What ammo type do you use in your go-to rifle?

[Storm]

Just about any 5.56 FMJ will do for me.

 

[Captcurt]

My go-to rifle is a mini 30 with remington soft points.
Go-to pistol is a hipower in 40 S&W with 180Gr PMC/El Dorada Starfires.(Nasty Bullet!)
These are backed up by a Rem. 1100 12ga with #4 Buck. Something is going down.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Winchester 55gr soft point. I keep a mag full of that 'around' while camping etc. I don't use a rifle for HD.

 

[Al LaVodka]

About 84% of my 5.56, my go-to, is 62 gr.. 63% of that is FMJ and the balance is HP.
I'm pretty sure I don't own any HP in .30 anything...
Al

 

[CCFD1414]

Currently I have 200 FMJ rounds and counting, 40 Hollow-Point and 20 Ballistic tip

 

[armoredman]

Wolf 123gr FMJ and JHP. Czech vz-58. 8 30 round mags in a Blackhawk chest rig, Will I ever need it? I hope not.

 

[courtgreene]

federal fusion (soft point) 62 grn in my mini 14. For "go to" I generally think "truck gun" which I want to be as reliable and handy as a mini but able to feed me if I'm in a donner party situation.

 

[ugaarguy]

Living an urban environment it's ballistic tip 5.56 for most reliable fragmentation: Currently Hornady TAP FPD because it's a quality ballistic tip, and it was available. JHPs in the pistols.

 

[peabody]

hornady TAP 75 grainers

 

[peabody]

also ? some winchester 64 grain power-points.

 

[azyogi]

.457 round ball

 

[shotgunjoel]

Aguila 30 carbine 110gr FMJ

 

[snakeman]

6.8 spc Hornady Match 110 gr. bthp

 

[Maverick223]

armoredman, seeing that 20 rounder in your VZ.58 reminds me...have you had any luck on procuring any?

shotgunjoel, you may want to rethink your ammunition choice if you have close neighbors. I did a test using .30Carbine FMJ (Winchester White Box IIRC) and it went through about 24-30in. of stacked plywood and about 10 water jugs before sailing off into the sunset. It penetrates far more than most folks might believe. OTOH 100gr. soft hollow point expanded very well whilst limiting penetration to about 4-5 gallon jugs (try it first because it may or may not feed well; does fine in my USGI carbine).

 

[armoredman]

maverick, my sources dried up on me, and the Canadian Connection fizzled, import laws, sorry. That's likely to be the only 20 round mag i ever see...

 

[Maverick223]

maverick, my sources dried up on me, and the Canadian Connection fizzled, import laws, sorry.

Darn, well you did what you could...I appreciate the effort.

 

[darkknight]

For hd I use 55 grain hornady tap for shtf I use m855 and xm193

 

[ScratchnDent]

I'm out in the woods, so I keep an SKS loaded with SP ammo, for the occasional feral dogs and hogs that visit.

 

[Ignition Override]

If anybody were to start cruising in our subdivision and display a weapon, like the human jackals seeking gasoline in
"The Road Warrior", any ammo loaded on stripper clips for the SKS would work.
But the danger would also be to neighbors across the street.

 

[gun guy]

Hornady V-max handloads. 60 gr bt in the car-15 pushed by AA MR223 powder CCI military primer, 165gr interbond in the m1a pushed by ramshot TAC and CCI military primer , its a no brainer IMO. When you care enough to give the very best.

 

[ForumSurfer]

Rifle is secondary in my house, and my ccw weapon is my primary. I'd need plenty of time (which likely would never happen) to get the rifle ready. I do keep a one mag of fmj's and one mag of jhp's (in different style/color mags) ready to go.

 

[Zerodefect]

5.56-SSA 70gn Barnes TSX. This is my precision round that I zero with. But any 55gn FMJ will do at defense ranges. I stockpile Federal 55g FMJ.

http://www.ssarmory.com/556ammunition-70gr-leadfree.aspx

5.7x28mm- FN ss195

6.8spc-SSA with a heavy Barnes TSX ot Nosler Tactical:

http://www.ssarmory.com/6.8_spc_ammo_Nosler_100grain_Accubond-tactical_load.aspx

 

[Dr.Rob]

I had my Kar98K camping with me once and twenty or so 15rd boxes of FMJ. Someone asked me if I was 'preparing for war.' I took them out to an old uranium mine outside Moab and fired off ten boxes or so. Totally changed their view of 'having a gun in camp.'

Not that I'd pick a WW2 bolt action rifle for 'defense' but hey, use what you have, right?

I've also used my 1894 Marlin as my 'camp' gun. Stoked with 300 gr soft points.

 

[kwelz]

Hornady TAP 75 grain in all mine.

 

[SW45]

Art Eatman nailed it, as usual.

That being said, specifically I rely on M193 and Federal TRU in 5.56 and anything of the 168-gr. BTHP variety in 7.62.

BTW, Dr. Rob -- 300 gr. SPs in the 1894?? I had one and always relied on the standard 240. I thought Marlin's twist had trouble stabilizing heavy bullets?