Rifle Ammo
.223/5.56 NATO • .308/7.62 NATO • .30-06 • .300 Blackout • 30 Carbine • 8mm Mauser
The complete centerfire rifle catalog covering every major modern and surplus caliber — .223 Remington / 5.56 NATO in M193 ball, M855 SS109 penetrator, and PMC X-Tac military-spec; .308 Winchester / 7.62 NATO from Federal, Fiocchi, and Armscor including 200-grain subsonic for suppressed use; .30-06 Springfield Federal F3006FS3 and Winchester Super-X; the WWII-era .30 Carbine (Aguila, Armscor, PPU JSP); the 1895-vintage .30-30 Winchester lever-gun round; modern .300 Blackout including the Ammo Inc Stelth subsonic load; surplus calibers 7.5 Swiss for the K31 and 8mm Mauser for the K98; plus PPU blank cartridges in 5.56 M200 A1, 30-06 Springfield, and 7.62x39. Brands include Federal, Winchester, PMC, Fiocchi, Armscor, Aguila, PPU, Remington, and Ammo Inc — the major American, European, and Latin American houses.
About Rifle Ammo at Keep Shooting
Keep Shooting's Rifle Ammo catalog covers every major centerfire rifle caliber in regular American civilian and surplus circulation — .223 Remington / 5.56 NATO (the AR-15 / M16 / M4 cartridge that has defined American military small arms since 1964), .308 Winchester / 7.62 NATO (the NATO-standard battle-rifle round adopted in 1954, fed to M14 / M1A, AR-10, FAL, and HK G3 platforms), .30-06 Springfield (the century-old American military and hunting cartridge in continuous production since 1906), .30 Carbine (the 1942 M1 Carbine cartridge, of which 6.2 million carbines were produced for WWII), .30-30 Winchester (the 1895 lever-action classic that has taken more North American deer than any other round), .300 AAC Blackout (the 2010s suppressor-friendly 7.62x35 cartridge designed for short-barrel AR platforms), plus surplus calibers 7.5 Swiss (7.5x55 GP11 for the Schmidt-Rubin K31) and 8mm Mauser (8x57 IS for the German K98), and PPU blank cartridges for the AR-15, M1 Garand, and AKM. Brands include Federal (Vista Outdoor's premier ammunition brand), Winchester (Olin Corporation's flagship ammunition line), PMC (Precision Made Cartridges, the Korean Poongsan Corporation), Fiocchi (Italian, founded 1876), PPU (Prvi Partizan of Serbia, the only commercial source for many surplus calibers), Armscor, Aguila, and Remington.
.223 Remington and 5.56x45mm NATO — the AR-15 cartridge. The .223 Remington was developed for the Armalite AR-15 rifle in the late 1950s and adopted by the US military as the 5.56x45mm NATO in 1964 with the M16 rifle. The two cartridges share external dimensions but the 5.56 NATO version runs higher chamber pressure (62,000 psi vs. 55,000 psi for .223), so 5.56 ammunition fired in a chamber marked only ".223 Remington" can produce unsafe pressures — check your barrel markings or look for a chamber stamp of ".223 Wylde" or "5.56 NATO" before running 5.56 ball ammo. Our catalog covers the major loadings: PMC Bronze 55-grain FMJ (the value-tier high-volume training round, $12.35 / 20), PMC X-Tac 5.56 55-grain ($12.72 — military-spec brass from PMC's contract production line), Winchester USA M193 55-grain ($15.66 — the original 1964 M16 service load and still the standard 5.56 ball cartridge), Winchester M855 SS109 62-grain Penetrator ($14.95 — the 1980 NATO standard with a steel-tip penetrator core for light-cover penetration; identifiable by the green-painted bullet tip), Winchester M193 5.56 Range Pack ($95.28 / 150 rounds), Winchester M855 5.56 Range Pack ($167.68 / 150 rounds), Remington UMC .223 55-grain FMJ ($19.48), and the Remington UMC .223 Value Pack ($46.97 — bulk-pack for high-round-count range work).
The M855 / SS109 penetrator round. Worth understanding in detail because it is one of the most commonly misunderstood American rifle cartridges. The M855 SS109 (the SS109 designation is the Belgian FN Herstal name; the US M855 is the same cartridge under American military nomenclature) was developed at FN in the late 1970s and adopted as NATO standard in 1980. It uses a 62-grain bullet with a 7-grain steel penetrator tip ahead of a lead core in a copper jacket. The steel tip gives it improved barrier penetration over the M193 lead-core bullet at NATO-standard distances, and the steel-tip identification is the green-painted bullet tip you see on M855 packaging. M855 is sometimes called "green-tip armor-piercing" ammunition in retail conversation — this is incorrect on both counts. The ATF has consistently ruled that M855 is not legally armor piercing under federal law (it is a "rifle round designed for sporting purposes" and continues to be importable and saleable to civilians); and it is not "AP" in the military-effects sense either — true armor-piercing 5.56 like the M995 uses a tungsten-carbide core, not a steel-tip lead core. M855 is an enhanced ball round, not an AP round, and is fully legal for civilian range and hunting use in most jurisdictions.
.308 Winchester and 7.62x51mm NATO — the battle-rifle cartridge. The 7.62x51mm NATO was adopted by NATO in 1954 as the replacement for the .30-06 Springfield in the M14 service rifle; the commercial twin .308 Winchester was introduced by Winchester in 1952, two years ahead of the NATO adoption. Both cartridges share external dimensions but the .308 Winchester runs higher commercial pressures (62,000 psi vs. 50,000 psi for 7.62 NATO), so a .308 chamber will safely fire 7.62 NATO but a 7.62 NATO chamber (notably some military M14, FAL, and HK G3 rifles) may run dangerously high pressures with hot commercial .308 loads. For the M1A, AR-10, FAL, and H&K platforms, our catalog offers Federal American Eagle 308 Winchester 150-grain FMJ ($36.71 — the Federal target load in their American Eagle line), Federal Fusion 308 Winchester 150-grain JSP ($44.82 — bonded jacketed-soft-point hunting load for deer and medium game), Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics 308 Winchester 150-grain FMJ ($27.04 — Italian production from one of Europe's oldest ammunition houses), Armscor 7.62x51 M80 NATO ($21.26 — the budget-tier Filipino M80 ball equivalent), and the suppressor- specific PPU 7.62x51 Subsonic 200-grain FMJ ($33.41 — one of the few production .308 subsonic loads, designed to run sub-1,125 fps for suppressor use without supersonic ballistic crack).
.30-06 Springfield — the American century cartridge. Adopted by the US military in 1906 for the M1903 Springfield rifle, the .30-06 Springfield served as the American service cartridge through both world wars in the M1903, M1917 Enfield, M1 Garand, M1919 machine gun, and BAR — until the NATO 7.62x51 adoption in 1954. As a commercial cartridge .30-06 has been in continuous production for over 119 years and is still one of the single most popular American big-game hunting cartridges (effective on every North American species including elk, moose, and bear at moderate ranges). Our catalog stocks Federal F3006FS3 30-06 Springfield ($43.25), Winchester 30-06 Super-X ($34.74 — the flagship Winchester hunting load in the original 1922 Super-X designation), and the PPU 30-06 Springfield Blank ($18.33) for ceremonial and M1 Garand cycling-test use.
.30 Carbine — the WWII pistol-caliber rifle round. The .30 Carbine cartridge was developed in 1940 for the M1 Carbine, the lightweight semi-automatic rifle issued to American officers, paratroopers, and rear-echelon troops during WWII. Roughly 6.2 million M1 Carbines were produced between 1942 and 1945 by ten prime contractors (Inland, Winchester, Underwood, IBM, Quality Hardware, National Postal Meter, Standard Products, Rock-Ola, Saginaw, and Irwin-Pedersen), making it the most-produced American small arm of WWII. The .30 Carbine round is ballistically a high-pressure pistol cartridge (110-grain bullet at ~1,990 fps) rather than a true rifle round, but it remains in production for the millions of surplus M1 Carbines still in civilian hands. Our catalog offers Aguila 30 Carbine 110-grain FMJ ($50.58), Armscor USA 30 Carbine 110-grain FMJ ($50.91), and PPU 30 Carbine 110-grain Jacketed Soft Point ($40.19) for hunters using the M1 Carbine as a small-game and varmint rifle. For the carbine itself, see our M1 Carbine accessory hub and M1 Carbine magazines.
.30-30 Winchester — the American lever-gun. The .30-30 Winchester (originally .30 WCF, Winchester Center Fire) was introduced in 1895 for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle — the first American commercial cartridge designed specifically for smokeless powder rather than black powder. The cartridge designation reads ".30 caliber, 30 grains of powder," a carryover naming convention from the black-powder era. The .30-30 has taken more North American white-tailed deer than any other cartridge by a wide margin — partly because the Winchester Model 94 and Marlin 336 lever-actions chambered for it have been the archetypal American deer rifles for more than a century. Our Federal Power-Shok 30-30 Winchester 150-grain ($31.36) is the modern Federal Power-Shok soft-point hunting load in this classic lever-gun caliber.
.300 AAC Blackout — the suppressor cartridge. The .300 AAC Blackout (also called .300 BLK or 7.62x35) was developed by Advanced Armament Corporation in 2010 and standardized by SAAMI in 2011. The design goal was a cartridge that would run reliably from a standard AR-15 platform (using the same magazine and bolt face as 5.56 NATO) but optimized for short-barrel suppressed use — specifically, the ability to fire both supersonic and subsonic loads through the same rifle and suppressor without modification. A subsonic 220-grain .300 BLK load produces ballistics roughly comparable to a .45 ACP from a rifle, but with the much better sectional density of a long .30-cal bullet for terminal performance. Our catalog covers both ends of the velocity spectrum: Ammo Inc 300 Blackout 150-grain FMJ ($18.07 — supersonic training and target load), Federal American Eagle 300 Blackout 150-grain FMJ ($27.56 — the Federal American Eagle target equivalent), and the Ammo Inc Stelth 300 Blackout Subsonic 220-grain FMJ ($23.26 — the suppressor-optimized subsonic load designed to run sub-1,050 fps with a heavy bullet for maximum suppressor effectiveness). For suppressors themselves see the NFA Silencers category.
7.5 Swiss and 8mm Mauser — the surplus calibers. Two cartridges in our catalog are produced almost exclusively today by PPU (Prvi Partizan) of Užice, Serbia — the Eastern European ammunition house that has become the global default supplier for obsolete military calibers no longer of interest to the major American and German manufacturers. The 7.5 Swiss (7.5x55mm Swiss, also called GP11 in Swiss military designation) is the cartridge of the Schmidt-Rubin K31 straight-pull bolt-action service rifle — one of the most accurate military rifles ever issued, with roughly 528,000 produced for the Swiss army between 1933 and 1958. Surplus K31 rifles flooded the American market in the 2000s after Switzerland decommissioned them, and remain widely owned. Our PPU 7.5 Swiss 174-grain FMJ ($34.23) is the commercial replacement for original GP11 surplus ammunition (which has largely dried up). The 8mm Mauser (8x57 IS, sometimes called 8mm IS or 7.92x57) is the cartridge of the German Mauser K98 bolt-action rifle — the primary German service rifle of WWII — and was also used by Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Turkey, and many other 20th-century militaries. Our PPU 8mm Mauser 198-grain FMJ ($31.43) covers the K98 surplus market; for the K98 itself see our related K98 sling and TekMat accessories. The PPU brand page consolidates the full Prvi Partizan offering.
Blank cartridges. Three rifle blanks in the catalog, all from PPU and all useful for cycling-function testing, ceremonial use, training, and film/theatrical applications: PPU 5.56x45mm M200 A1 Blank ($16.44 — the US military M200 service blank with a star-crimped case mouth, for AR-15 / M16 / M4 cycling), PPU 30-06 Springfield Blank ($18.33 — the ceremonial blank for M1 Garand 21-gun-salute use and Garand cycling tests), and PPU 7.62x39 Blank ($13.05 / 15-round box — the AKM / SKS blank, the Eastern Bloc equivalent of the M200). Note: firing blank ammunition through a gas-operated semi-auto requires a blank-fire adapter (BFA) screwed onto the muzzle to provide back- pressure for cycling — without a BFA the action will not cycle and the rifle becomes single-shot. See our AR-15 and AK-47 BFA accessories.
Companion ammunition categories. For the broader ammunition catalog see our Ammunition hub or related Handgun Ammo, Rimfire Ammo, and Shotgun Ammo categories. For the rifles that fire these cartridges see our Rifles catalog and the AR-15 magazines, AK-47 magazines, and M14 / M1A magazines for the primary feeding hardware.
Keep Shooting ships all rifle ammunition from our Pennsylvania warehouse with free shipping on orders over $49.95 and hassle-free returns. Whether you are an AR-15 owner stocking PMC Bronze and Winchester M193 for high-volume range work, an M1A or AR-10 owner running Federal American Eagle .308 for target work and Federal Fusion JSP for deer season, a deer hunter equipping a Winchester Model 94 with Federal Power-Shok 30-30, an M1 Garand or M1903 owner shooting Winchester Super-X 30-06, an M1 Carbine collector keeping the WWII service rifle running, a K31 or K98 surplus shooter dependent on PPU commercial production, a .300 Blackout suppressor user alternating between Ammo Inc supersonic and Stelth subsonic loads, or a film armorer or ceremonial unit running PPU blank cartridges — every centerfire rifle round in our catalog is from a respected American, European, or Latin American manufacturer with genuine ammunition-house pedigree and decades of military, hunting, or competition track record.
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