Military Surplus .223 ammo

[TnShooter83]

The kind you see for sale in the Ammo cans.
Most of the time with a sign saying Military Surplus.....(Not sure how?, last time I checked they still used the .223 in the services.)

Is it corrosive, and would you shoot it in your rifle?
I was told some of the surplus ammunition was hard on rifle bores.
As it easy to replace a barrel on an AR type rifle....Not so easy on a
hunting rig.

 

[Eric F]

bottom line here is if you cannot determin who makes it then you just dont know. I would shoot it. I wouldnt worry about it being corrosive you just dont see that in 223/5.56 I have never heard of it being hard on any barrel.

 

[MDW GUNS]

Surplus at this time must some real crap, because anything else was bought up by the US Goverment.
With two wars going on, the US needs every day an extra 1 Million rounds!

Anyway, I have not seen any surplus for a good price in a long while!
At this time you look with shipping still above the $400/1000.

 

[takhtakaal]

Surplus 5.56x45 is generally NOT going to be corrosive.

Go look for deals at ar15.com -- folks are constantly buying and selling 5.56.

http://tinyurl.com/32pvau

 

[LeibstandarteAdH]

Privi has some awesome 2007 manufacture M193 that i take over lake city any day. Its $66 per 200 round battle pack and well worth it.