Plastic 223 shell cartridges

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At the range today, I found a spent 223 PLASTIC shell, with a brass rim. Is this a special round? If not, is it cheaper than brass, and can it be fired out of my ar15?
 
They are polymer...usually made by a company in NY State.....I have fired them out of my AR, FS2000, M96 and Mini-14.....no biggie....you weren't at BRRC by any chance were you?
 
I believe there was a report on them in Small Arms Review which was favorably but cautioned you not to use them in the Fluted chambers of the Heckler and Koch as the case has not enough support and expands and melts into the flutes and flucks it up good. Didn't seem to damage anything but was very difficult to clean out and get gun working again. I have a couple of Blue plastic .308 or 7.62 NATO practice or short range cartridges that have a plastic bullet that when , fired breaks off the case and is reasonably accurate at 50 yards or so. I believe these are used and made in Germany.
 
The cases that I saw had no signs of melting whatsoever, but what surprised me was much thicker bottle neck. I do not understand how they fit in the chamber using the same diameter bullet.
 
Do a seach of "PLASTIC .223 AMMUNITION" What you have , may have had a plastic bullet , that is blasted off the end of the case when fired . That is the way the .308/7.62 NATO ones work. Quite accurate out to about 50 yards but the bullet is so light speed and accuracy fall off fast. I believe they are used in places where they don't have the space to have long ranges with safe back stops.
 
Does it look like anything here?
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NATEC polymer ammo, buyer beware, maybe?

The stuff is made by a company called Natec. Its called PCA-spectrum. They have several different types all with different collored body. The red body is tracer. It is going for dirt cheap prices in the US.

I saw some of this and did a search on it. ARF has a review on it and it isnt good. Many complained of neck splitting and/or separations, as well as the small brass base being ripped off of the base of the body and being lodged in the locking lugs. Most said to save it for bolt action rifles and not bother with AR's or other semis.
 
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