The misguided infatuation with 5.56

[candcallen]

Then why isn’t your handle “556 Jeremy”?

Maybe he likes to drink beer really really fast?

 

[MacZC7]

Maybe he likes to drink beer really really fast?

Excellent answer

 

[seeker_two]

So Ben has a new title?

Head Boomer ....... lmao

I wish you had that idea earlier.....then he would have been known as a Boomer Sooner.....

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[TxStetson]

Then why isn’t your handle “556 Jeremy”?

Maybe he has a shotgun that also fires a 5.56.

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

I like to slam beers while shooting my shotgun with a 5.56 rifle mounted to the side. Think AR with a door breach mount.

 

[oldag]

Maybe he has a shotgun that also fires a 5.56.

Sabot rounds?

 

[DVC10mm]

Well, one thing we found out, don't bring your little 9mm to a 5.56 fight!

 

[sidebite252]

I wish you had that idea earlier.....then he would have been known as a Boomer Sooner.....

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I wanted to like this twice! Lmao

 

[Axxe55]

I like to slam beers while shooting my shotgun with a 5.56 rifle mounted to the side. Think AR with a door breach mount.

I usually kept a can opener attached to my shotgun. Never can tell when you might get a powerful thirst for a cold beer!

 

[baboon]

 

[IMPD2079]

Its also hard to find 7.62x39.

 

[Hoji]

Its also hard to find 7.62x39.

Not really.
Plenty of it

 

[mad88minute]

Its also hard to find 7.62x39.

I see stacks at academy in Houston

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[SQLGeek]

I see stacks at academy in Houston

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Yep. Last week I went on the grand tour of Academy stores in the southwest and south and every one of them had it. Most had 5.45 too.

 

[majormadmax]

Its also hard to find 7.62x39.

If anyone doesn't already have a sufficient amount of ammo on hand, it's their fault.

 

[Axxe55]

"Why the misguided infatuation with the 5.56?"

Simple answer. "They haven't brought out a 5.57 yet!"



Playing nightly and two shows on Saturday. Get your tickets and see the show!

 

[jkingrph]

I bought my Rem 700 Varmint Special back in 1970 when I was a young Lt in the USAF, so I could get some military ammo to shoot, yes I know about the warnings about 5.56 in a .223, but done it in that rifle for 50 years with no problems, and a lot of once fired free brass at the time for reloading. Strictly an economic move on my part at the time. I have since gotten and or built 4 AR's in different configurations.

 

[69ChevelleLSX]

Why are American civilians (particularly) in love with this round when there are so many more styles and sizes out there! The round was invented decades ago for combat, to be accurate at mid and longer ranges. If only more people would have instead purchased rifles chambered in different sizes, there would not be such a shortage right now. I do not own a rifle chambered in 5.56, although I have experience firing 5.56. I'm worried for my fellow countrymen who cannot purchase ammo or have to pay much higher prices.

Are you drunk bub?
As a proud American I own multiple firearms in multiple chambers foreign and domestic.

 

[CPTKILLER]

I’m building a 6mm ARC in an AR15 platform. It is:

More accurate
Longer range (better than a 6.5 Grendel and 308 Win)
Harder hitting similar to a 243 Win
With the right barrel, heavier bullets than 243 Win
Also now a military round with limited issue
Large variety of 243 bullets for reloaders
Excellent for whitetails, pigs, and varmints
Lighter than an AR10

 

[plinkr]

I have read many posts about consolidating calibers, get it down to 3, or 2, or 1. Now, when ammo is scarce, caliber diversity is an advantage.