alsaqr
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Sure the rifle can probably handle the higher pressure but actual pressure testing of 5.56 NATO ammo fired in a SAAMI .223 chamber resulted in pressures in the 85k range.
So says SAAMI. A friends Oehler Model 43 Personal Ballistics Lab says otherwise.
Strange that SAAMI waited until millions of rounds of surplus 5.56mm ammo hit the market to spring this big revelation on us.
This is the same SAAMI that asked OSHA to update the regs on small arms ammo manufacture, storage and shipment. Problem was that SAAMI did not contact US ammo makers first.
OSHA did as SAAMI asked. The proposed reg was put up for comments and US manufacturers of small arms ammo jumped all over SAAMI: SAAMI lied and whined to gunowners to pull their rears out of the fire.
Would SAAMI lie to you? IMO: The answer to that question is a resounding yes.