Can anbody tell me about the SS109 / M855 ammo?

[Coronach]

I hope that was sarcasm.

 

[taliv]

i hate to spoil you guys' fun, but the OP's last activity was in March.

remain calm.

 

[Kind of Blued]

Why is it that all of the people who advocate hunting down fleeing criminals and shooting them in the back also have a poor command of grammar?

 

[tim71]

The laws in Missouri recently changed. Basically now, you sign your life away as soon as you enter somebody's home. Used to you had to fear your life was in danger but not anymore.

Tim

 

[possum]

m855 is 62gr, green tip with a steel core. will it go through steel? yes how thich at what ranges? i don't know.

m856 is the 62gr tracer.

m193 is the 55gr fmj

you should be good as long as it isn't the lake city 2nd's and 3rds, crap that everyone likes to sell to ar owners for such a "great deal"

 

[Shooter88]

Black tip (M995, I think?) is armor piercing, and it has a tungsten rather than steel core. M855 is just regular old ball. Ball will still punch through mild steel pretty well, however.

Furthermore, armor piercing rifle ammo is perfectly legal in most cases; look at all the .30-06 AP in civilian hands. So-called "armor piercing" pistol ammo is illegal, thanks to the gun-grabbers' panic mongering about "cop killer bullets"; then again it doesn't really take too much to ventilate soft body armor. When I think armor piercing I think anti-material purposes - even a .30-30 soft point will penetrate the soft armor police wear.