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Posted: 5/14/2023 2:36:40 PM EDT
 Saw this on facebook and was wondering if anyone saw a notification that the Hellion now can only fire .223 chambering. Their website still says 5.56x45 NATO (223.Rem) I figure this is just a Stamp change. Maybe to make sure the imported stuff doesn't cost them too many points. What say you? |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 3:12:04 PM EDT
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I don’t know..
but Colt is in a similar situation with a 6920 made for the EU market.. the barrel is marked .223 but some me included think it’s just a way to comply with the stupid EU law.. I find it hard to believe that Colt would make a special barrel just for us in EU.. much easier to just mark it 223.. and won’t generate any dangerous situation. A guy on the Colt board is going to test his barrel with a 556 gauge. Would be interesting if someone could do the same with the VHS… |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 3:38:55 PM EDT
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Any barrel coming out of the EU that is for a rifle ... is marked .223 or .308 vs their NATO designation ... even if its chambered in 5.56 ...
Its a 5.56 ... that said most have been marked 5,56 MATO 1/7 that I’ve seen. Maybe early batches got the military blanks … |
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Posted: 5/17/2023 2:23:21 PM EDT
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No. It’s just a BS import thing. Steyr has done it for years
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Posted: 5/18/2023 9:01:29 PM EDT
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You act as though there is a difference between cartridges that would somehow make it improper to stamp a barrel with .223 Rem. Other than internet mythology.
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Posted: 5/19/2023 10:39:20 AM EDT
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Not a myth … to help get passed European bureaucracy strings … maaaany barrels are marked .223 vs 5.56 … depending on the level of bureaucracy at hand …
Why civilian rifles in Europe are marketed as .223 platforms vs 556Nato. It’s dumb. It’s wording. But true. |
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Posted: 5/19/2023 12:53:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why civilian rifles in Europe are marketed as .223 platforms vs 556Nato. It’s dumb. It’s wording. But true. One of my colt had the NATO wording next to 556 sanitized with some XXXX  |
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Posted: 5/19/2023 2:09:34 PM EDT
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My Austrian made AUG is the same way
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