Ammo Review: Federal Premium American Eagle .223 Rem ammunition

By Eve Flanigan

American Eagle .223 Remington performs surprisingly well for a budget round. (Photo: Team HB)
“You get what you pay for” is an adage often heard among experienced gun folk. But plenty of bargains come around too, and I stumbled upon one not long ago.
American Eagle (AE), a Federal Premium ammunition product, is already known as a reliable, budget-friendly brand. But getting high performance out of it was a very pleasant surprise.
I picked up a few boxes of AE 55 grain, full metal jacket in .223 at a visit to Walmart. At $6.84 per 20-round box — a little less than 35 cents per round before tax — it was a pretty good deal for practice ammo. The new packaging, an olive drab box with the familiar eagle motif, had me curious about whether the product had changed along with the presentation.
Federal Premium American Eagle .223 ammo in an olive green box. (Photo: Team HB)
My Cutlass AR15, by Battle Rifle Company, was thrown into the truck as an afterthought on a cold October morning.  We were headed to beautiful Felix Canyon Ranch in New Mexico’s Billy the Kid country, which has an extensive known distance range.  The goal that day was to

Source: Guns.com