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1) Is the bullet steel jacketed like other Russkie ammo, or is it a "fragmentable" gilded jacket.

[red]S&B is not "Russkie" ammo.  It's Czech.[/red]

2) The AR15 ammo FAQ states that S&B has been known to cause kabooms. Is this still applicable, or has everyone's opinion changed ?

[red]The older S&B had problems.  The newer stuff has supposedly fixed those problems.[/red]

$162.50/1000 is not the greatest deal, but it's pretty decent. I can usually find Q3131A at the local gunshow for about $170/1000 including tax, so it's a wash. It would be nice to have a reasonably priced alternative though, especially if the S&B stuff is the real McM193. The real McCoy, get it ? Snort. I crack myself up......

[red]In my experience, S&B is lightly loaded compared to Q3131A.  For the $7.50 price difference, I'd get the Winchester stuff.[/red]

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S&B ammo uses a copper-plated steel bullet jacket.  It is loaded to .223 specs (not like hot 5.56).  The cases are Boxer-primed (reloadable).

It's *possible* the price drop is because they have some older bad lots they want to get rid of, or just because of the low-priced, high-quality ammo available (Q3131A, XM193).

-Troy

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No one claimed S&B "M193" has a steel CORE.  It has a lead core, but has a steel jacket.  It does not fragment at .223 speeds at any distance.

-Troy