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Firing a 5.56×45mm NATO round out of a rifle chambered in .223 Remington could be injurious or fatal to the user as well as the gun, however .223 Remington ammunition can be fired safely from almost any rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO as the NATO specified rifles can handle much higher chamber pressures than the .223 Remington is capable of ...
Assault rifle China 2000s-present Copy of the AK-101. QBZ-03: Assault rifle China 2003–present Export variant is chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. QBU-97A: Semi-automatic bullpup sniper rifle China 1997–present 5.56×45mm NATO variant of QBU-88. Galil Córdova: Assault rifle Colombia: 2015–present SIG SG 530 FAMAE: Assault rifle Chile: 1991 ...
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, ... (9.1 mm).410 bore — .410 in ... Cartridge and reloading info can be found at Accurate Reloading This page was ...
A guide to the recoil from the cartridge, and an indicator of bullet penetration potential. The .30-06 Springfield (at 2.064 lbf-s) is considered the upper limit for tolerable recoil for inexperienced rifle shooters. [2] Chg: Propellant charge, in grains; Dia: Bullet diameter, in inches; BC: Ballistic coefficient, G1 model; L: Case length (mm)
The AR-15 rifle usually comes chambered for either the military cartridge 5.56×45mm or the .223 Remington. Because of the pressures associated with the 5.56×45mm, it is not advisable to fire 5.56×45mm rounds in an AR-15 marked as .223 Remington, since this can result in damage to the rifle or injury to the shooter. [1]
5.56×45mm NATO: Caliber: 5.56 mm (.223 in) Rate of fire: 950 round/min: Effective firing range: 500 meters, depends on barrel length: Maximum firing range: 850 meters, depends on barrel length: Feed system: STANAG magazine: Sights: Iron sights or various optics
Bill Wylde of Greenup, Illinois, compared the two cartridges and changed the chamber of the rifle's barrel to a specification he called the .223 Wylde chamber. The chamber is made with the external dimensions and leade angle found in the military 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge and the 0.2240 in (5.69 mm) freebore diameter found in the civilian SAAMI.
Assault rifles firing 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. Subcategories. ... Haenel MK 556; L. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants; LSAT rifle; N. Norinco CQ; S. Safir ...