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NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 5:44 pm
by Rooster
Statement from the NRA

"We are delighted to announce that the NRA will be using GGG to supply the issued ammunition for the Imperial and Inter Counties Meetings.

We have been working to identify a new ammunition supplier and after careful research and product development settled upon Lithuanian company GGG.

They are a relatively small manufacturer of a variety of ammunition, and we have sold large quantities of their milspec 5.56mm and 7.62mm rounds over several years with absolutely no reported problems.

Their modern factory machinery was sourced from reliable American manufacturers and we have a good relationship with their UK distributor Law Enforcement International (LEI)."

Rooster

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:11 pm
by paulbradley
If you can locate the BC and bullet length I would love to know!

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:29 pm
by IainWR
Sierra 2155 SMK

paulbradley wrote:If you can locate the BC and bullet length I would love to know!

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:07 pm
by User702
Load data? MV?

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:14 am
by channel12
User702 wrote:Load data? MV?
2979ft/sec from a 30" barrel according to the NRA Journal. Velocity SD 11.7. The bullet bc will be on Sierra's website.

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:22 am
by User702
hmmm. Not a fan of the 2155 SMK. I found they wobble too much at long distances when I have used them. 900m ok-ish, 1000 all over the place. The load on this might be ok to get to 1k, but my calculator shows it to be borderline for a 26" barrel.

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:32 am
by Demonic69
IainWR wrote:Sierra 2155 SMK

paulbradley wrote:If you can locate the BC and bullet length I would love to know!
Bloody hell Iain, the chains been slackened off a bit? ;-)

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:05 pm
by Gaz
User702 wrote:hmmm. Not a fan of the 2155 SMK. I found they wobble too much at long distances when I have used them. 900m ok-ish, 1000 all over the place. The load on this might be ok to get to 1k, but my calculator shows it to be borderline for a 26" barrel.
That might upset cadets shooting the L81A2, but everyone else in the TR world uses a 30"+ barrel.

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:21 pm
by Dangermouse
Gas,

If the cadets are getting a 7.62/.308 into a 5.56 L85 A2 I think the performance at 1000 yards will be the least of everyone's worries.

DM

Re: NRA Has A New Ammo Spplier for Imperial Meeting

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:51 pm
by meles meles
Oooh ! A new squeezebore !