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AR15/10 Rifles
Rem R 15
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<blockquote data-quote="rdsii64" data-source="post: 778262" data-attributes="member: 13978"><p>Many people will tell you that .223 Remington and 5.56 NATO are simply different designations for the same thing. I am not one of those people. A 223 Remington cartridge has a peak pressure of approx. 55,000. If your rifle has SAAMI chamber <u><em><a href="http://http://www.saami.org" target="_blank">(Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute)</a></em></u>it can safely handle this. </p><p></p><p>A 5.56 NATO cartridge is loaded to higher than maximum SAAMI recommended pressures. Nato pressures are up around 62,000. The chamber, throat, and lead of a NATO chambered gun are designed to handle the higher pressures. </p><p></p><p>If you rifle has a standard NATO chamber, or the newer Wylde <em>(chamber designed to shoot nato pressure ammo and still maintain the accuracy of a SAAMI chamber)</em> chamber you can safely shoot any commercial ammo and any NATO spec ammo as well.</p><p></p><p> If you rifle has a SAAMI chamber, NATO pressure ammo will damage your rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rdsii64, post: 778262, member: 13978"] Many people will tell you that .223 Remington and 5.56 NATO are simply different designations for the same thing. I am not one of those people. A 223 Remington cartridge has a peak pressure of approx. 55,000. If your rifle has SAAMI chamber [U][I][URL="http://http://www.saami.org"](Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute)[/URL][/I][/U]it can safely handle this. A 5.56 NATO cartridge is loaded to higher than maximum SAAMI recommended pressures. Nato pressures are up around 62,000. The chamber, throat, and lead of a NATO chambered gun are designed to handle the higher pressures. If you rifle has a standard NATO chamber, or the newer Wylde [I](chamber designed to shoot nato pressure ammo and still maintain the accuracy of a SAAMI chamber)[/I] chamber you can safely shoot any commercial ammo and any NATO spec ammo as well. If you rifle has a SAAMI chamber, NATO pressure ammo will damage your rifle. [/QUOTE]
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