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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Heavy for Caliber 5.56/223 for Yotes?
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 2096772" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>I believe that if one were to study on the history of the 223 rem you might find that it came from the 222 mag and was designed for the U.S. military for use in the then new m16 . It was designed around the 55 gr. bullet with a certain powder . The Army had a large stock pile of a different powder so they wanted to use that but it had a different burn rate and tried to extract the round before it cooled enough to release from the chamber walls causing jambs . So there were changes made chrome lined barrels , chambers , different weight buffers and springs ect . rate of fire was changed to a 3 round burst from full auto . Also the tight tolerances were loosened up . If memory serves me well they started with 1 in12 twist 20 inch barrels . So now we want to have more knock down power for hard to stop targets and start to bring on heaver bullets and faster twist rates for them along with shorter barrels . Hum . For me if I want a heaver bullet then maybe I should look for a different caliber such as the 243 or perhaps the 7.62x39 . that's just me as the 55 gr. bullet seems to be the optimum weight for the small case of the 223 rem . and I don't have to live with what has been issued to me .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 2096772, member: 91783"] I believe that if one were to study on the history of the 223 rem you might find that it came from the 222 mag and was designed for the U.S. military for use in the then new m16 . It was designed around the 55 gr. bullet with a certain powder . The Army had a large stock pile of a different powder so they wanted to use that but it had a different burn rate and tried to extract the round before it cooled enough to release from the chamber walls causing jambs . So there were changes made chrome lined barrels , chambers , different weight buffers and springs ect . rate of fire was changed to a 3 round burst from full auto . Also the tight tolerances were loosened up . If memory serves me well they started with 1 in12 twist 20 inch barrels . So now we want to have more knock down power for hard to stop targets and start to bring on heaver bullets and faster twist rates for them along with shorter barrels . Hum . For me if I want a heaver bullet then maybe I should look for a different caliber such as the 243 or perhaps the 7.62x39 . that's just me as the 55 gr. bullet seems to be the optimum weight for the small case of the 223 rem . and I don't have to live with what has been issued to me . [/QUOTE]
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