[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 5.56 or 7.62 API

Posted: 5/6/2016 3:12:08 PM EDT

I saw some of these years ago. (Maybe a decade, and it was only 7.62)

I know there aren't a ton of them lying around.

I was moving around some ammo yesterday, and I have tracers and M855, thought it would be neat to add a few APIs.

So, two questions. Since API pistol ammunition is illegal, does that make 5.56 API illegal since AR pistols exist? Or is it only legal to fire in rifles? (I'm aware that was the premise for the M855 ATF ruling)

If it is, no big deal. Hopefully I could still grab some 7.62.

Any info would be helpful. I don't need a ton of the stuff I'd just like to have a box.

Posted: 5/6/2016 9:55:54 PM EDT

[#1]

I don't think there's any such thing as 5.56 API. The projectile is too small to put all that stuff in there. There are gunshow reloads that are sold as "API", but it's not like Raufoss is making it.

Posted: 5/7/2016 8:33:59 AM EDT

[#2]

Cross-posted by OP in GD.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 5.56 or 7.62 API

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