223/5.56

[Rst1990]

Hiya guys can you help me out, is this ammo able to go through my tikka t3x?

It's got 5.56 on the box and not shore it was £6.50 so not a great loss if not

Thanks

 

Edited July 23, 2017 by Rst1990

[mad1]

Yes it's marked as .223...

[steve_b_wales]

5.56 is the military spec'.

[Rst1990]

Yes it's marked as .223...

it was sold as 223 and says 223 but why 5.56 Strange, none of the other boxs I bought had 5.56 on them hornady, federal. Thought I'd ask and play it safe.

Thank you

5.56 is the military spec'.

Thought 5.56 was not a good idea to put through 223

Because of military spec ammunition pressures etc

[Zapp]

It says "for civilian rifles" on the box so it's not military spec.

[steve_b_wales]

It says "for civilian rifles" on the box so it's not military spec.

What I meant was 5.56 is the military specification, just like 6mm (243) etc

[drivinfish1]

I put these through my browning x bolt after buying them at the stoneleigh show and I paid less than that too.

If I remember they where £33 per 100.

Had no trouble at all with them

[Rst1990]

I put these through my browning x bolt after buying them at the stoneleigh show and I paid less than that too.

If I remember they where £33 per 100.

Had no trouble at all with them

You paid 50p too much lol

I'll give them a go

Thanks

[walshie]

Yes. No problem with them.

[Vince Green]

5.56mm is the military designation for .223, your FAC should automatically have comeback reading .223/5.56mm as the approved calibre when you applied.

 

5.56 surplus ammo is usually very much cheaper. There has been some discussion about pressures but everybody I know runs military surplus ammo through their .223s without any problems. Barnaul is very popular.

Edited July 23, 2017 by Vince Green

[Dekers]

These are .223, there is an argument you can use .223 in a 5.56, but best not to try the other way round.

 

Just the same, I feed ALL my guns what is stamped on the barrel.

 

I tried these many years ago in my .223 T3 Lite, I was not impressed, hardly any better than Wolf!

[Dunkield]

if you look up ^^^ there is sticky at the top of this section on the subject.

 

But as we all know the first rule of Forums is "no one ever read stickies"

[Rst1990]

if you look up ^^^ there is sticky at the top of this section on the subject.

 

But as we all know the first rule of Forums is "no one ever read stickies"

I had a look but the links are not working, think they may need updating

But to be fair I was asking about this certain box of ammo.

So second rule of forum no one ever reads the original post lol

Thanks for the input though

Edited July 24, 2017 by Rst1990

[Flyboy1950]

I bought a load of these (55 grain) for zeroing my scope, before fine tuning with my home loads.

They are fine for the 223, though not the most accurate.

The latest boxes I have purchased state they are made for bolt action rifles.

My CZ 527 wont handle the 62 grain cartridges that are shown in the picture as I don`t have the twist rate needed.