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Federal American Eagle .223 Ammo


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Just shot my new AR .223, for the 2nd time, with four different brands of ammo.

 

All shot well (Aguila, WW 45 gr, Federal Bulk and Federal American Eagle -FAE)

-- all are 55 grain ammo except the WW, which is 45 grains).

 

I could "show clear" with three of them, but NOT with the FAE ?????

 

Lubed the heck out of the BCG, and sprayed the interior of the gun twice

while I shot 125 rounds - everything worked GREAT.   EXCEPT, couldn't

show clear with the FAE.

 

I shot 20 rounds of WW first and it was perfect.

Then I shot 20 rounds of Aguila - perfect.

 

Tried the FAE, and Nothing - charging handle wouldn't budge (I didn't

bother with the mortar maneuver - It fired out of the gun).

 

Then I tried the Federal Bulk - perfect.

 

Sprayed more lube into the works, and tried them all again - same results.

 

Anyone ever had a problem like that?   Any solution (besides staying 

away from FAE?).....

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Thanks, Steve & Desert, I'll give it a try - I'll try some Hoppes #9 with the brush   :)

 

Anyone ever had a situation like this = three brands work fine and one brand

sticks in the chamber (still fires, but very hard to unload a live round)?

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Coat a live round with a black Magic Marker and run it in - then remove it (not by firing) and see where it appears to be hanging up.  Probably be easier to do after cleaning the chamber.  Or you can measure one and one of the "bulk" ones and see if you can detect a difference in the measurements.

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