PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 1680rd – Proven M2A1 Can Bulk Ammo

Description

PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 1680rd is bulk .223 packed the way the military packs it: 840 rounds per sealed M2A1 metal can, two cans to the order, loaded into bandoleers on stripper clips. The ammunition is PMC 223A, a 55 grain full metal jacket boat tail bullet at 2900 fps for 1027 ft-lbs, made in South Korea by Poongsan.

• Why Buy Ammunition by the Can
• PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 1680rd Specifications
• Honest Notes on Bulk Cans

Why Buy Ammunition by the Can

Sealed metal cans exist because ammunition stored badly goes off. An M2A1 can has a rubber gasket and a latching lid, it keeps humidity out, it stacks, and it survives a truck bed and a concrete floor. Two of them holding 1680 rounds is a genuine stock position rather than a shopping trip, and the cans stay useful long after the ammunition is gone.

The bandoleers and stripper clips are the other half of the packaging and they are more useful than people expect. Ten round stripper clips load an AR-15 magazine in seconds with a spoon adapter, and the cloth bandoleers carry over a shoulder. For a class, a match, or anything where you are refilling magazines under time pressure, that beats loose rounds in a bucket.

The load itself is straightforward 223 Remington bulk ammo. PMC 223A drives a 55 grain full metal jacket boat tail at 2900 fps with a ballistic coefficient of 0.243. It is practice ammunition and PMC does not market it as anything else, but the brass is boxer primed and reloadable, which is a real part of the value at this quantity.

PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 1680rd Specifications

PMC is manufactured by Poongsan in South Korea, one of the larger military ammunition producers in the world. This is loaded to .223 Remington pressure, safe in both .223 and 5.56 NATO chambers, and stabilises in any common twist rate.

• Manufacturer part number: 223A
• Caliber: .223 Remington
• Bullet weight: 55 grains
• Bullet type: full metal jacket boat tail
• Muzzle velocity: 2900 fps
• Muzzle energy: 1027 ft-lbs
• Ballistic coefficient G1: 0.243
• Case: reloadable brass, boxer primed, non corrosive
• Packaging: bandoleers on stripper clips, 840 rounds per M2A1 metal can
• Quantity: 2 cans, 1680 rounds total
• UPC: 50741569060092

Honest Notes on Bulk Cans

Check the velocity before you build a drop chart. PMC publishes 2900 fps for 223A, which is slower than the 3240 fps a lot of 55 grain loads advertise. That is not a defect, it is a different powder charge, but it means your holds will not match a Federal or Winchester 55 grain load. Chronograph it out of your own barrel if you shoot past 300 yards.

Weight and storage are practical concerns. Two full M2A1 cans of PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 1680rd come to roughly seventy pounds between them. Plan where they are going before they arrive, keep them off bare concrete, and do not stack them somewhere you would rather not be lifting from.

Bandoleered ammunition is slower to inspect. Rounds on stripper clips are harder to look over than rounds in trays, and it is worth pulling a clip or two at random to check case mouths and bullet seating before you rely on the lot. It is rare to find a problem, but 1680 rounds is a lot to discover it in the middle of.

This is FMJ, so it is practice ammunition only. It does not expand, most states prohibit it for deer, and on predators it tends to pass straight through. Keep a box of soft point or monolithic ammunition for the field.

For a hunting bullet in the same calibre see the Underwood 62 grain Controlled Chaos or the Winchester Varmint X 55 grain polymer tip. Full factory data is on the PMC Ammunition product page.

PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55gr FMJ 1680rd suits AR-15 owners stocking up, carbine class students, club shooters and anyone who would rather buy once than reorder every month. MAG5 Firearms is a family owned FFL in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Cans ship where state and local law allows.