The .223 filled a gap between the .222 Remington and the larger .22-250 round, and serves as an excellent general small game and varmint round. By the way, any informed opinion about/experience with the Anderson 5.56? Was a Highway Patrolman’s Home. I’m gonna keep an eye on you. I have a civilian version of a military grade satellite guidance system – it’s called an iPhone with iMaps. Now…which one should you get? At a time when so many manufacturers are missing the boat, it’s good to see an American gun manufacturer doing some good things. Couldn’t get the bolt open with a Hammer and a Wooden block. Because as you can see it matters a lot where you take the pressure reading. Look up Robert Moses and inequality, etc. I decided I want MINE before they may be banned in coming months. Had to look into it a few years ago and that’s what I discovered. Maximum Pressure (SAAMI) 55,000 psi (380 MPa) Maximum Pressure (CIP) 62,366 psi (430.00 MPa) Maximum CUP. So where did they pull the 70,000 psi number form and which method does it use? Rifles chambered for it must adhere to certain specifications to suit it as it is a standardized military cartridge. I reload, have not bought factory ammo in nearly 2 decades, so, it is possible to reload 7.62×51 for varmint rounds. The SAAMI pressure for 9mm Luger ammo is around 35,000 PSI, and C.I.P (think European SAAMI) rates 9mm Luger ammo at 34,080 PSI. However, to bring some consistency, cartridges in the USA are given official names by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI.) Any others currently available at under $850? among them. Although for example, .38 long is easier to find than .38 Super, but if you can handle and shoot a firearm that uses it, then I say buy it. The trainers VERY MUCH prefer NOT to inadvertently be sending a bunch of ignorant hotheads out with concealed weapons, who are just drooling over the chance–“opportunity”–to use them. That means it will be more precise at long range, though there are better rifle chamberings purely for long-range target work and varminting (.22-250 and .243 Winchester come to mind). The European CIP conversion is much more precise than the US SAAMI conversion. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A 5.56 NATO chamber with a 1:7 twist is also a good choice since most milspec rifles commonly come this way. My AR for this chambering is spec’d for 5.56, so I have 5.56 premium ammo for TEOTWAWKI, but practice my drills mostly with cheaper .223. 5.56 or .223, none of this matters because there will never be any peace in the world until you start using your turn signal. You need to know if yours is. Az was most Gun liberal state for me other than Texas. ��@Q)-Z�䓞�w{Y^X.W5��R�. So what is stamped on the barrel doesn’t necessarily mean much. Also, I strongly disagree that most Democrats want to take all guns away from civilians. I went for a 5.56 NATO chambering with 1:8 twist when I snagged my AR because the uppers with Wylde chambers were more expensive and I wanted a rifle that would shoot *all* the available ammo with reasonable accuracy. What’s the difference between 5.56mm NATO and .223 Remington, anyhow? Is that worth much to you? Democrats? NATO, you see, develops standardized loads so that any member nation has specifications for making the ammunition. The .223 case holds .02 ml less water than a 5.56; does this really affect the pressure generated with the same powder load, or does it only increase the case durability with NATO-spec loads? Hodgdon data shows max load of 27.8 gr at 51,300 psi. The twist rates vary from 1 in 10 to 1in 7 . In the wrong hands it could guide an ICBM to within an inch of any target on the planet. If you get a .223 Wylde or a 5.56 you can shoot any available ammo from 40 to 77 grain. And I thought my 55g load of Winchester .223 cases, Winchester small rifle primers, and 25.5g of AR2206H was on the hot side. My attempt to edit didn’t take (it’s just digits so what if many are duplicated): I have 8 acres, with my home in the middle, on high ground. I’d rather have something like a BCM with a NATO barrel than a cheap rifle with a Wylde barrel. I can pick up whatever’s cheapest for target practice without regard to bullet weight (it’s almost always 55gr .223 or 62gr 5.56 Tula crap), and I keep a couple of mags loaded with Frontier open-tip match in case I need to repel invaders. When it comes to 5.56 vs .223 it isn’t necessarily true. Therefore, 5.56mm NATO ammo isn’t safe for use in a rifle chambered for .223 Remington, but .223 is OK in 5.56. But that pressure is gotten by a different method (EPVAT) than SAAMI uses. AKs? In my AR’s I use 1-8 Wylde twist and chamber, no worries and accuracy is good, sometimes even great. And, obviously, I’m no Christian–but if Christians truly acted as if they modeled themselves on the pious, compassionate, JEWISH Jesus I’d greet them as brothers and cousins. Incredibly accurate for so very many grains as they looked. Attacking the fringe while ignoring core rot will result in very little (unless one runs their life based on, “If it saves even one.”) improvement in general safety. ���������n�I����x�7ly����� �|`�C�O�o��dx�}���u0�!V9z��� c����������#G-�0hq�A���v�a�L�h�F^|h+������l,4����]O5��|��]�åH�r��HLZs�Z�eds���1[� ��B�Vj^�0ya|}\����g)3=o� �c=�91?�X/���< ��Sۺ:r-����ab�ziN�Rzq�]'=i�hf�\x�篺���Ѹ�����n�4e���*%��gW���R�R�+���H��G.�� ���uW�+5�z����;�����͢ Ruger has recently been on fire, coming out with interesting and even compelling new firearms in quick succession. But it’s all the same NATO standard right…not really. I went to university with radical leftists, socialists and closet communists. This is so the NATO L110 tracer round (which has a longer projectile) can be fired from the same rifle as the standard ball round, as the optimal twist rate for the 62gr 5.56mm round is more like 1:9. I had a lot of .223 55 grain on hand so we spent the first range day burning some of that up. My boxes say .308 or 7.62 x 51 mm so I can’t possibly have an opinion on the varmint rounds. Read “What’s the Matter With Kansas” by Thomas Frank, about how Reagan policies hollowed out the economies and civil life of middle America, using those electoral tactics. The .223 Remington chambering is the better all ’rounder. Don’t need to read that stuff any more. These were all chambered in 5.56. These type postings are always welcomed. I am one who believes in using what works best for you. I DO know that most of what Trump and followers represent is vile and reprehensible to me–and he has co-opted and remade the GOP in his slimy, Russia (and other dictator-) loving image. Maybe I just oppose 30 – 100 round magazines/drums. The names are household. What’s laughable is that evangelicals are the hardest-core among his base of blind, foaming-at-the-mouth supporters. The elderly gentleman that I bought the Rifle from called them Dum Dum rounds. From a consumer standpoint, I just buy 1:8 .223 wylde barrels and call it done and just don’t push my loads to the bleeding edge. This article mashes enough things together into assumptions that I question if those assumptions are based on knowledge and experience or ignorance. ... difference between the 6.5 Creedmoor and the 6.5 PRC with a case capacity of 57.9 gr H2O.