Army goes to new ammo

[Colts4me]

Looks like it's a done deal that the Army is going to new lighter ammo. What will this mean to 556 ammo production in the future?

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[kott0n]

Yeah that ammo in the last pic looks strange. Never seen anything like that.

 

[Brutus57]

Me want two of each.

Brutus Out

 

[shibbershabber]

Maybe we will get some deals on surplus 556x45?

 

[DenimChicken]

I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[Colts4me]

The new ammo cant' be reloaded and is made of polymer, they will get rid of brass cases. You might ponder that when they put together a sporting rifle with this ammo.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I don't know what to think about all this new fangled technology.

 

[Colts4me]

I don't know what to think about all this new fangled technology.

Well everyone loves their plastic pistols, here comes the plastic ammo for the plastic pistols. I wonder what the shelf life will be?

 

[Caveman Jim]

Well everyone loves their plastic pistols, here comes the plastic ammo for the plastic pistols. I wonder what the shelf life will be?

Yeah, that was tried before & it flopped, badly.
I'll post a pic later that's on my desktop.
It was called PCA ammo.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Maybe we will get some deals on surplus 556x45?

 

[Medic!]

Yeah, that was tried before & it flopped, badly.
I'll post a pic later that's on my desktop.
It was called PCA ammo.

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I have some ammo like that in 38 special.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I have some ammo like that in 38 special.

Ruh Ros (Skooby Doo)

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Wonder if discussions were similar when the Army went from flint to percussion or from round ball to a conical ?
( Minine ball )

Both were seen as a state of the art advancements in firearms and projectiles
Oh and BTW no plastic for me ...in case anyone was wondering...
Andy

 

[Medic!]

It's been 50 years or so now with the M-16.
They got that thing pretty well sorted?

 

[fredball]

Does anyone know what the balistic's look like

 

[Quartermaster]

If it's still in testing how can you say it's a "done deal?" There's no delivery contract. That's premature.

 

[Boboclown]

Testing is when they determine they like it or not. Its not a done deal until they make the decision to switch to it. Remember, they tested a few carbines when finding a replacement for the M4, and that certainly was not a done deal.

 

[fredball]

Did some research and come to find out this new ammo is $12.98 a round VS .37cents a round for 556 WTF how stupid is this

 

[DuneHopper]

Plastic, nope......
Manufactures can't even get the metal right all the time hence we get squibs, fails and everything else usually ammo related. Not plastic composition is nothing like metals even
the right polymers are made how that bond compared to metal shows a degradation allot quicker how this will effect extreme use in cold and high heat, humidity makes me wonder is this is a good idea,

 

[41mag]

re: the brass cup left in photo #3 above:
I've seen this short little cup at a range a number of times, never knew what it was.