Thread: ADI 62gr .224 Projectiles any good?

Just looking at getting some bulk projectiles to feed my Bushmaster.

Will these go OK in a 1-9 barrel? I'm after 55gr to match my recticle but can't seem to find any for a reasonable price. I see they are steel cored so a bit worried they'll punch through everything.

Only going to be used for gong bashing and a few peacocks and turkeys.

Any other decent bulk deals out there?

Hornady z max just an idea? They are 50gr and $139 for 500 at outdoorsupplys

Yeah that's what I use for SR. In a 1-9 too (16")

There's a guy on tardme selling them in weight sorted batches of .1gr variance, very good dude to deal with (hand delivers sometimes)

Oh and they seem to work fine with my reticle to 300m

probably the cheapest bulk 223 bullet out there

Garbage but ok for blasting.

I found the ADI average at best. I still have a few thousand so my plan is to sort them by weight and see if that helps

The 55gn fmj hornady works well for me and not that much more than the ADI when I last bought it(a couple of years back to be fair) and full lead core so ok for steel targets etc unlike the ADI

55gr Hornady soft points in bulk are better value in my opinion. But I have had trouble getting anything much better than government accuracy in my AR's with them. And your ACR has a fairly average AR barrel.

rasa do 55gr projectiles at 14.5 cents each

magnum imports do adi fmjs at 19cents each,

Both these are not optimised/fully developed yet but fairly close.

Actually Wayne is doing them for 17.5 cents each if you buy them by the 1000.

I use them for SR, as my AR likes heavier projectiles and the Hornady 55gn FMJs and SPs didn't group any better but cost a little bit more.

Originally Posted by Beavis

55gr Hornady soft points in bulk are better value in my opinion. But I have had trouble getting anything much better than government accuracy in my AR's with them. And your ACR has a fairly average AR barrel.

Same here, Any ideas what would be a good barrel makers/sellers in NZ? ideally I'd like to get to 1/4moa with a 24 or 26 inch barrel, is that possible with an AR?

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Actually Wayne is doing them for 17.5 cents each if you buy them by the 1000.

I use them for SR, as my AR likes heavier projectiles and the Hornady 55gn FMJs and SPs didn't group any better but cost a little bit more.

Think his price has gone up a wee bit, $185 for 1000 cant remember if that includes postage