There are so many different brands to choose from not sure what has the good ratings and what doesn’t. Have a Daniels defense with a 1/7 twist I prefer to buy a 62 grain bullet… So many to choose from, XM193 , M855
PMC XTAC… Any ideas or input on the differences would be great. I’m looking to get about 2000 rounds
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In all the years I have been shooting, the Magtech/CBC 5.56 ammo is the best BULK ammo I have encountered. It is FIRST quality 5.56 (not factory seconds made from rejected .mil brass).
Their 62gr is my favorite as it does NOT have the steel core (making it more accurate and allowing you to shoot steel targets without damaging it).
http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=CBC556B
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If you are looking to stock up on just one type of ammo I’d go with the M193 loading.
Although not miserably inaccurate, I’ve found M855 to be lacking in the accuracy department compared to M193 out of a number of rifles.
M193 is also more available and cheaper than M855.
PMC is not bad ammo. It’s just weaker than M193. Your Daniel Defense should run it fine if it is a stock carbine gas gun. I’d test it though prior to purchasing 2k of it.
I haven’t encountered this before. Interesting.
I know it is out of a 20" barrel but 3,166 fps is pretty strong.
How accurate is it?
I don’t own a 20" barrel so I cannot comment. I have shot sub 1MOA groups with it before.
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Particular brands/weights can be hard to find and overpriced in today’s market. My approach to buying range ammo is to buy the least expensive (brass, not steel) that I can find. Recently, I’ve used Wolf Gold, PMC, Federal, and Armscor (each at about 0.35/round) and all were okay for blasting at the range.
I would go for the X-TAC. It’s a really nicely made round. Don’t confused it with PMC Bronze. X-TAC is much faster than Bronze.
For what it’s worth, Steel Core does not damage steel targets and is perfectly safe to shoot on steel… or should I say as safe as shooting any other standard bullet.
I’ve had good luck with PMC out of my DD M4V7. 855 and 193, runs just fine and it’s accurate.
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This.
I was sold on this round while shooting 600 yards at a steel silhouette: it was consistent, and the most accurate out of all my other loadings.
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If you’re shooting that far, switch to Sierra Matchkings. 
What is the difference on ammo that starts with an X? Xm193 vs M193
Or M855 vs XM855
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I’d put IMI M193 or CBC/Magtech 62 gr first. For cheap blaster ammo, Wolf Gold.
I don’t think you can go wrong with the PMC XTAC.
Just buy whatever is cheapest.
[QUOTE=michael.mohr.92317;1860081]There are so many different brands to choose from not sure what has the good ratings and what doesn’t. Have a Daniels defense with a 1/7 twist I prefer to buy a 62 grain bullet… So many to choose from, XM193 , M855
PMC XTAC… Any ideas or input on the differences would be great. I’m looking to get about 2000 rounds
My favorite bulk ammo is the Magtech/CBC 5.56 referenced above by Grant. Although I haven’t done anything other than ad hoc comparison accuracy testing, my “impression” is that my 6920, BCM BHF 16" mid and 14.5 mid length Noveske are slightly more accurate with the M193 than the M855. Both flavors are more accurate in my hands than ADI, Lithuanian and even IMI. This is only out to the 100 yard paper target limit of my local range. That being said, I also seem to be far more successful hitting steel silhouettes (same range) out to 300 yards with with an H-1 or Vortex PST 1-4 mounted than I am with any other bulk ammo.
I don’t think it is possible to do better bulk-wise and Grant has had very competitive prices given the limited availability of Magtech/CBC elsewhere (last time I looked about a month ago). Cost/accuracy ratio is reasonable for me given the times we live in.
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One thing I will say is to diversify your ammo. By this, I mean don’t just buy xxx brand and xxxxx lot numbers. This way in the event of a recall your not stuck trying to exchange thousands of rounds of ammo. I used the Magtech ammo, IMI and the Federal M193 loadings and they have all been solid performers. I wish that there was more of the IMI stuff available.