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April 3rd, 2009, 09:45 PM #1Member
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5.56 Headstamps
I purchased some ammo online advertised as .223. When it arrived, the ammo is packaged in cardboard boxes labeled "5.56mm Ball XM193A"
OK, this is not .223 Rem that I thought I was getting for my Mini-14. Have read enough to know that it is unwise to put 5.56 through a rifle chambered for .223 even though the cartridges are nearly identical.
So, I want to give it to a friend that owns a Rock River Arms rifle chambered for both 5.56 and .223. Here is the rub. I won't even give ammo away to a friend if I don't know who made it. Here are the headstamp markings:
Headstamp (reading from top and going clockwise) "C", "7", "0", "L"
Can anyone identify the manufacturer from that headstamp?
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April 3rd, 2009, 09:58 PM #2
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More like... "LC 07"?
Lake city, 2007
The throat in a Mini-14 is sufficiently long enough to safely shoot 5.56_________________________________________
danbus wrote: ...Like I said before, I open carry because you don't, I fight for all my rights because
you won't, I will not sit with my thumb up my bum and complain, because you will.
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April 3rd, 2009, 10:01 PM #3
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It's fine for his rifle. His type has a Hybrid (Wildye) chamber that will fire both without any issues what so ever with safety or accuracy.
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April 3rd, 2009, 10:14 PM #4Member
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Re: 5.56 Headstamps
Thanks. Each of the four markings are at 12, 3 , 6 & 9 o'clock on the headstamp. If that's Lake City great. Haven't seen one of their headstamps so don't know if there is a separation between the "L" and the "C". Everytime I see someone write about a Lake City headstamp it's "LC" as if the two letters were right next to each other.
BTW, if it's true that the Ruger Mini-14 can handle the 5.56, my friend, though I do like him a lot, won't be seeing any of this ammo. :-)
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April 3rd, 2009, 10:25 PM #5
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danbus wrote: ...Like I said before, I open carry because you don't, I fight for all my rights because
you won't, I will not sit with my thumb up my bum and complain, because you will.
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April 3rd, 2009, 10:50 PM #6Member
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Re: 5.56 Headstamps
Pa. Patriot,
Thanks for the prompt and helpful answers.
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April 4th, 2009, 01:22 AM #7
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You can trust Pa. Patriot. (I wish I knew even a fraction of what he knows.)
For your reassurance, this is from the online manual that can be found on www.ruger.com
Look under Product Service to find manuals.
There's a lot more info there about your rifle, you might want to bookmark it or print it.
AMMUNITION
The RUGER® MINI-14® RIFLES are chambered for the .223 Remington
(5.56mm) cartridge. The Mini-14 Rifle is designed to use either standardized U.S.
military, or factory loaded sporting .223 (5.56mm) cartridges manufactured in
accordance with U.S. industry practice. See “Ammunition Notice” & “Ammunition
Warning”, below.
I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.
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