r/canadaguns • u/ktto_ong • Jul 21 '26

Buy recommendations 5.56

While waiting for the makasi, what brand/type of 5.56 can you recommend. My 1st 556

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jul 21 '26

PMC is pretty much always a good choice, federal XM193 or XM855 if you can find it is pretty solid stuff, has nice lake city brass too

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u/Mr-Figglesworth Jul 21 '26

Only reason I would say to stick to pmc bronze is if anyone plans on reloading then the bronze has no primer crimps to worry about.

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jul 21 '26

I actually only reload my lake city brass since it's NATO brass. It does have the primer crimes but the proper primer picket reamer, not cleaner but the reamer, will cut away the crimp and they primer just as easy as .223 brass after the first reload. I just use the manual Lyman one

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u/Mr-Figglesworth Jul 21 '26

Ya I borrowed a reamer from a buddy and went through about 800 rounds of lake city but have about 1500 pmc bronze that I’m on my 3-4 firing of now. If you have a large batch it’s at least a step to leave out of the equation.