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The .223 Remington (designated 223 Remington by SAAMI [4] and 223 Rem. by the C.I.P., [5] pronounced "two-twenty three") is a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire intermediate cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command of the United States Army as part of a project to create ...
.223 Remington – Original AR-15 cartridge: .223 cartridges may function in a 5.56×45mm rifle, however 5.56×45mm cartridges may produce excessive pressure in a .223 Rem rifle. On the other hand, a .223 Wylde chamber is used on .223 Rem rifle barrels to allow them to safely fire either .223 Remington or 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. [6]
.223 REM 20 in. HBAR 1:12 Yes Type 2 Duckbill 606A CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M1: A1 Triangular S-1-F A1 Yes No .223 REM 20 in. HBAR 1:12 Yes Type 2 Duckbill 606B CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M1: A1 Triangular S-F-1-3 A1 Yes No .223 REM 20 in. HBAR 1:12 Yes Type 2 Duckbill 607: CAR-15 SMG: 1st Generation Short Triangular S-1-F A1 No No .223 REM ...
.223 Remington United States: yes 1966-present CAR 816: Caracal International: 5.56×45mm United Arab Emirates: yes 2014-present Carbon 15: Bushmaster Firearms International: 5.56×45mm.223 Remington 9×19mm Parabellum United States: Chropi rifle: Chropei: 5.56×45mm 7.62×39mm Greece: no 1975 CEAM Modèle 1950: Atelier Mécanique de Mulhouse ...
The .223 WSSM was introduced in 2003 by the Browning Arms Company, Winchester Ammunition, and Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The .223 designation is a reference to the popular .223 Remington. It is currently the fastest production .22 caliber round in the world with muzzle velocities as high as 4,600 feet per second (1,402 meters per second).
Martin Peyerl used a Ruger Mini-14 with a scope to commit a shooting on November 1, 1999, the day of All Saints, in which he started shooting out his window, killing three people and injuring seven others before fatally shooting his sister and the family cat and committing suicide using a Henry double-barreled shotgun.
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[69] [70] Some commercial rifles marked as ".223 Remington" are in fact suited for 5.56×45mm NATO, such as many commercial AR-15 variants and the Ruger Mini-14 (marked ".223 cal", except the Mini-14 "Target" model, which only fires .223), but the manufacturer should always be consulted to verify that this is acceptable before attempting it ...