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tahunua001 · September 30, 2012, 05:21 PM

supposedly it's mostly the pressure of the rounds with a very slight chamber difference but there are strong arguments that interchangeability is a myth and that it is not. I just either buy rifles chambered in 5.56 or 223 wylde and don't worry about it.

September 30, 2012, 05:21 PM	#7
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 3,609	supposedly it's mostly the pressure of the rounds with a very slight chamber difference but there are strong arguments that interchangeability is a myth and that it is not. I just either buy rifles chambered in 5.56 or 223 wylde and don't worry about it. __________________ all guns lost in a tragic smelting accident. I never said half the crap people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin Bean counters told me I couldn't fire a man for being in a wheelchair, did it anyway. Ramps are expensive.-Cave Johnson.