|
|
12-17-2016, 12:23 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 5
Likes: 4
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
|
223 or 556
Forgive my ignorance of this topic. I have recently purchased my first AR. I got the MP II sport. Is this rifle able to shoot 556 and 223 or just 223?
|
12-17-2016, 12:25 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 9
Likes: 1
Liked 5 Times in 2 Posts
|
|
Short answer, Both!!
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 12:26 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 588
Likes: 736
Liked 425 Times in 235 Posts
|
|
You're fine. A rifle chambered in 5.56 will safely fire both rounds. With most rifles chambered in .223 it's not recommended you fire 5.56 in it (the CZ bolt action .223's are one exception I know of.)
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 12:38 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wylie, TX
Posts: 4,670
Likes: 1,075
Liked 3,823 Times in 2,040 Posts
|
|
What does your manual say? You have read the manual, haven't you?
|
The Following 3 Users Like Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 12:40 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 5
Likes: 4
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by cyphertext
What does your manual say? You have read the manual, haven't you?
|
Ha ha I have it on order won't receive it until Monday or Tuesday. I'm just impatient and excited.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 12:41 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 18,773
Likes: 6,048
Liked 5,762 Times in 1,992 Posts
|
|
If the barrel is marked for a 556 you can shoot both 223 or 556 through the rifle.
|
12-17-2016, 12:42 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wylie, TX
Posts: 4,670
Likes: 1,075
Liked 3,823 Times in 2,040 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jrod4529
Ha ha I have it on order won't receive it until Monday or Tuesday. I'm just impatient and excited.
|
Enjoy!
https://snwcdnprod.azureedge.net/sit...005747_web.pdf
|
12-17-2016, 12:46 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: ARIZONA
Posts: 1,005
Likes: 103
Liked 1,475 Times in 601 Posts
|
|
cyphertext makes a good point about reading the manual, I say also take another step and look at the barrel, it should be marked .223 or 5.56 Nato. The difference is in the throating of the barrel, and sometimes in the degree of looseness in the chamber. The 5.56 nato chambers are a tad looser, and the rifling starts a little further down the bore be able to chamber a variety of nato rounds. The nato rounds are also usually loaded to higher pressures than .223. Most but not all AR-15 are chambered in 5.56 these days, but as I said check the barrel markings to be 100% positive
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 01:19 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wylie, TX
Posts: 4,670
Likes: 1,075
Liked 3,823 Times in 2,040 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by apollo99
cyphertext makes a good point about reading the manual, I say also take another step and look at the barrel, it should be marked .223 or 5.56 Nato. The difference is in the throating of the barrel, and sometimes in the degree of looseness in the chamber. The 5.56 nato chambers are a tad looser, and the rifling starts a little further down the bore be able to chamber a variety of nato rounds. The nato rounds are also usually loaded to higher pressures than .223. Most but not all AR-15 are chambered in 5.56 these days, but as I said check the barrel markings to be 100% positive
|
Agree... always look at the barrel markings, especially if buying used!
|
12-17-2016, 02:59 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 242
Likes: 26
Liked 141 Times in 76 Posts
|
|
Since when do men read manuals? When I get something new I first pick it up while looking confused and expect an understanding of its operation to strike me like a bolt of lightning, if I still don't understand how it operates I then hit it repeatedly with my hand whilst making an OOOO OOO OOOO noise until it complies and the bolt strikes, if that still doesn't work well that's when I go to the basement to get my hammer...
Last edited by arnoob; 12-17-2016 at 03:00 PM.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 03:11 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 498
Likes: 188
Liked 325 Times in 193 Posts
|
|
And, if a barrel is marked 223 Wylde, then it's good for both .223 & 5.56.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 03:17 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: ARIZONA
Posts: 1,005
Likes: 103
Liked 1,475 Times in 601 Posts
|
|
arnoob, while I understand most of you post you have to clarify some things; Is it a BFH or a LFH that you are using?
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 03:43 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wylie, TX
Posts: 4,670
Likes: 1,075
Liked 3,823 Times in 2,040 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by apollo99
arnoob, while I understand most of you post you have to clarify some things; Is it a BFH or a LFH that you are using?
|
BFH! Only a BFH will make things work!
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
12-17-2016, 11:38 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Seattle
Posts: 3,421
Likes: 995
Liked 3,595 Times in 1,521 Posts
|
|
For the record .223 Wylde is a tighter hybrid chamber generous enough to handle almost any NATO 5.56 rounds, but tight enough so it shoots .223 Remington loads almost as accurately as a native .223 Remington chamber. Best of both worlds.
Clearing the Caliber Confusion: .223 Wylde vs. 5.56 NATO - American Weapons Components
Last edited by Racer X; 12-22-2016 at 03:19 AM.
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|