I just received an e- mail fom Midway about this round used by the FBI being available as surplus. I looked through the sticky re 5.56 duty rounds but didn’t see anything about this round. Is anyone familiar with it?
It’s listed as training ammo on ammunitiontogo.com. The FBI uses both a bonded 62 and 64 grain bonded soft point for duty use. I would figure that a 62 grain OTM would provide a similar POA/POI, at a cheaper cost for high volume training.
I would think that this type of bullet would be a shallow penetrator and be inconsistent against common barriers, failing to reach the 12" minimum. You can do much better for self defense.
Probably a better choice for a cheap OTM that Doc has tested with good results:
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/pName/20rds-223-prvi-partizan-75gr-bthp-match-ammo/cName/223-556-hollow-point-ammo
True. The part number you would be looking at from Winchester would be Q3313.
Probably a better choice for a cheap OTM that Doc has tested with good results:
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/produc...low-point-ammo
Not all OTMs are created equal, and the term is applied across a wide range of ammo. The Q3313 is meant to be a barrier blind load, of which the Hornady 75gr or 77gr SMK is not.
To clarify, my suggestion to pick 75gr OTM over a 62gr, is of course, if barrier penetration is NOT a concern. Neither will be great if barriers are a concern. Just throwing out a heavier grain OTM, that is fairly cheap and has been tested by Doc, with acceptable results in bare gel testing.
Does anyone know exactly what bullet that load uses?
I see that Midway has more in stock. There sure isn’t a lot of info about it. The midway sight says the bullet is a lead HP with a thick copper base. So is it a training round because it did not meet the standard?
Is that the same stuff as thishttp://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM281-1.htm . Just curious.
I posted on another thread here what I found after pulling 5 rounds. It is not a thicker copper based “barrier blind” round. It appears to be a 62gr OTM bullet. To me, the quality appears to be very nice but I don’t believe it was to be a SD round.
We were issued it for training ammunition. It appears overkill for that because in the five rounds I pulled, the powder charge varied not even a tenth of a grain, the bullet not more than two tenths. I really wonder if it wasn’t made for a user then after testing it didn’t live up to expectations in the terminal performance department and was then put in the pipeline for similar POA/POI for other 62gr loads.