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.223 or 5.56 Differences, which to purchase?
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 2616922" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Advantage of the Wylde chamber would be a somewhat longer throat than is common for the std .223, which for the mid to upper end of bullet weights will work better.</p><p></p><p>Were I going to shoot 52's/53's to 55's, then I'd go with a std .223 chamber.</p><p></p><p>Were I going to shoot 60's to 70's then I'd go with an appropriately throated std chamber or a Wylde chamber.</p><p></p><p>Finding a bolt with a Wylde chamber isn't terribly likely, while they're everywhere for an auto-loader. I believe (someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that a .223 Rem chamber can be made into a Wylde chamber simply by having a competent smith run a Wylde reamer into the barrel. Should be very much like making an Ackley Improved chamber from a std, but with even less metal removed.</p><p>The real trick will be finding a factory barrel with the appropriate twist for the heavier bullets. I suspect that to get the Wylde chamber in a barrel with the correct twist that you're looking at a custom barrel.</p><p>If you buy a Savage then changing the factory barrel with it's std chamber and twist with a Shilen prefit from <a href="https://northlandshooterssupply.com/barrels/shilen-savage-pre-fit-barrels/" target="_blank">https://northlandshooterssupply.com/barrels/shilen-savage-pre-fit-barrels/</a> is a fairly simple project for the future.</p><p></p><p>Back when it was cheep I used to shoot a lot of Norinco 5.56 in my .223 bolt. It was plinking ammo that I did police like all brass, but didn't have to worry about. Worked fine, never saw any evidence that it was dangerous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 2616922, member: 93138"] Advantage of the Wylde chamber would be a somewhat longer throat than is common for the std .223, which for the mid to upper end of bullet weights will work better. Were I going to shoot 52's/53's to 55's, then I'd go with a std .223 chamber. Were I going to shoot 60's to 70's then I'd go with an appropriately throated std chamber or a Wylde chamber. Finding a bolt with a Wylde chamber isn't terribly likely, while they're everywhere for an auto-loader. I believe (someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that a .223 Rem chamber can be made into a Wylde chamber simply by having a competent smith run a Wylde reamer into the barrel. Should be very much like making an Ackley Improved chamber from a std, but with even less metal removed. The real trick will be finding a factory barrel with the appropriate twist for the heavier bullets. I suspect that to get the Wylde chamber in a barrel with the correct twist that you're looking at a custom barrel. If you buy a Savage then changing the factory barrel with it's std chamber and twist with a Shilen prefit from [URL]https://northlandshooterssupply.com/barrels/shilen-savage-pre-fit-barrels/[/URL] is a fairly simple project for the future. Back when it was cheep I used to shoot a lot of Norinco 5.56 in my .223 bolt. It was plinking ammo that I did police like all brass, but didn't have to worry about. Worked fine, never saw any evidence that it was dangerous. [/QUOTE]
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