500 Rounds of 55gr FMJBT XM193 5.56x45 Ammo by Federal

We’re going to hit you with a 10 gigaton truth bomb: you can never have enough 5.56x45 ammo. We’ll let you mop the cold sweat from your brow while you let the implications of that reality sink in. Maybe pour yourself a glass of room temperature water while you’re at it.

Don’t be daunted. Even though you’ll never have enough 5.56, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still try to. Fortunately, Federal Premium makes it possible with their American Eagle 5.56 XM193 ammo. It is fundamentally identical to the M193 spec ammo issued by the Armed Forces – it only has an “X” because it was made for you and not G.I. Joe.

You’d rightly assume that the standard cartridge issued for field use in the M16A1 rifle offers truly conventional ballistic performance. Once the 55 grain full metal jacket boat tail achieves its advertised muzzle velocity of 3,165 fps, its 0 .246 G1 BC allows it to drop -7.6” 100 yards downrange of a 200-yard zero. The FMJBT is nonmagnetic, and also non-expanding.

This ammo’s brass cases are brand new. They look a little rough around their shoulders, but that’s only because they weren’t polished after they were annealed. Noncorrosive military-grade Boxer primers, clean-combusting powder, and repeated reloadability to boot!