I purchased a case of ammo advertised as 5.56 XM193 a few years back from a place in Texas. The ammo that showed up did not have the nato head stamp. It is labeled LC 09.
It shoots good for what it is. Unfortunately i think this is ignorant or false advertising on their part?. I suppose it could be loaded to NATO pressures. I am just to lazy to set my chronograph up for plinking rounds.
Does anybody here know the difference in case quality for reloading?
None of the cases have crimped or sealed primers obviously. For that i am glad.
I have spent a bunch of time scouring the internet looking for an answer as to what the difference is. My guess is they are just loaded to normal 223 pressures and sold as XM193.
I scoured the internet for an hour or so looking for an answer about this ammo but could not find anything that seemed correct.
So i turned to the HIGH ROAD
The majority of the threads ended with the Federal cartridge conspiracy. Then turned to the answer that only XM855 is nato stamped. That is wrong again as they still make NATO/5.56 (spec) XM193 for the National Guard who still pack around 20 inch A2's and A3's. Not to mention i have a couple hundred rounds of the XM193 civilian real deal.
I suppose i am not all that interested in why LC made non NATO spec ammo as far as waterproof/velocity/MOA requirements go etc. Would be nice to know how the cases faired after a few reloads though.
Thanks for your time.
It shoots good for what it is. Unfortunately i think this is ignorant or false advertising on their part?. I suppose it could be loaded to NATO pressures. I am just to lazy to set my chronograph up for plinking rounds.
Does anybody here know the difference in case quality for reloading?
None of the cases have crimped or sealed primers obviously. For that i am glad.
I have spent a bunch of time scouring the internet looking for an answer as to what the difference is. My guess is they are just loaded to normal 223 pressures and sold as XM193.
I scoured the internet for an hour or so looking for an answer about this ammo but could not find anything that seemed correct.
So i turned to the HIGH ROAD
The majority of the threads ended with the Federal cartridge conspiracy. Then turned to the answer that only XM855 is nato stamped. That is wrong again as they still make NATO/5.56 (spec) XM193 for the National Guard who still pack around 20 inch A2's and A3's. Not to mention i have a couple hundred rounds of the XM193 civilian real deal.
I suppose i am not all that interested in why LC made non NATO spec ammo as far as waterproof/velocity/MOA requirements go etc. Would be nice to know how the cases faired after a few reloads though.
Thanks for your time.
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