Putting PSA's 5.56 Ammo To the Test: Is AAC Ammo Decent? (77gr & 75gr Match Ammo)

Decided to buy some of Palmetto State Armory's brand, AAC, ammo.
Shooting theith 77 and 75 grain 5.56 nato ammo, and the results were somewhat shocking for the price they're putting it out at.
Bravo PSA.

[@billydanzz]

No one seems to be testing the even cheaper AAC 77gr OTM....and I'm talking about the (now 0.62cent/round) 77gr OTM...the box with no green Sierra written on it.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Probably because it doesn’t have the green Sierra. But I should check it out.

[@rphash49]

I've run it out to 550, did great

[@joshuaallen7750]

I’ve gotten about 2.5 MOA groups out of two different 16” rifles with it.

[@danielmacdonald8358]

I'm getting one moa groups out of the 77 grain OTM out of a 16in 1-8 twist rifle... It is now my go to,I've been spending my lifesaving stocking up on it lol

[@lancegardner8560]

I generally go with quantity over quality. 30 rds is better than 15 rds of high dollar. Nobody is gonna say ouch, you only hit me with 55gn. And I'm okay with that. That doesn't happen. Either round will fu up. For a one shot stop, idk if they're that different, 75-77 maybe. Inside 300 m engagements I'd go with 55s, due to I already have a shit ton, and they're cheaper.

[@isaace8090]

It's nice to see the AAC ammo performing. I have an 18" franken gun with a Rosco barrel that I want to try this ammo in.

[@lancegardner8560]

As do I. 300 yards it's pinpoint. 400 fine, 500 I have to think about the wind, a bit. That's why 30 rd mags exist. Minor adjustments and I'm back on paper. Well that and....

[@drolan1977]

I’m super excited about the AAC ammo as well…I’ve had great results from the 223/556 and can’t wait to try their 6.5 CM…

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

I’m gonna have to get some 6.5 CM as well

[@17forever64]

I was at one of their stores yesterday and they actually had some in stock. That’s a good sign, because I have never seen it in the store and have only been able to buy it online. It’s great ammo. I have 9mm, 308, 45 and 300 black out, all have cycled great and grouped just fine.

[@Hook-N-Ladder]

The blue box stuff is a Hornady 75gr BTHP bullet, in case anyone was wondering.

[@airborneivan]

I'm a fan of their ammo. I've tried their 77gr loading with the Sierra Matchking bullet and it was ok. Shot no different than Federal's 77gr SMK load. I tried AAC's 77gr OTM load and now it's what I run exclusively for 77gr loads. Out of my 12.5 I'll consistently group sub moa, when I don't pull a shot. With that 12.5, I've made consistent hits out to 600 yards on a reduced C zone steel plate as well as a 10" plate. Worth every penny. BTW, they make a 6.5CM load, too, at $20 a box. Haven't tried it yet but I'm hopeful.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Nice man. I see you’re getting similar results. I didn’t know about the 6.5 CM. Thanks for the heads up. I’m gonna try that out!

[@MatthewsFabrication]

Great review on PSA 223 ammo. Thanks for sharing... wish there was something else, 😂

[@LKaramazov]

Great vid!

[@practicalcivilian3259]

Vary informative vid great work

[@neptunestrident4364]

Great info. Thanks

[@Cheesy_Garlic_Bread]

You should give the 77gr otm (non Sierra option) a try. I was getting decent results out of a 16” ballistic advantage barrel. The gun and bullet could certainly do better than my shooting. Would be cool to see someone competent try them.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

I did. Did not group as well as these did unfortunately. 1.5-2” groups. Might try out another box, but I couldn’t get it sub moa from my rifle

[@xxdizannyxx]

Keymod works great for me, i prefer it. Also bought a new bcm recce 16 with a keymod rail. It's easier to add and remove stuff from, and i barely put anything on my rails, maybe a light and no lasers or any crap like that, so it works perfectly for me.

[@mattpaarlberg2264]

77gr Sub moa out of my 16” stainless 1/7 twist psa pencil barrel. What more can I ask for? Don’t get me wrong, 1” groups w Winchester m855 out of the same barrel. Impressive.

[@LT4me]

My 75 is Hornady BTHP Match W/Cannelure. Which is a great bullet especially for the price

[@pescad0]

Looks like that group on the bottom center is stringing, probably would have gone a little further if you kept shooting. Probably just the ammo, I shot about a 10 shot group with the AAC sierras, and it did that but up and to the left, all touching... The other group was with the AAC non sierra 77s, and it did maybe 1.7 MOA, but was all in a normal cluster.

[@mavrikmavrik3032]

I’ve shot the 75gr for about 9 months with about 8 different rifles and it consistently shoots the best of any match ammo I’ve bought.

[@randystockton624]

Would like to see what they would do to a gel block....at 50 + yards...

[@TheLoneRanger745]

? 100 yards , that's not bad . At a great price. Nice rifle. You didn't say if you warmed up the barrel with a few 10) shots before you did your groups.

[@bobbygray496]

Your test would have been better if you had sandbagged the front and rear of the rifle...also I would assume you shot the targets at 100 yards. I like your Arken scope (I have three of them) on both a Ruger Precision Rifle in 5.56, a 20" PSA AR-15 with stainless 416-R barrel and also an 18" PSA-AR 15 with a Wylde chamber and 416-R barrel. I also have a 16" PSA AR 15 with the FN barrel...I have not had a chance to try out the AAC 75 grain match, 77 grain match, and 62 and 75 Black Sabre ammo. Looking forward to testing this ammo myself...I only shoot 5.56 ammo (the Black Hills Mark 262-Mod 1-C is still my favorite although WAY TOO EXPENSIVE)! I believe in precision shooting on a budget like you! Twist is 1/7 on all my 5.56 rifles.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Heck yeah man. When you can find something that’s not as expensive and still works, why not?

[@Swampytheroot]

Funny thing is these heavy work well from a 12" if you dope the math. The longer bullets just like to play, and are less disturbed by turbulence by crossing to subsonic

[@arshooter1]

I use it in CMP competitions and it does the job if I do my part,

[@Front-Toward-Enemy]

So with a Basic 16in bcm, the largest group i got with AAC 77gr smk was 1.2 moa. The Largest group I got with 77gr OTM was 1.3. Not bad considering im getting damn near the same accuracy using IMI razorcore. Im just using a standard profile BCM barrel and mil-spec trigger. But don’t take my word for it. Everyone should test the ammo. Just because it works well in other rifles doesn’t necessarily mean it will work in yours. For example, everyone seems to agree that Black Hills mk262 77gr ammunition is the standard for factory matchgrade 5.56 ammo. My BCM rifle hates it, 3-4 moa. PMC m855 green tip shot better.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Not too bad for that setup. What’s the twist rate on your barrel?

[@Front-Toward-Enemy]

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[@contractor556]

Yea it’s wild the PMC 62g shoots the best for me vs some more expensive options, that being said I still haven’t gone up to the 75g and 77g stuff but from my pops testing it should work out even better! I grabbed some of the AAC 62g black tip but need to test it still as well. Need to get my ass back to the range !

[@Front-Toward-Enemy]

@@contractor556 I’ve learned that just because a particular type of ammunition in more expensive and has “match grade” on the box, doesn’t mean it’s going to be accurate in your rifle.

[@DR-hc4im]

Actually had a similar experience with that 75gr. Had a barrel that was 1mo with the 77gr and the 75gr was like 3moa out of 2 different barrels. Weird ammo. That 77hr stuff tho is 1moa or less out of every barrel I put it through

[@flopus7]

I'm having vertical stringing problems with the 75 gr aac ammo. Chrono is showing an extreme spread of 200 fps out of an identical upper.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Yeah, that would cause some vertical dispersion. That’s disappointing to hear man.

[@tmaddrummer]

How about the 77gr OTM by PSA?

[@brianwilliams6113]

I really appreciate this video, thanks! What’s the twist on your FN barrel?

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Appreciate it man. It’s a 1:7 twist.

[@brianwilliams6113]

@@ADudeAndSomeGuns I figured, but wanted to ask and make sure. Someone on KZbin did a video giving this ammo a bad review because he was getting like 2-3 MOA groups. Come to find out he was also shooting a 1:9 barrel. I see a lot of guy’s wanting all the newest and latest “new AR mod… new AR ammo” but failing to do the research on what works with what. Hence the number of videos on KZbin of cycling problems, accuracy problems, or worse, explosive ending problems. +1 Subscriber 👍🏼😉

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

@@brianwilliams6113 thanks man, Yeah it’s the internet. So some people are crazy.

[@Blueknight1960]

I've been using the 77gr nato otm with a psa fn chf 18" upper and it is very accurate. I just got a psa fn chf 20" barrel, I'm going today and zero the scope using the 77gr otm and 62gr green tip.

[@lancegardner8560]

Please report back. I expect a huge difference in accuracy between the two. 855 ain't exactly known for accuracy, maybe 4 MOA. I suppose that's to be expected for a .mil ball round but terminal performance is also pretty piss poor.

[@Blueknight1960]

@@lancegardner8560 Unfortunately, I didn't get to shoot but, I will be shooting this weekend. Mind you, where I shoot, I have only a hundred yards to shoot until the crop in the field has been harvested, then I'll have 300 yards.

[@lancegardner8560]

@Blueknight1960 well, I tested a mag of mine and got around 1 MOA with the LaRue build. That's more than good enough for my purposes. Especially considering it is a budget build with everything but the barrel, trigger and furniture being psa, the price point is top notch.

[@Blueknight1960]

@@lancegardner8560 While I didn't shoot the green tip, I did shoot the 77gr otm and a couple things. 1) At 100 yrds, same as you, I get around 1 moa. 2) It is very dirty powder. Everything is nice and dirty after only shooting 30rds but, I never stop at 30 rds. I had to back off from shooting so much ammo at a time since the price has gone up and availability has gone down.

[@Blueknight1960]

@@lancegardner8560 My 20" fn chf barrel is not the heavy barrel like my 18" and it's not as accurate as my 18". I just ordered a Larue 20" stealth barrel, hope to have it sometime next week. I wasn't happy with the accuracy of the 20" fn barrel.

[@Boomerfootball1]

Not to bad at all. What suppressor cover your running?

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Bowers group. Hard to find in stock now.

[@ExplorinInTheWoods]

Tickle tickle. Time to juice the algorithm

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Thanks man!

[@pathickey4044]

Did you get aroung to trying out some of their 308 yet? The 150 gr fmj is the cheapest new 308 ammo ive seen in years. The match grade stuff is $1/round or less which is also cheap for the industry standards

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

I have not, how’s it performing?

[@pathickey4044]

@ADudeAndSomeGuns I just got a few boxes in the mail earlier this week but haven't got a chance to run it put of my ar10 yet. I'm getting about 2-3 moa with reman 147 gr and 1-1.5 from PPU 175 gr match so I'm hoping it performs well and I'll stack up some 556 and 308 at a pretty good price

[@Cgonz1982]

A buddy of mine had not so great luck with their 62gr black tips out to 100yrds, but the other stuff ran great! I'm a PMC fanboy myself.

[@lancegardner8560]

Depending on how many guns he's ever owned he may or may not know that some of em just like or dislike certain rounds. My 1:8 larue build loves 193. Cheap shit but I can put 3 holes in a dime with it at 100y, though it may take 5 to do that. Haven't had time to try the heavy stuff yet but I will day after tomorrow and I believe it will be just as accurate with better terminal performance.

[@SOLDTONORM]

Good under 1 MOA at 500 yds with 75g! !

[@scottshipley7376]

They have 308!?!?!

[@nonyabusiness1126]

The 75g bullet is better than the 77g anyway.

[@Bubblyhiccups]

To say that 75 cents a round for .223 is “not bad” is insane to me. I can find 6.5 creed and .308 cheaper than that. We ultimately need range ammo with steel core, steel cased copper washed steel jackets to bring costs down. I really don’t understand the craziness with copper hunting ammo for example. You’re getting an inferior product that costs twice as much as a lead core traditional projectile.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Please tell me where you’re finding match 308 and 6.5 for less than 75 cents a round. Please.

[@Jesse-xp4lf]

That would be the best deal in the country if true! Please let us know your source

[@andrewjohnson6907]

HeavyDoodySkidmarks is not gonna like that you stole his music.

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

I didn’t steal shit….JOHNSON

[@ThirdGenGM]

Lmao the bro science behind this analysis. Guy can't squeeze the trigger properly to save his life. Need to know the basics and fundamentals before sending rounds down range. The analysis of I think those flyers were me 😂 yeah duh

[@ADudeAndSomeGuns]

Hey man. Thanks for the input.

[@VolReed]

The stuff I used was total garbage. I guess it’s cheap for a reason. I sure wouldn’t ever take any into the woods