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AAC ammo grenading rifles

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  • Nov 27, 2009
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    Has AAC solved their QC issues? The internet is replete with stories of AAC ammo destroying rifles, especially the .300 BO stuff and the heavy 5.56 loads.
    I just watched a review of the 110 grain Sabre blade and the velocities were really high, the bullets worked well.
    Seems spicy to me.
     
    I’ve personally shot over 1k of the 77gr otm 5.56 rounds and we’ve probably shot close to 500 of the 6.5 Grendel rounds. Most of the 77 gr stuff was shot through a couple of my ARP barrels with Wylde or Compass Lake chambers and a Lothar Walther with a Wylde Chamber. Just a few through a Kreiger from Kreiger direct with a Wylde chamber. No problems with any of them. We’ve shot the 6.5 Grendel ammo through 2 Proofs, a cut rifled Satern, a Criterion from Performance Firearms, 2 ARP barrels, 2 Rainier Match barrels, 2 Triarc barrels, a Wilson Combat, 3 18” Craddock RTRs and an Aero branded Ballistic Advantage. No problems there either.
     
    I heard about a few bullets coming apart and damaging cans, don't think I've seen on the interwebs reports on the level of "replete with stories of AAC ammo destroying rifles".

    Do you have some links to the kind of stories you're talking about?

    I've used some of the 77gr otm and 75gr black tip, I'd say several hundred rounds, and a few boxes of their .308. Not too much, but haven't had any issues so far with my tiny sample size.
     
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    I heard about a few bullets coming apart and damaging cans, don't think I've seen on the interwebs reports on the level of "replete with stories of AAC ammo destroying rifles".

    Do you have some links to the kind of stories you're talking about?

    I've used some of the 77gr otm and 75gr black tip, I'd say several hundred rounds, and a few boxes of their .308. Not too much, but haven't had any issues so far with my tiny sample size.
    Appreciate the responses.
    Here's one. Of course, he may have an axe to grind, or he may be shilling for other companies.
     
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    I've been shooting 110gr Sabres out of my 8" 300BO almost exclusively since putting it together about 18 months ago. I haven't had any issues with it and it's been a solid 1.5 MOA round for me using a 3.5x ACOG at 100 yards.

    Whatever problems I've had with AAC ammo, they didn't include anything getting blown up.

    Really, if you look hard enough you can find horror stories about any ammo. Shoot, I just got a batch of Hornady Frontier stuff that was so hot it blew the primers out and left gouges where the ejector was with tears marks around the rims.