Prairie dog towns and ground squirrel fields can eat through hundreds of rounds in a day, so varmint hunters often buy ammunition by the thousand. This listing is Fiocchi Field Dynamics 223 Rem 40 grain V-Max ammo, MPN 223HVB50, sold as 1,000 rounds. The 50 round boxes are a nice touch for high-volume shooting.
Fiocchi rates this load at 3,650 fps with 1,183 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. The 40 grain Hornady V-Max is a polymer-tipped bullet with a thin jacket that fragments violently on small animals. That delivers fast, humane kills on prairie dogs, groundhogs, and similar varmints and reduces ricochet risk compared with bullets that stay intact. The light, fast bullet has a flat trajectory and very mild recoil, which lets you watch your own hits through the scope. It is not suited to deer or larger game.
This ammunition fits rifles chambered in 223 Remington, including AR-15 rifles from Ruger, Smith and Wesson, Colt, and Aero, the Ruger Mini-14 and American Ranch, the Savage Axis and 110 Varmint, the CZ 600, the Tikka T3x, and the Remington 700 VTR. A common question is whether a light 40 grain bullet shoots well in a fast twist barrel. It is usually stable in any twist, but very fast twists such as 1 in 7 can spin thin-jacketed varmint bullets hard, so check groups before a big hunt. Another common question is whether this ammo is safe in a 5.56 rifle. Yes, 223 Rem is safe in a 5.56 chamber.
Fiocchi 223HVB50 is new production ammunition, not reloads. It uses boxer-primed brass cases with non-corrosive priming. This listing ships as 20 boxes of 50 rounds for 1,000 rounds total from a single lot. Consistent ammunition means your zero and holdovers stay the same through a long day, which matters when you are reaching across a prairie dog town.
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