factory ammo

[jraney]

hasa anybody used the Fiocchi ammo from cabelas in .223?
if so was it good, bad or fair?


j

 

[dmickey]

If you want ammunition that will work well for your rifle, I have three words for you: RELOAD, RELOAD, RELOAD! Not someone else reloading for you but reloading your own cartridges!

 

[levisells]

The best manufactured ammo I have used in .223 is the black hills ammunition. Either the new or remanufactured stuff works really well and pretty accurate. But like dmickey has said, the very best and the most accurate is the ammo you reload yourself.

 

[jraney]

i understand about the reloading but i have no reloader yet so any oppinions on the fiocchi?

 

[Mikem]

You mean you can buy it all put together? What will they think of next.

I hear good things about Blackhills.
M.

 

[Johnboy]

I read something about the same ammo at another site and they said it was as good as any other ammo.I think it was at the fireing line web site.so why not give it a try.and if you do not like it I'll take the brass of your hands.

 

[audredger]

When I was shooting international pistol I tested & shot Fiocchi ammo. It wasn't quite up to Lapua standards but a whole lot cheaper. The brass was of good quality and lasted as long as the rare Lapua did. All this said, that was pistol ammo. 32S&W Long to be precise.

 

[canderson]

I would buy a little of several types of ammo and see what you gun likes. Then buy as much as you can stand. I have a friend whose gun really likes the fiocci with 40 gr v max.

 

[fdshuster]

And there's the "secret" to high quality factory ammo, in the previous example, the use of the 40 gr. Hornady V-Max bullet. Also the reason why the Federal Gold Medal Match ammo is of such high quality: they are loading with Sierra MatchKing bullets. Black Hills is another example. Can't expect any degree of acuracy when the bullet is a FMJ with a crimp cannalure smashed into the jacket that cost a couple of pennies to make.

 

[Bistem]

Cant speak for their .223 but I bought a Ruger Charger pistol and put the carbon fiber Volquartzen 14" charger barrel on it and tried 12 different brands of ammo to see what it shot best. Fiocchi was 2nd best in tightest groups bested only by Eley and the difference was in the .004" range in groups. For the price difference, Fiocchi is all I ever feed that Charger now. It will consistently do .4" groups at 50yrds. Fiocchi is really decent stuff in .22LR. and their 500ct box is permanently on my Midway wishlist for rapid re-orders.

 

[therifler]

THe 40 gr 223 shot well in a customer savage rifle i had worked on . but you won't know till you try it in your gun .TR