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BamaSteve · June 28th, 2009, 05:32 PM

Like I have said, I don't know anything much about rifles or the ammunition for them, but am is it true that a rifle chambered for 5.56 can safely use .223? But not the other way around? And is this due to the higher pressure 5.56?

June 28th, 2009, 05:32 PM	#32
BamaSteve Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 663	Like I have said, I don't know anything much about rifles or the ammunition for them, but am is it true that a rifle chambered for 5.56 can safely use .223? But not the other way around? And is this due to the higher pressure 5.56? __________________ Smith & Wesson M&P9cCrossbreed Supertuck EDC Light:Nitecore EX10 R2 EDC Knife:Remington Sportsman Series “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” --Thomas Jefferson 1816