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- Thread starter Cpt.Flan
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many people have changed the marking to comply with export. Its more then likly a 556 chamber
I'd call Arms East and ask them! I'm sure they'll be happy to help.
http://www.armseast.com/store/contact_us
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Gunnerlove
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US Stags are mostly 5.56mm, other than the varmints.
All Canadian ones for the last few years have been .223. Look at what happened to Sabre Def, and that was for violating export laws. None of the big boys is willing to risk getting shut down and jail time to sell a few rifles in Canada. So they stream seperate barrels for export.
Only way to check is to cast the chamber or just try to ream it to .223 Wylde if no metal is removed you are good to go. If metal is removed you are still good to go.
AEI will steer you right, but it will always be a guess with used parts.
All Canadian ones for the last few years have been .223. Look at what happened to Sabre Def, and that was for violating export laws. None of the big boys is willing to risk getting shut down and jail time to sell a few rifles in Canada. So they stream seperate barrels for export.
Only way to check is to cast the chamber or just try to ream it to .223 Wylde if no metal is removed you are good to go. If metal is removed you are still good to go.
AEI will steer you right, but it will always be a guess with used parts.
The 5.56mm NATO chambering, known as a NATO or mil-spec chamber, has a longer leade, which is the distance between the mouth of the cartridge and the point at which the rifling engages the bullet. The .223 Remington chambering, known as SAAMI chamber, is allowed to have a shorter leade, and is only required to be proof tested to the lower SAAMI chamber pressure. To address these issues, various proprietary chambers exist, such as the Wylde chamber (Rock River Arms)[11] or the ArmaLite chamber, which are designed to handle both 5.56mm NATO and .223 Remington equally well. The dimensions and leade of the .223 Remington minimum C.I.P. chamber also differ from the 5.56mm NATO chamber specification.
.223 Wylde isn't a match chamber.
It is merely a long throated .223 remington so you can run 5.56X45 NATO in your rifle. 5.56 NATO generally has the bullets seated out further to compensate for reduced case capacity. It might be tricky to run military 5.56 out of a standard .223 remington chamber so the Wylde was born to compensate for this.
It is merely a long throated .223 remington so you can run 5.56X45 NATO in your rifle. 5.56 NATO generally has the bullets seated out further to compensate for reduced case capacity. It might be tricky to run military 5.56 out of a standard .223 remington chamber so the Wylde was born to compensate for this.
I remember way back when, we used to just buy a rifle and shoot ammo in it.
Then came the internet and suddenly we need to know the dimensions of twenty different variations of the chamber down to the last ten thousandth of an inch lest the gun that is made from the same steel as every other gun somehow magically explode.
You really don't understand how a chamber is cut do you?
Doing what you suggest would only increase the headspace regardless of what the chamber was originally which would definately NOT be "good to go."
Then came the internet and suddenly we need to know the dimensions of twenty different variations of the chamber down to the last ten thousandth of an inch lest the gun that is made from the same steel as every other gun somehow magically explode.
You really don't understand how a chamber is cut do you?
Doing what you suggest would only increase the headspace regardless of what the chamber was originally which would definately NOT be "good to go."
Nope. Check your IVI. It's made to fit in a magazine like every factory offering of .223.
Bill Wilde posted some time ago about what drove him to develope that chambering and iirc it was born out of concerns with pressures in match chambers and consistant/reliable feeding all while trying to maintain accuracy with the then available IVI C77.
Gunnerlove
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I remember way back when, we used to just buy a rifle and shoot ammo in it.
Then came the internet and suddenly we need to know the dimensions of twenty different variations of the chamber down to the last ten thousandth of an inch lest the gun that is made from the same steel as every other gun somehow magically explode.
You really don't understand how a chamber is cut do you?
Doing what you suggest would only increase the headspace regardless of what the chamber was originally which would definately NOT be "good to go."
I have a pretty good grasp of how chambering works.
Rechambering .223 to .223 Wylde will not increase headspace as every dimension is the same except the leade
It will only remove a very small amount of metal from the Leade increasing jump and reducing pressure. I have a few rifles that have been recut to .223 Wylde as I like shooting heavy bullets, guess what no headspace issues.
The amount of metal that is removed should be tiny and reamers like those made by Ned Christiansen are recommended by people like Larry Vickers and Pat Rogers as one of the best fixes for popped primmers and hard extractions.
