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To: DIRTYSECRET

Absolutely not! 5.56 has higher pressure and is unsafe in rifles chambered for .223 even though it looks like it fits. You can, however, shoot .223 out of a rifle chambered for 5.56. If you are buying a new gun get 5.56.


11 posted on 07/24/2020 7:40:48 PM PDT by E Pluribus Bellum
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To: E Pluribus Bellum
'Absolutely not! 5.56 has higher pressure and is unsafe in rifles chambered for .223 even though it looks like it fits. You can, however, shoot .223 out of a rifle chambered for 5.56. If you are buying a new gun get 5.56.'

That's why I bought an AR in .223/5.56 Wylde.

19 posted on 07/24/2020 8:00:55 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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To: E Pluribus Bellum

BUMP!


72 posted on 07/25/2020 9:40:22 AM PDT by golux
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