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Old June 26th, 2009, 10:35 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Ram Rod View Post
Bushmaster makes only 5.56 NATO chambers for their AR-15's. I have a 1/9 twist barrel. It's plainly marked.
But they're not really 5.56, that's the point. Here's a post by an armorer for a security company. The high ups chose Bushmaster and he's had to ream every single chamber... There's another more in depth post about it, but I can't find it. Here he talks about new barrels the bean counters bought him that had the same (and other problems).

What they mark them and what they will actually shoot are two different things...
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