Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box – Great Practice Value

Description

Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box is the middle packaging option, and for a lot of shooters it is the right one. Fifty rounds to the box and five hundred to the case sits between twenty round boxes that cost too much per round and thousand round cases that tie up more money than you want in one caliber.

• What you get in the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box
• Full specifications
• Choosing the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box over other packs
• Honest notes before you buy
• Getting the most from the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box
• The bottom line

What you get in the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box

Hornady components throughout. The Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box uses the same bullets and brass Hornady puts in its premium lines, which is the difference between this and the bought in ball ammunition it competes with on price. Jacket and core consistency come off Hornady tooling.

The 55 grain bullet is the universal .223 weight, stabilizing in every twist from 1:12 through 1:7. It leaves a 16 inch barrel at roughly 3,000 feet per second.

Full specifications

• Caliber: 223 Remington
• Bullet weight: 55 grain
• Bullet: Hornady Full Metal Jacket
• Velocity: approx 3,000 fps from 16 inch barrel
• Case: Hornady brass, boxer primed, reloadable
• Rounds per box: 50
• Rounds per case: 500
• Chamber: Safe in 223 Rem, 5.56 NATO and .223 Wylde

Cases are brass, boxer primed and fully reloadable. For anyone who loads, the effective cost of the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box drops considerably once you account for the value of clean once fired Hornady brass.

Choosing the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box over other packs

It is about matching the pack to how you shoot. The Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box is two and a half magazines, which is a short session or a zeroing trip. The 500 round case covers a year of monthly range visits without the commitment of a thousand rounds.

Fifty round boxes also travel better. They fit a range bag pocket and stack in an ammo can far more efficiently than the same count in twenty round boxes.

Honest notes before you buy

Zero with what you shoot. If the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box is your practice ammunition, confirm your zero with it rather than with a heavier match load, because a 55 grain bullet and a 77 grain bullet will not share a point of impact.

Keep the brass. Hornady brass is good brass and .223 is the easiest bottleneck cartridge to learn reloading on. Even sold as scrap it recovers part of the cost.

Getting the most from the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box

This is the important caveat. The Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box is range ammunition. Full metal jacket bullets do not expand, so they overpenetrate indoors and wound rather than kill cleanly on game, and FMJ is illegal for deer in many states. Hornady builds expanding loads for hunting and defense. Buy those for those jobs.

Kept dry and at reasonable temperature it will remain reliable for decades. Heat cycling in a vehicle does more harm than shelf time ever will.

The bottom line

Chamber compatibility is unrestricted. Marked 223 Remington means safe in 223 Rem, 5.56 NATO and .223 Wylde chambers alike, with no pressure concern in any direction. You can read more about the bullet design at swiftbullets.com, or browse the rest of our stock on the MAG5 Firearms ammunition page.

MAG5 Firearms keeps the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box in stock and moving, and we are glad to talk through bullet choice before you order. If you are working up a load for a new rifle, a single box of the Hornady 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 50 Round Box is a sensible place to start.