GREEN TIPS WORTH IT??? 

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That's the only kind of 'Green New Deal' that I want anything to do with...😁

The green tips are steel core. They punch holes without too much expansion.

Whooooteeeewhoooooo I only shoot green tip. So pwweerrttyyyyyy

I'm so glad I bought 4000 rounds of milsurp GT a couple years ago. I still have them lovingly stored in ammo cans for a special occasion.

Green tips arent as good FOR LONGER ranges, however 300 yards and UNDER THEY work very well.

In case people don't know the green tip round has a steel core penetrator.

I swear brother, one of these days I will finally have seen all your videos. I sure do enjoy this channel, best thing going here on youtube! None of the drama doom and gloom, just blasting lots of cool things and ammunition. The definition of FUN. Plus, you use ALL THE ZOOOOOOMS!!!

XM193 will penetrate level 3 steel armor whereas XM855 won't, but as we can see here the reverse is true when we're talking about composite armor. It may be good to mix ammo in some of your mags to cover all bases.

Not that it takes anything away from your comparison of green tip versus non green tip, but that armor is rated to stop the more potent M80 rounds which is 7.62x51 not just the AK round as you mentioned. Nice vid, keep em coming!

I can't see myself needing to shoot through a cinderblock, but the experiment is still fun. A more useful test for many of us might be how many sandbags we need to build a backstop for green tips versus how many we need for regular FMJ rounds.

Well, I also thought that the Green Tips weren't worth the extra cost. Guess we were wrong Adam. If there is an actual threat that may be hunkered down, the Green Tips are worth having. Obviously you don't need them for regular shoot-around but man I guess they can save you in the right situation. This was really a great test and it showed some interesting results. As usual this was a really fun video BUT it also was a very informative video. Thanks brother, well done. God Bless.

Great test!! Exactly what I expected.💪👍

Really appreciate this one. I have 250 green tips and have never fired one.

Great video. Now I am glad I stocked up on green tips.

I always like these experiment/demonstration videos, thanks for doing these. Just curious; did the green tip that cratered the second block cause any spall or cracks on the back side of that block?

Thanks for the great information late but keep it up always have what I’m looking for

My favorite round is the 77 Grain OTM in my AR’s. But when you need to really punch through something it’s hard to beat the readily available green tip. And I always keep at least 1k rounds of it on hand.

Another cool vid. Be awesome to see if you could catch the green tip bullet after it passes through the first paver to see what shape it's in. Looked to be a very clean pass.

Standard 2", green tip 3" of concrete........ 3" OF CONCRETE! That's amazing.

I’ve seen plenty of videos where level III armor stopped M855. But the M193 blew right through. I’ll keep my M193

I was in Walmart a few years ago and bought 3 420 round cans of 5.56 2 of them were 62 grain green tip it was all Federal ammo. I hunt with Hornady 75gr. BTHP 223

Valuable lesson here...55gr FMJ will suffice, but for the advanced opponent, keep that 62gr GT handy...it kinda reminds me of Enchanted Weapons in D&D...

always awesome vids, always an awesome dude firing some lead down the range

I don’t want to be shot with either one. That’s why I’m staying at home and being a good boy. I don’t go to downtown Seattle or Portland anymore. Stay well and safe Who Tee Who, we love you and your videos.

I have an FN 20" upper with an ACOG ACSS scope. I use green tips out to 800yds. They seem pretty accurate to me.

My favorite channel hands down keep trucking brother 💪🏼

Thanks for the video! I just bought 1000 rounds of the Federal 62 grain green tips. It definitely performs better!

These have a purpose and they are great at what they are good at what they do. They are designed to penetrate hard targets and they will do that to a higher degree than just ball ammo. On soft targets they are very devastating these will go through some soft armored vests. I have a 50-50 mix of this and ball ammo in my stock pile.

I agree, nope.different strokes for different times but not for me. I'm a hollow point or hydroshock guy

Green tip sucks, the only thing it can do well is barrier penetration, everything else it sucks

Watchable as usual! Have you ever thought of using a big bore muzzle loader like a Hawken in 50 cal. or a Brown Bess musket in 0.69 inch I believe. These are big mass bullets that are half the speed of your .223". I bet they could do some damage to cinder blocks. I know that you can get hard lead too. It might be interesting?

Goddamn, the green tip really brought its A-game! I did not expect it to make that kind of damage on the second one

It’s pretty rare you’ll have real world use for green tips

Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the M855 was given a steel tip for flight stability issues, not penetration enhancement (though penetration capabilities were affected). If you read Blackhawk Down, there's an interesting passage describing how many of the GIs hated the round because in combat it sailed through flesh without causing much damage. It was likened to stabbing someone with an ice pick.

Hell yeah they are worth it, although they are not Meant to be armor piercing rounds, they will penetrate A lot better than standard FMJ. That's what their purpose was always intended. I'm glad I went around to all my local walmarts and bought up all the green tips that they still had before they started to not sell This type of ammo anymore. 15 Of those 475 round boxes of greentip. a few thousand rounds of 9mm. And twenty 100 round boxes of standard 223.

I would guess that neither one of them will go through the second one

Regular.223 ammo is for plinkin. Green tips are for TCB!

Great video!!

Great video was it ever determined which two shots went through? I see some conflicting comments below and curious. With the paper flapping on the first shot or two tough to see where the first shots hit. Cheers

Sorry I missed this one! Getting ready to go gold panning. You've convinced me about green tips.

Well now that was a interesting video and I have always known that those green tips do not fool around because I have had quite a few of them for years I don't shoot a lot of them but I shoot them at various different things but I've used them in different experiments and know that they are pretty potent.

WTW, greetings from Arkansas my friend! I have never liked the 5.56/.223 in any rifle I have ever had, semi, bolt and single shot. I have built several AR 15's and my favorite caliber in that rifle is 6.5 Grendel. In my humble opinion, that is the caliber our military should be using. How about doing a paver test on it? I will even send you one of my rifles I built to do the test! Keep up the good work, your videos are some of my favorites.

In 1961, a marksmanship testing compared the AR-15 and M-14; 43 % of ArmaLite AR-15 shooters achieved Expert, while only 22 % of M-14 rifle shooters did. Le May ordered 80,000 rifles. In July 1962, operational testing ended with a recommendation for adoption of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle chambered in .223 Remington. In September 1963, the .223 Remington cartridge was officially accepted and named "Cartridge, 5.56 mm ball, M193". The following year, the ArmaLite AR-15 was adopted by the United States Army as the M16 rifle and it would later become the standard U.S. military rifle. The specification included a Remington-designed bullet and the use of IMR4475 powder, which resulted in a muzzle velocity of 3,250 ft/s and a chamber pressure of 52,000 psi. In the spring of 1962, Remington submitted the specifications of the .223 Remington to the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI). In December 1963, Remington introduced its first rifle chambered for .223 Remington a Model 760 rifle. FEDERAL CARTRIDGE/VISTA XM855. Federal XM855FL XM 223 Remington/5.56 NATO 62 GR Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) 20 Box. This is the famous and hard to find mil-spec M855 Steel core Green Tip. It is loaded to NATO specs and is not intended for use in commercial or bolt-action rifles chambered in 223 Remington ammo, but is perfect for your AR15 in 5.56 cal. This is the same ammo in use by our troops right now in Afghanistan. Please check with your gun manufacturer prior to purchasing this ammo. Each round is brass-cased, boxer-primed, non-corrosive, and reloadable. It is both economical and precision manufactured in the USA. Hope this info helps. Have a great day and keep shooting.

Great video with awesome comments but no one discussed the main factor of both these rds, for optimal performance. That's the barrel twist. 62gr-77gr 7:1 or below, 55gr 9:1 or higher, both rds stabilize different because of weight and material. Stabilizing is very important when it comes to long range accuracy. Many choose 8:1 twist, it's a balance for both rounds

Looks like they both worked as they were supposed to. Kool shirt!👍 Have a Blessed Day!🙏🕊🦅🇺🇸

2 shots with ball and second went through below, 2 shots with green tip second one went through up top. They’re both devastating rounds I’d go with quantity over quality on this specific ammo type. Idk why people are saying that the bottom hole was green tips cause it clearly was not.

I keep some green tips, never a bad idea to have a variety of ammo. I guess the most likely use I can think is if you had to shoot a vehicle or occupants in a vehicle

Just got into ARs and you can see a big price difference when buying bulk green tip vs regular

I actually have the same American Eagle green tips and didn't think they were actual green tips due to the box just labeling them as FMJ boat tail ball rounds and not as LAP (light armor piercing) like a different brand I have did

Definitely a "really fun video!" But I would add "useful" to that as well, Who Tee... 😁👍 Just an fyi, M193 *was* the ammo issued to military troops, and it was replaced by M855. And now there's M855A1 that you need a special AR mag for, so it doesn't tear up your feed ramps over time... But now I think there's a totally new sheriff in town-- The 6.8/.277 Sig Fury for the new military Sig M5 rifle

It would have been nice to see the back of the second paver from the green tip. Just for breakage reference. See if it broke anything out back or just made a divet in the front only. They tend to break kinda like glass from a bb though. Bust a small section in the front and then a cone busted off the back.

I was hoping this wasn't a re-upload of the body armor video, but I'm glad it's a new one :) I think they fragment when they hit concrete, the green tip stayed together, and trucked on through till it lost velocity.

Green tips for plinkin and 75gr hornady match hollow pt for the hunt for that cal.

Green tips at 200 yards bangs up my hardened steel target pretty good, lots of pits vs. regular FMJ

This is obviously an old video but the green tips are downright competitive now. And of course they have their own niche. But for their size they actually do it very well

Great video amazing I thought it would be one block each but you were right to for the green tip since Halloween’s coming how about some pumpkins

For when you need to shoot someone made out of concrete... 5.56 is designed for impacting a flesh body not exactly for exploding concrete. While fun to shoot concrete, its not a good test for the round to see which is better. However 55 grain is said to be best against a body because it tumbles and fragments faster than green tip because green tip is more likely to punch through a thinner body target and not start tumbling till much later. Either way i wouldn’t wanna be hit with either round. 62 grain is more stable in flight though

Hey who...do a video on the bottom line of 556 vs 223, 762 nato to 308. What can should we know? What's safe, general easy rule of thumb....

Great video

That was another fun video. Green tip is what I go to I live in North Carolina and there a lot of tree coverage. I put green tip though some pretty thick trees no hidden behind trees on my property. But I want to know if you can get a green tip on steel at 500 yards. Do a long range comparison 55 g vs 62 g green tip.

I could of told you decades ago what's the more dominant round! That is why I have them in .223 and 6.8 SPC!

Yes yes it was the green tip we tried to tell you lol

Do a video with 2506 and 270 on regular 1/2 steel and testing the bullet speed on both of them with the chronograph + try to get the same bullets for each one

I dont know if its any different. I had bought a box of American eagle 62 gr. The tip are green. And ya they do cost alittle more. But at the time it was the only thing they had. So i got them. My freedom sender likes them better then the 55gr. So i cant wait to get a reloader. Then i can find out what it really likes. And my 300wm.

Thanks! But good luck finding any green tip for sale.

I love the green tips. This video tho reminds me why I need some the 55gr stuff cuz that 55gr stuff is great for varmints. 62gr M855 green tips have a steel core penetrator so their better for self defense and plinking.

you know, this was a really fun video

Another good green tip video!

So....they are worth it. Good. This ammo will be necessary for the zombie apocalypse.

The green tips have a steel core penetraitor. Cabela's use to sell them in bulk for reloading for cheap, labeled as SS109 bullets. I should have bought a ton of them because now they're hard to come by.

M855 green tips are on sale for 43 cents per round online today. 11-15-22

it's amazing what a little green paint will do

Really nice AR bro. Cool graphic pattern 😎

I do know that the m855 green tip will punch through a quarter inch steel at 200 yards out of a 16-in barrel with a 1 and 9 twist my rifle has a 1/7 twist at 16 in and honestly the biggest reason I bought a couple thousand rounds of this a year back is because the local shop went out of business and the guy pretty much had a fire sale with everything he only had 2,000 rounds of green tip but it balanced out to about six cents a shot. How could I say no to that?

Cool vid!

Woth it? I guess it depends mostly on how much your paying for them and what your going to use them for? we have about a thousand rounds of green tip 556 but I wont use them to punch holes in paper. but if I really wanted penetration the green tip would be the go to round. great video as always!

Yes it was the green tips that went through, and green tips in Arizona are priced reasonably.

I shot the green tips through a quarter inch steel plate taped to outdated Grainger book that was about 3 or 4 inches thick. You need to try it. It will make you a great video. You need to see the back of the steel plate. And the book smokes !!! Try it.

hey WHO_TEE_WHO all always wanted to know what rifle platform has more power a bolt action or a semi auto in 223 rem.

Thats what im goingvto use, Hornady Frontier, and Federal green-tip.

This is the best vid ever!

Does 20 or 12 gauge shells make green tips? Honest question

PS I was surprised at that myself lol great video Wtw

Green tip is eco friendly... lead free President BO closed the last lead mine in the USA

Pretty cool video I would like to come up there and see what my 6.5 Grendel‘s would do

At least we know it only takes four rounds to get through eight inches of block! FMJ'S are just fine. Unless you just absolutely need to get through armor!

Do a slug comparison video. Maybe shoot some at longer range too.

Saw these PMC bran green tips at my local shop for $11.98 in socal

So now you need to fire the green tips through a 22-inch Barrel or whatever the hell they were originally so you get all the powder burn and see if it penetrates any more than a 16 inch barrel

Surprised that the green tip did that. I'm not sure that armor would stand up to 7n6 either.

PMC Green Tip costs me about the same as a good hollow point. And the PMC has pretty good ballistics. Its not match grade but most Green Tip isnt. But it is pretty Dayum Consistent!!! And thats what matter most to me with these rounds. Match grade would def be better for longer range aiming but not as much for most situations that call for the need of your rifle.....

Do they only make Green Tips in 5.56??? Would love to find some either already made or Re-loads for a 270W.... Any comments are welcome on this issue..

VERY COOL !

Awesome relevant .. 6.24.2021 Need to have both...

Try 855 on it's intended target, radiator and aluminum engine block. Does terrible things to pickups.

Hey ol' WhoooT e. Whoo 🙊 Great video as always 🇺🇸💪😎🚬

It would've been even better if you had a block of clear ballistic gel behind it to see penetration/cavitation but I liked it anyway.☺👍

About what I expected. Great for light armor and barrier penetration and still kill on other side.

Good job!