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minus-squareDr. Coomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoMaybe the original was 5.56mm and some dumbass decide “nah, not enough b u l l e t, better make it 5.7mm.”
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoOK, so there is a 5.7mm, that’s the same diameter as 5.56/.223, but it’s not compatible with either because of the french.
minus-squareDr. Coomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoI look into it. 5.7 is shorter than a .223 and is a much smaller grain.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoKinda? The case is both shorter and narrower than 556/223, so it won’t even sit right in anything not designed for it. But FN makes quite a few guns that use it.
Maybe the original was 5.56mm and some dumbass decide “nah, not enough b u l l e t, better make it 5.7mm.”
OK, so there is a 5.7mm, that’s the same diameter as 5.56/.223, but it’s not compatible with either because of the french.
I look into it. 5.7 is shorter than a .223 and is a much smaller grain.
Kinda?
The case is both shorter and narrower than 556/223, so it won’t even sit right in anything not designed for it. But FN makes quite a few guns that use it.