What's in your home-defense/self-defense AR mag?

[emt1581]

I'm trying to learn about .223 rounds elsewhere, but here, I'm curious to know what you all prefer?

Thanks!

-Emt1581

[JellyBelly]

Hornady 75gr TAP

[steve1911]

I like the Black hills blue box ammo, in 55gr sp,60gr v-max, 69grMK BTHP, also 50gr v-max and the 68grMHP, they do have 75gr heavy mhp
but i have not tryed them. i like the black hills ammo seems too me it is always accurate in my three ar's, that's what i care for self defense. sportsmans ware house cares them most of the time.

1911club#410

[RMTactical]

Usually XM193

[Akita]

Remington 52gr ballistic tip for liability reasons. What the local Sheriff Dept uses.

[SJC 3081]

Winchester M885

[dickfer]

XM193, AE 55gr, or Remington UMC 55gr. Pretty much any reliable 55gr or above that is in my magazine after a range day.

At house distances, it won't really matter much.

[Onmilo]

I have 2 loaded 30 shot magazines clipped together with a BufferTech Mag Cinch.
One magazine has 50 grain hollowpoint Winchesters for in the hut and one magazine has 855 62 grain penetrators for goofballs out on the property.

[sarge]

M193

[dirksterG30]

Right now I have Guat. surplus M193, but I'm going to try out some of the heavier rounds, such as the Black Hills 69gr.

[harleyfx69]

2 30's downloaded to 25 with 50 or 55 grain federal hollow points

3 20 rounders down loaded to i believe 15-18 with wolf soft points (the heavier ones) ..

[TimP]

75gr TAP in 223

110gr Vmax in the 6.8

[The-Fly]

Black Hills 68gr match

If I run out of that, about 1500 rounds of M193 to back it up.

[Panzerfaust]

Originally posted by JellyBelly
Hornady 75gr TAP

Ditto!!!

[SlamFire1]

Hornady TAP for me too!

[isuzu]

Winchester (WCC) M193 white box 1975-78 production dates, and LC in stripper clips with 70's production dates.

Back up load would be Bataan Munitions Plant(BMP) M193 in 30 round boxes.

[PhuzzyGnu]

60g Hornady TAP FPD.

Colt 6721 AR15-A3 1:9 twist.


-p.

[fowler]

885

[69HEMI-R/T]

Winchester Ranger 64gr. Power Point. Good enough for PD issue is good enough for me.

[JellyBelly]

Originally posted by Panzerfaust
Ditto!!!

DITTO? DITTO? You provincial putz! :animlol:

(A natural response for Blazing Saddles fans.)

[sig228ns]

5.56 Hornady TAP 75gr
and a couple of twenty rounders loaded with Federal 62gr LEO223T3 just in case i need to engage a hard target(auto glass)

[DaBigBR]

Originally posted by sig228ns
5.56 Hornady TAP 75gr

+1

Can't wait until mine gets here.

[Punkkin]

55 grain Federal from Wally World in the 200 round value pack. :thumbsup:

[DaBigBR]

Originally posted by Punkkin
55 grain Federal from Wally World in the 200 round value pack. :thumbsup:

Wish I could find a Wal-Mart that stocked those. Other than Wolf, $320/1000 is the best I can do.

[Ljunatic]

Twin Cities Arsenal M193

[CW Mock]

Bullets.





















5.56mm bullets .....




















To be more specific ... 5.56mm NATO greentips. I use a Remington 870 for my main home defense use, and the new AR as a backup more than anything. I figure NATO greentips have been shooting people for a while now, and will work until I can get a few boxes of the usual overpriced tacti-cool Hornady TAP rounds we use for a duty load.

:supergrin:

[Menehune]

Hahahaha, 75gr TAP in the rifle.


I also like the Winchester box that Wally Used to sell. It was a 45 gr varmint round. Has a hollow point to it that almost looks crimped. Its light and pretty much destroys itself on impact. It blows a good hole in coyotes...

[CW Mock]

I found a couple boxes of those Winchester hollowpoints the other day in my "junk" ammo drawer. I used to use them all the time on Coyotes, and they worked great!

I remember when I started using those instead of ball rounds. Difference was as plain as night and day. They would probably work all right against two-legged varmints too, and not penetrate too much.

Then again ANY bullet on target is better than 30 that missed!

[OneEyedDrunk]

Hornady TAP

[DaBigBR]

Originally posted by CW Mock
...until I can get a few boxes of the usual overpriced tacti-cool Hornady TAP rounds we use for a duty load.

:supergrin:

Call Hornady and ask for LE Sales (Kathy McHale). They will send you a price list.

$11.29/20 is the current rate.

[David9966]

Hornady 55gr. TAP.