentially non-existent except for ammunitiontogo…sometimes.
Take what you can get at these troubled times, my good man. Let you know if I hear anything good.
There are posts over on TOS that say that Hornady has found out that people were doing this with the LE only ammuntion and banned them from buying direct any more. Some of the stuff they were talking about though was group buys on the 5.56, and Hornady bought some from the group buy, read the lot numbers, saw who bought it and banned them. The stuff on ammunitiontogo had the lot numbers removed from the boxes exactly for this reason.
This is the kind of stuff I dont want to get involved in, even if it means not being able to get any.
I will say that it has been over two years in fact since my friend and I conducted business. Perhaps something has changed since then, especially with the ammo shortage. He is a good man and was not looking for much profit (I knew), just to help others and cover shipping.
However assuming what you say above is true, I understand your concern. Good luck in your search.
Worse case scenario you could always get the regular Tap .223 or the Black Hills red box 75gr .223
I can get the regular TAP .223 75gr no problem and I am sure its much better than the XM193 I have right now. I think I can find the Black Hills stuff at Cabella’s down here since nobody touches anything but the FMJ range ammo. I also read something about Buffalo Bore that it was pretty decent stuff. Cor Bon also seems to be ok. I carry Gold Dots in my .40 and tons of people have very high regard for gold dots in pistols, but not so much in rifles.