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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 592776" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>the 5.56 verses .223 controversey has been going on for eons. There's not that much difference between the two rounds contrary to what everybody's gonna tell you. Blackhills loads 5.56 match for the military, and they load to a little over 58K psi (per the president of the company). The real difference between the two rounds is the throat. One is much different than the other. Case wise they are identical, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Now military brass is another storey in itself. The capacity in grains of water is slightly less than the commercial stuff (.223). I can't say anything about commercial 5.56, and I've never checked it out (I have a bunch of blackhills 5.56 brass).</p><p> </p><p>Now you will also hear stories about a gun blowing up shooting 5.56 stuff in a .223 chamber. But when you dig in you will also find that it was a friend of a friend that knew somebody in Utah that had a neighbor. I've probably put hundreds of mil spec 5.56 thru several rifles chambered in .223. I'd be more worried about the AR having a catastropic failure than a bolt gun, and I doubt that it would anyway. You really ought to get your hands on a small base die set (RCBS sells them along with others). But if your using military brass you need to reduce your loads alittle bit as they just don't hold as much powder. Also with a 5.56 chamber and the throat being different; you need to approach that with some caution.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 592776, member: 25383"] the 5.56 verses .223 controversey has been going on for eons. There's not that much difference between the two rounds contrary to what everybody's gonna tell you. Blackhills loads 5.56 match for the military, and they load to a little over 58K psi (per the president of the company). The real difference between the two rounds is the throat. One is much different than the other. Case wise they are identical, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Now military brass is another storey in itself. The capacity in grains of water is slightly less than the commercial stuff (.223). I can't say anything about commercial 5.56, and I've never checked it out (I have a bunch of blackhills 5.56 brass). Now you will also hear stories about a gun blowing up shooting 5.56 stuff in a .223 chamber. But when you dig in you will also find that it was a friend of a friend that knew somebody in Utah that had a neighbor. I've probably put hundreds of mil spec 5.56 thru several rifles chambered in .223. I'd be more worried about the AR having a catastropic failure than a bolt gun, and I doubt that it would anyway. You really ought to get your hands on a small base die set (RCBS sells them along with others). But if your using military brass you need to reduce your loads alittle bit as they just don't hold as much powder. Also with a 5.56 chamber and the throat being different; you need to approach that with some caution. gary [/QUOTE]
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