ammo price

ormondprop

whats the difference in price of bullets for .22 hornet .222 .223 .22/250 .220 swift and .243, just wondering as i'm thinking of buying a new gun, preferabbly same brand prices if anybody knows,
i use a hornet and i shopped around and found bullets were between 34 and 48 for boxes of hollow point remingtons and winchesters, some price difference

Jonty

I'm paying €28 for 40gr/55gr federal nosler ballistic tips. Also paying €11 for AE hollowpoints.

All in .223

A mate pays €38 for hornady ballistic tip 55gr in .22 swift. Ands thats cheap. He buys in bulk.

ormondprop

tanx jonty are they all boxes of twenty

harly1516

.223 military 3 euro a box from the north there not for target but good enough for foxes

pm.

harly1516 wrote: »

.223 military 3 euro a box from the north there not for target but good enough for foxes

but unless you have a ni license they wont sell to ya

Rovi

harly1516 wrote: »

.223 military 3 euro a box from the north there not for target but good enough for foxes

"military"???
FMJ solids then?

If so, I'd consider them very much NOT good enough for foxes.

Whatever anyone's opinion of the fox and his position in the grand scheme of things, in my opinion, he has to be at least worthy of a humane dispatch with proper expanding hunting ammunition.

Jonty

.223 military = 5.56 NATO ???

Grizzly 45

Would be.
So DO NOT use in a gun chamberd for .223 remington.There is somthing like 10,000 CUP pressure difference between 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington shells and the throat clearence is different .
If you have a 5.56 NATO rifle,you CAN use both calibres.
if it is .223only use .223 Remington ammo

Jonty

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Would be.
So DO NOT use in a gun chamberd for .223 remington.There is somthing like 10,000 CUP pressure difference between 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington shells and the throat clearence is different .
If you have a 5.56 NATO rifle,you CAN use both calibres.
if it is .223only use .223 Remington ammo

I believe you on this one. The problem is, thousands don't.


Its pure ignorance if you fire 5.56 in .223. It voids the rifle's warranty straight away. If something happened you would have no legal comeback.

harly1516

Mine is .223 not 5.56 and for Rovi people shoot fox with everything from .22, .17, shot guns etc and all over the world military use .223 on much bigger things so I think a well placed shot on a fox is well done

Rovi

harly1516 wrote: »

Mine is .223 not 5.56 and for Rovi people shoot fox with everything from .22, .17, shot guns etc and all over the world military use .223 on much bigger things so I think a well placed shot on a fox is well done

No doubt a perfectly placed shot with a .223 FMJ will leave a fox as instantly dead as hitting him with an artillery shell, it's the less than perfectly placed ones that concern me. Quite simply, expanding ammunition considerably enlarges the potential kill zone on any prey animal, with ballistic shock and massive haemorrhage coming into play when the bullet doesn't quite manage to find the brain or spinal column, or the heart/lungs.
Proper expanding hunting ammunition is available in all the calibres noted above; and militaries around the world are (supposed to be) constrained in their choice of ammunition by the Hague Conventions, hunters know no such restriction.

cavan shooter

22 hornet (hornady) €22 per box of 25 and very good to boot

gofaster_s13

harly1516 wrote: »

Mine is .223 not 5.56 and for Rovi people shoot fox with everything from .22, .17, shot guns etc and all over the world military use .223 on much bigger things so I think a well placed shot on a fox is well done

The fact that a fmj round has far greater potential for a straight through shot on a fox hasnt been mentioned, a fmj round should never be used for hunting !!

harly1516

Yes yes yes straight through shot in one ear and out the other

ivanthehunter

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Would be.
So DO NOT use in a gun chamberd for .223 remington.There is somthing like 10,000 CUP pressure difference between 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington shells and the throat clearence is different .
If you have a 5.56 NATO rifle,you CAN use both calibres.
if it is .223only use .223 Remington ammo

Surely then if someone:rolleyes: wanted to they could buy a 5.56 NATO rifle/barrel and plug away with this bargain ammo (at targets of course),they could??

If so!!!

Where do i buy one???:D or even price one!!

fish slapped

harly1516 wrote: »

Yes yes yes straight through shot in one ear and out the other

:eek::eek::eek: is this sarcaism?

It wasn't me!

fish slapped wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: is this sarcaism?

He's being dismissive and saying it's fine to hunt with FMJ rounds, which is plainly untrue and a lot of us feel rather passionately about that and are more than a little angry at his dismissive attitude. However, it's best not to respond, lest he entice someone into getting themselves banned out of anger at him.

harly1516

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: