(Note: both the US and HP variants are viable when exclusively going for the legs. If you can find BS, use it, but do not purchase it in the current market.)ĥ.56x45mm NATO: used in the ADAR, AK-101, AK-102, DT MDR, HK 416A5, and TX-15DMLīest Value: 5.56×45 mm M855A1 (or) 5.56×45 mm M856A1ħ.62x39mm: Used in the SKS, OP-SKS, AK-103, AK-104, and all variants of the AKM (Note: currently the BS variant performs much better than BT, but it sells on the flea market for basically the same price as 7N39. EFT Ammo Chart Rifle Ammoĥ.45x39mm: used in all variants of the AK-74, the AK105, and RPK16īest Performance: 5.45×39 mm 7N39 “Igolnik” (Can only be looted or crafted)īest Value: 5.45×39 mm BT (or) 5.45×39 mm BP Just CTRL+F to search for your gun or caliber. If you’re just here for the quick grab, here’s a list of each caliber with their Minimum Viable, Best Value, and Best Performing variants. There’s a lot of caveats that went into this list, and if you’d like to understand it further please read on after it.
Minimum Viable has been attributed to ammunition that can be used when looted but shouldn’t really be bought. I’ve listed each caliber with what I believe to be the best performing cartridge, and the ones I believe to be the best value for your money. I’m going to provide the list of ammo up-front. As with seemingly all things in Tarkov, this has both a very simple answer and a very complicated one.
