Surplus .556 Ammo

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Just trying to find out a little more about this ammo I scored and google didn't work for me...
Markings on packaging:
CENTRON CORP. oct 1973
5.56 mm
BALL M193
10 RD. CLIPS
Markings on Stripper Clips:
A.L.S. ASSY. 11010483
 
M193 is 55 grain fmj bullets... its generally used as practice ammo in the US iirc. Lake City makes all of the stuff the US military uses, have for quite a while, I don't recognize the name Centron Corp.

This is my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong please.
 
M193 is in fact 55 Grain Bullets. 55grain was the military standard before they moved up to the 62g designatted M855 (US). The Canadian Military has different terms for the ammo we use.

Does the ammo have the nato cross on the headstamp, primer sealent?

Ryan
 
CdnCombatMedic said:
M193 is in fact 55 Grain Bullets. 55grain was the military standard before they moved up to the 62g designatted M855 (US). The Canadian Military has different terms for the ammo we use.

Does the ammo have the nato cross on the headstamp, primer sealent?

Ryan
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Little off topic, but what is the Canadian designation for M855? Do we use the same green tip ammo as the States otherwise? Just curious.

Thanks
 
We do not use the same green tipped ammo that the Americans have. Ours is C77, 62g FMJ. Come on 10 rd stripper clips, 3 in a box in cloth badoleers in ammo cans.
 
Canadian ammo is the same as the US 62 grain stuff, just to green paint. The paint is there to identify it as 62 gr and not 55 as the US still uses both types. IVI has made both ammo types for the US over the years.
 
Centron is a Texas based company that loads ammo for the U.S. military. They operate the U.S. Army Lone Star Ammunition Plant in Texarkana.
 
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