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What's the specs on the rifle you're using? PNW 125 nosler BTs work great in my CMMG 16" carbine gas upper that I built....

The military ammo is another SKU and has waterproof bullet seals. They waterproofed the primers of the commercial ammo because that is what I asked for when I specified it. They double struck the brass because the ammo engineers and I thought it was better to make it more like 5.56mm NATO brass tha...

They are probably doing all that because they know the government is gonna require it for their ammo so it's easy enough to just go ahead and make it that way to begin with. Remington has done very well with their work on the 300 blackout ammo and based off of their history with firearms and ammo, t...

They will make new and improved UMC supersonic next spring. "New and improved" usually means they are finding ways to cut corners and offer an inferior product to the masses but still charge us for a high quality one... I'll be a skeptic of this "new and improved" until I see it...

300Blk wrote:viewtopic.php?f=128&t=85522

So they are just retooling the machines? They will still be making it again soon?

You got a link to that post?

300Blk wrote:No. It has been discontinued. I posted about it already.

So the best plinking round ever made for this rifle has been discontinued? Really? Yeah that makes a lot of sense... I'm glad remington has both of their oars in the water with this one...

300Blk wrote:Probably they were referring to the UMC 115.

The regular 220 is still being made.

So they aren't gonna make the 115 anymore?

300Blk wrote:It is an open tip match. That means open tip but no hollow cavity in the core.

So no expansion?

So what is the 115gr UMC considered? It's open tip also...

Well damn. I got two boxes of Remington UMC 220 grain Open Tip Match (Flat Base). I thought this was what you were talking about...