Nov 25, 2023 · Overhead fire M80 ball is just a copper jacket. Non-overhead fire M80 ball has a mean radius standard of 7.5 inches at 600 yards with no extreme spread standard. Overhead fire M80 ball has a mean radius of 5 inches at 600 yards with an extreme spread of 25 inches standard. Both have a MV of 2750 fps +/- 50 at 70 degrees Fahrenheit +/- 2 degrees.

Aug 22, 2010 · Re: M80 Ball - magnetic bullets? The U S Military specification for M-80 ball calls for a 147 gr. mild steel jacketed bullet. When the Military starting to use the 7.62X 51MM cartridge, the first ammunition used the M-59 ball, which was a 150 gr bullet with an iron core.

Aug 5, 2010 · Re: m80 ball M-80 can be made to work in the M-21 (M-14s). I use to run sniper schools for the National Guard. When we first replaced the M1C/Ds with the M-21 all we could get was the M-80s. It shot just a smiggin lower then the M …

Jul 4, 2009 · On the old forum someone asked if I could do some velocity testing on the 16" and 13" MK17s with the different ammunition we have available here. Below is the data from our Magnetospeed. 16" MK17 M118LR AVG – 2504 SD – 22.1 Max – 2531 Min – 2476 MK316 AVG – 2532 SD – 13.8 Max – 2552 Min – 2518 M80 Ball AVG – 2606 SD – 27.3 ...

Jun 14, 2018 · You do understand there is a massive difference between m80 ball and m118lr right lol?

Apr 24, 2011 · I've got a few hundred rounds that have an '85 headstamp on them. M80 is machine gun ammo, and I got it in little linked 4 round strings as someone else had pulled all the tracers. Observations: Case Lengths, I've seen full length re-sized once fired that ran from 1.998 to 2.014. I trim them...

Nov 23, 2020 · The 7.62mm M80 bullet weighs 147-149gr and is a boattail. The 150gr .30 cal M2 (.30-06) is flat base. Neither was known for its accuracy, with exception to .30 cal M2 ball produced at the Denver Ordnance Plant during WWII.

Dec 1, 2022 · Be aware that M-80 ball is not intended to develop extreme accuracy, but to create a maximum beaten zone for hostile fire suppression by having a certain rather generous dispersal built into the system, barrel, bullet, load.

Aug 13, 2024 · Bought some Saltech M80 from SGAmmo. Good price.. but my experience is not great. Plinking with steel. Ok. But seriously inconsistent. Even inconsistent when closing the bolt. Some lighter force, some heavy. All do close though. My accuracy out of a Remington 700 SPS with 20" barrel varied from 2.5MOA to 5MOA.

Jun 13, 2007 · The "sanitized" DAG surplus is a great load out of my OEM PSA / DC Machine SS 18" barrel. Not every surplus I tried shot as well ( shocking , right ? ).. the Hirtenberger '83 also did well. The GGG 2003 ball ammo was very close to equaling FGMM 168gr group size. ( …