The FASTEST 5.56 77gr ammo for your AR ?

Testing the Black Arc vs. the Black Hill 77Gr ammunition.

[@PolenarTactical]

Amazing grouping!

[@DoctorRimfire_PhD]

Every single time he uploads, I watch it right away. Every single upload is a knowledge bomb. Keep up the good work!

[@armorers_wrench]

Yeah this is a great channel. This guy knows his business.

[@XRING]

Thanks Twister! I appreciate it.

[@XRING]

Thanks Armorers wrench! I appreciate you watching.

[@rockytopvfl8350]

Well don't worry about the grouping

[@JackTorrance333]

I’ve made loads in virtually ever popular round and those store bought rounds are smoking fast! Cheers

[@reeceengineering3560]

Maybe the store loads have a little pistol powder mixed in?

[@tyler6147]

I have been running an ongoing experiment to get more velocity out of a 10.5" 5.56 using heavy bullets. So far I have found that using 75gr bullets I can average over 2450 fps using TAC using a very safe load within the bounds of published data.

[@SacredHeart0520]

Why nit just get a 300blk upper fir you lower and boom you have a what your looking for out of a shorter barrel .

[@tyler6147]

@@SacredHeart0520 I have a suppressed 9 inch 300BLK SBR already. The question I have is what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

[@leftistsarenotpeople]

@@tyler6147 Wait till he finds out there are some of us who like to play with 10.5" 6.5 Grendel SBR, full fun-switch and supressed. LOL.... it may not make sense but it does make BOATLOADS of smiles. AND... it makes for a damn good door-kicking round, even if it IS expensive to play with it like that.

[@dustyrhodes1655]

Ray you said something important and I hope people caught it. Black Hills 77gr isn't the end all be all. Great round no doubt but recently I got a 16" ADM SPR and AAC 77gr grouped significantly better than the BH. I have another 18" SPR that was the exact opposite. Do your own testing and see what your barrel likes!

[@ssnerd583]

I have had better results using the IMI than the BH in my 1:8 18"

[@charlesludwig9173]

Mk262 will deliver .64 MOA at 300 meters from USAMU built match conditioned M16A4 and USAMU built SDMRs. I am a CMP-USAMU Military Rifle Instructor and from my own POWs I can hold about a half MOA from Mk262, thus the bottom-line is there’s no point to evaluation of other rounds unless the priority is on economy.

[@cappazone1807]

I am very happy with AAC 77gr and 75gr.

[@johnw4999]

I beg to differ. I have a lot of AAC, IMI, and BH Mk-262 Mod 1-C (more accurate than the military Mk-262). See my comment above about velocities, SD & ES. I do like the AAC, nice velocity from my 20-in, but the ES & SD are a bit lackluster.

[@johnw4999]

@@charlesludwig9173I find the Mk-262 Mod 1 C to be a phenomenal shooter from my Geissele 16-in rifle out to my range’s limited distance of 400 yds. , but we make up for that by shooting MOA or slightly smaller size targets.

[@BafflingBS]

Holy Moly!!!!! Subscribed. Great shooting! I just ordered his 300blk 110gr. which should be delivered today. I put myself on the mailing list for this stuff, as well. Thanks for the video

[@sjohnson1776]

Absolutely outstanding! Thanks for keeping us up to date Ray. Good, good stuff!!

[@TheRange7]

1000+ with 5.56....whoa nellie. Dat's the real deal.

[@rivercityracer3683]

IMI 77 grain Razercore has chrono'd 2,740 feet per second average out of my Criterion Core series 13.9" + BCM headspaced bolt build, if anyone was interested in a whoopass barrel & ammo combination in a more general/adaptable fighting rifle size. It grouped the Razercore a best of 0.625" at 100 yards (indoors) with a Primary Arms SLx 1-8, which is obviously not ideal for a precise point of aim so it has a bit more potential than that. But that was the best group from the gun and also the most expensive ammo I tested in it. Lol. Shots were taken off sandbags on a bench. Trigger is a Geissele SSA. Upper is 100% off the shelf BCM components aside from the barrel and a Surefire SOCOM brake. Conditions the day I chrono'd it were 80 degrees, 50% humidity at around 150 feet above sea level. Other guns were tested that day (9mm handguns and another AR) and everything looked very normal, and the chronograph was brand new anyway. So. There didn't appear to be any technical issues.

[@texasranger24]

Nice. I would love to see more content about the 6max and also 25creed and other 25 caliber rounds in prs. Gotta see where the trands are going...

[@rvrrb]

Good color. Don't let anyone fix your food for you. I enjoy your videos.

[@hesa3656]

Thank You Sir! I just ordered some Subsonic 300BO and joined their Email notification. 👍🇺🇲

[@TheFlea1987]

Found this stuff a few weeks ago but haven't been able to try it out. Thanks for the video!

[@landocallbackesian3884]

Thanks for taking the extra time to go out to 900 yards!

[@BigJohnsonGG]

Great Job Ray, Thanks for sharing!

[@bryanduchane2371]

Ray, I have to say I really enjoyed watching you shot a 3 gun match. It's poetry in motion watching you in a big 3 gun match, but completely understand the dip in 3gun.....

[@Levon0083]

It’s good to have you back

[@armorers_wrench]

Looks like youtube deleted my first comment but I was asking if you would be willing to test this ammo out of some shorter barrels like 12.5-14.5 and post the results? I'd really like to see how this ammo does out of those types of guns and I don't have a garmin to test it myself.

[@CutlassOutdoors]

I would like to see that as well.

[@DB.KOOPER]

Id love to hear the explination of how thia gets more velocity without increasing chamber pressure... That just seems like its not possible. This is the kind of inprovement we need for the 6.5 Grendel... aka my favorite AR caliber and my deer round of choice for the N.Idaho mountains.

[@JohnnyReb-tr2fs]

Absolutely. It’s what has kept me from buying a Grendel upper. It’s slow.

[@mikeabbott2396]

Something under that suburban at 13:57 is freaking out lol

[@brian1110]

Damn impressive shooting! I dig it

[@TheMikeshannon]

"Let me just send this ammo that my rifle isnt zeroed for" Proceeds to ballpark a drop and slam 4 out of 5 at almost 600. Phenomenal as always. My favorite part of these is still watching the trace though!

[@zachcampbell6147]

Wow!! thanks for bringing that stuff into the open for us.

[@charlesludwig9173]

The ideal velocity from Mk262 is 2750 fps. This is what will be delivered from a 20 inch barrel . Now why is that ideal? It syncs with the Bullet Drop Compensation function of carry handle sight and MaTech BUIS, and it permits use of a field expedient MOA wind constant of 10 out to 500 meters. It also is velocity that syncs with TA-31F ACOG.

[@user-zs1fr7im6l]

IT IS IMPRESSIVE ! AND YOU SOLD ME !

[@bonjovi2757]

Speed is fine, accuracy is final.

[@wvlongshooter3912]

So well said !!! It doesn’t matter what you miss with.

[@XRING]

Very very true and words to live by. However, these matches are about both speed and accuracy. 👍🏼

[@wvlongshooter3912]

@@XRING I understand. Thanks.

[@drumking241]

Quote by Wyatt Earp.

[@thatguyoverthere2288]

Cool, now if only the stuff was ever in stock

[@chrisfisher3900]

Ray you know we’re gonna need a video reloading this now!😂

[@XRING]

LOL! 😂

[@nicholasdangelo8174]

Thank you for sharing sir. Impressive ammo for sure, and I’ll be making some of it mine for sure.

[@dennisdial7872]

Good stuff ,thank you

[@XRING]

My pleasure Dennis! Thank you for watching the channel. 👍🏼

[@jeffhahn5106]

Thanks Ray, I'll check them out, great video.

[@ethan5.56]

Definitely something under the ole Tahoe 😂 could see the silhouette of something moving around. Definitely some good shooting stuff. Great video

[@PrecisionRifleNetwork]

Nice, looks pretty decent.

[@johnrollins2820]

Great video and thanks sir good information

[@scottm.5788]

That was good...like really good. Impressive ammo as that NAS3 tech must allow for more powder and higher pressure. If I'm doing distance with my 5.56, I know what ammo to favor. Thanks for the great review!

[@hopewilliams6705]

Heck yeah thank you I saw this stuff before but it was unknown.

[@CatHound]

Great job Ray

[@tomforeman4976]

I firmly believe in an adjustable break Cortez’s or AC adjustable beat being top of the line

[@XRING]

I have had and tried the EC tuners. They are effective brakes but not as effective as the Ultradyne. 👍🏼

[@chrisfederici7598]

Awesome video awesome ammo but like all nice things the ammo is sold out.

[@camron1501]

Thank you.

[@jeffreypelletier7247]

Awesomeness as usual sir!! Thank you

[@irafowlerjr.7492]

Thank you , always enjoy and learn, thanks

[@oneredeemedrich]

Nuts thar! Yup. Worth a buck for speed that truckin

[@nickibateson1466]

Super great vid man thx I’ll keep my eyes open for this. Nice man nice 👍🏻

[@mikecraig5269]

First-timer on your channel and all I can say is....S-M-O-O-T-H!! Heap o' info coming at you at warp-speed. I'm a believer and "bought" a subscription. Gotta buy more coffee, now. Thanks!

[@XRING]

Thank you, Mike and welcome to the channel. I do appreciate you watching.

[@snakeman48]

I signed up to his email list. As you said, sold out is the what I found on most anything I'd want to try.

[@12gaugemackattack]

I have matched black hills 77gr 5.56 velocity and accuracy with my hand load. It’s starline brass- (I anneal, trim, chamfer, debur every time, clean primer pockets) 23.6gr TAC CCI #41 primers 77gr smk I get 2780 FPS out of a 20” WOA SDMR barrel with single digit SD and average spread of 15 FPS. I get 2690 FPS out of a 16” WOA SPR barrel and got 3.8 SD and a spread of 11.3 just the other day. Both guns shoot sub moa consistently with that load, with best groups sub half moa. I haven’t needed more velocity than that but I’ll probably try the black arc stuff just to see how it shoots. I’d be interested to see if it is consistent lot to lot.

[@brockedandloaded6034]

I think I can get 2750 out of my 77g smk. That's smoking. Love the video. Am I missing something? Where is this at the Clinton House? I'm down there 2-3 times a week doing load development for my 7 PRC and haven't seen it

[@XRING]

This is the UKD range. Limited access and only through Mike Sexton.

[@Googalite]

Thanks, I’ll stick with brass case for bulk, but I might try the suggested ammo just for target.

[@HypocriticYT]

Some load data lists some powder weights that is impossible to seat a 77gr bullet 😢. However there’s enough data to load them.

[@johnw4999]

Cool stuff! I wonder how barrel life is affected by the increased velocity over the 262 load?

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Depends on the barrel.

[@hersheyroseman4508]

Could you test the Hiperfire Hipercomp Gen 2? There is only one KZbin video up and they comment that it has the best recoil reduction but they didn't like the concussion. It would be great to see another review.

[@rustyshackelford3781]

Seems like this might be my go to for my 24” varmit barrel if I can find some. Been looking for a substitute for the 85gr Barnes since I’m seeing $34+/20 for a while now.

[@Fair-to-Middling_Marksman]

Amazing!! Great stuff.

[@Subtlenimbus]

I had no trouble getting 77 grain nosler cc to 2850 from a 20” barrel. Mk262 usually hits about 2750 from a 18” iirc.

[@wayneok1369]

Do you have a recommendation for a quality chronograph? I'd like to get one that can be used for both rimfire and centerfire rifles. Also I know you understand quality and that's what I'm looking for I'd rather spend a little more now and only by once. I really appreciate your help, also I can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos and how incredibly helpful they are I learned something every time. Thanks again, take care of yourself

[@ZZ-uf4zv]

I really miss the Prime 223 77 grain ammo, stuff shot phenomenal for me..

[@DisgustedGenXr]

Ultradyne’s the best brakes period.

[@rosswitte]

Great video. Thank you! Can you please elaborate on the no suppressor policy. Is it for all gas guns, all precision shooting, just the .223? Have a good one.

[@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray]

Now I have more incentive to get a marksman upper from LaRue

[@walkercustoms]

The prices online from Black ARC aren't that bad. I expected it to be higher but availability is another thing.

[@sanmiguel2197]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@iluvstrats2864]

try badlandsammo 85gr match burner in the nas3 cases.

[@FMJTAC24]

What is going on Ray? I took a break from the internet and had to come and watch your stuff, definitely going good 👍🏼 Is there a email I could get from you, I have a question I think you can help me With! I sure would appreciate it buddy!

[@GTWGamer]

Had a question on standard deviation on 16" + barrels. The only other videos I've seen on it have massive extreme spreads. Have you had similar results?

[@kylewalton7005]

very interesting. have you ever played with the blackhills 77 tipped matchking rounds?

[@mikejmardis]

Nobody discusses barrel twist and matching ammo. Everyone just compares ammo in whatever ar. Barrel length and twist rate are huge factors.

[@johngunn4573]

Ray, thanks for the info on the Black Arc ammo. You had mentioned that these cases are reloadable but require a specific sizing die. Do you have any additional info on that die? Thanks much. Enjoy your content.

[@russhayes4882]

Impressive !

[@davidmilisock5200]

Hitting targets is nice but real world Designated Marksman Rifles need to put sufficient energy on at range to neutralize target, more then just marking paint. I'm of the opinion that even the 6MM ARC, 6.5 Grendel are while being useful, they are minimum at best.

[@ChadCooper03]

That’s incredible. Honest question, how do you get more velocity without increased chamber pressures? Different powders or internal case geometry? I’m new to reloading, have much to learn about that kind of stuff. Thanks

[@XRING]

Well, I think I should have reworded that with “safe” chamber pressures. Everyone knows that Mk262 is hot. It’s going to have higher pressures than let’s say your normal 5.56 round of about 52-55k. Mk 262 runs about 57-61k psi give or take. The Black ARC stays below that 62k number with increased velocity. Probably has everything to do with the shell shock case construction, volume and powder. 👍🏼

[@ChadCooper03]

@@XRING Ah I see. That makes sense. So elevated, yet safe pressures, that leverage the case materials to withstand pressures.

[@shootinbruin3614]

@@ChadCooper03They may also be maintaining the given pressure for longer. When talking chamber pressures, almost always the numbers refer to the peak chamber pressure, which only occurs during a very small part of the burn event. Velocity can also be increased by extending the duration at which the peak is held without actually raising the peak itself. Hornady has a great writeup about this for their Superformance lineup if you’re interested

[@ChadCooper03]

@@shootinbruin3614 thank you very much, I’ll check it out.

[@charlesmullins3238]

@@shootinbruin3614I like all the superformance stuff for those reasons

[@mgabriel2636]

Awsome! Do you like the 6mm ARC?

[@timsmith5837]

Enjoyed that,

[@jamespeacock7202]

Thank you

[@Leadmining44]

Great video Ray🍻 what’s the barrel twist rate?

[@XRING]

1:7

[@russellkeeling4387]

Fastest doesn't always mean the bestest.

[@BadBrad46]

Sooo...what in this video led you to say this? Did you see the group he shot? So what make this not one of the best?

[@r3h4b]

Wow. OK, im a buyer, thanks Ray

[@gilream]

Great video. thx

[@Dirtywhtboy87930]

Have you tried the Walker Defense barrel accessory? I got one, it’s made of inconnel…. Dead flat!

[@Cz9mmp10]

Love the stock ,what brand is it?

[@kevinroberson1985]

Hey friend there's a critter under the suburban that ran under it while you were shooting the steel target! Maybe a armadillo!

[@86azarate]

I think im in love!

[@johnw4999]

9:00 can’t talk about the group like you’re suggesting it’s better than the Mk-262 when you said you shot it quickly just to get the rounds down range. I’ll take the lower SD and ES over a marginal velocity gain as consistent velocities will facilitate greater accuracy. Oh, nice velocity you achieved with your rifle and the Mk-262. Box lists 2,750 from a 20-in barrel. My FN M16A4 clone averages 2,775 fps. Still, both are over advertised velocity so I take that as icing on the cake. If you want a fast 77, the AAC 77s were the fastest (I tested) at 2,810 fps. However, the SD and ES were a bit lackluster.

[@PalmettoPrecision]

Been enjoying these. 2750 from a hodge 12.5. Why’d you tell everybody? 😅

[@horsedog3674]

BlackArc 556 All sold out, 7-26-24

[@markii6831]

Checked the ammo website several times and everything is sold out. Don't see any point in checking them out again

[@calangel]

So wait, people atill have NAS3 5.56 cases? Where do you get them? Id love to get me some!

[@a1rb0rne502]

Damn that is some impressive ammo. AAC 77g Sierra ammo only gets 2700 out of my 20"barrel.

[@markannadale7533]

Do you use the Vortex binoculars with the applied ballistics or the standard Fury rangefinder binoculars? Thanks.

[@brianwood7882]

He said Vectronix X. They are pricey.

[@trumpwon20204]

Use a vibration table to settle the powder so u can increase the grain ..

[@leonhorner1643]

What brand of barrel are you running in the cobalt. Twist rates and specs you appreciated, if you can say. Thank you.

[@XRING]

It’s a Proof Research 1:7 18”

[@IRISH0627]

I have the same spotting scope, what phone mount do you use to record with?

[@lasvegashelipilot]

It would be nice to see the fired casings. Any case head swipe?

[@nickcervantes658]

Guessing that it will be near impossible to get.

[@johnherring766]

What barrel are you using? Twist?

[@davidmilisock5200]

Nice!

[@manuelsandino9248]

Nice, unobtanium😂

[@XRING]

He makes a ton of it every week. Usually sells out in 3 hours.

[@juanthelawnmowerthief1641]

For the cost of black hills or black arc I can shoot 6 arc so it seems like a wash.

[@kotaboy32]

I want my comp back......lol

[@XRING]

LOL! Text me the address! Not here

[@kotaboy32]

@@XRING lol no rush

[@MrYour1Fan]

Nice 👍🏼