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Posted: 8/11/2019 2:00:50 PM EDT
Anyone have any experience with this ammo? I can't find anything on the web about it except it being sold at targetsportsusa.com. I was looking for the Federal XM556FBIT3 62gr bonded soft point and I found this stuff...

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/federal-fbi-556-ammo-50-grain-nt-jhp-xm556fbitrnt-50-p-109724.aspx

Is it just a mislabel or does this exist?
Link Posted: 8/12/2019 12:51:26 AM EDT
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Anyone have any experience with this ammo? I can't find anything on the web about it except it being sold at targetsportsusa.com. I was looking for the Federal XM556FBIT3 62gr bonded soft point and I found this stuff...

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/federal-fbi-556-ammo-50-grain-nt-jhp-xm556fbitrnt-50-p-109724.aspx

Is it just a mislabel or does this exist?
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It’s a real load. It’s an FBI training round.  It will still jack someone up.
Link Posted: 8/12/2019 7:33:44 PM EDT
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@Alexbrooks Can you comment on the differences among the various versions of the FBI duty load that Federal has produced?

From what I can tell, the the FBI was first using XM556FBIT3, a 5.56 pressure load.

Then it seems they switched to XM556FBIT3M, which despite the "556" in the name was apparently .223 pressure (based on the box markings and case headstamp). Then in a thread last year you mentioned another .223 pressure FBI load, XM223SBCT3.

If XM556FBIT3M is a .223 pressure load as I suspect, are there any differences between that and XM223SBCT3, or are we just talking about a simple change in product numbers to signify a new contract/packaging differences/etc.?

OP, hope you don't mind me piggybacking on your thread since you did mention that you were looking for XM556FBIT3.
Link Posted: 8/12/2019 8:29:10 PM EDT
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