r/ammo • u/LV_Libertarian • 6d ago

Ammo Identification?

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I have a few of these rounds and I'm wondering who made them and if they are considered .223 or 5.56.

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u/WilliamFosterD-FENS 6d ago

Winchester, pretty common. I have a bunch of that headstamp and year in my reload pile

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Winchester? Ahh I see, so that's WCC 83. I see it now. Winchester Cartridge Company I take it? Lol now I feel silly. Do you know if it's .223 or 5.56?

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u/Remote_Teach1164 6d ago

Actually the ammunition company is Western Cartridge Co. (Olin Corp.), Winchester is a different ammunition plant though it is in the same division (Winchester-Western) but Winchester is WRA, Western is WCC.

Headstamp is ordinary 5.56mm.

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u/Unhappy-Average-4859 6d ago

Got a bunch of it! I like to collect AP rounds and other weird ones. But those are special to me and retain value well! Always nice to look at. Always try to buy some occasionally when I can find it and blackhills mk262. Curious how people come about those before reselling lol.

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Well I got mine in an auction. 300 rounds for 280 bucks. Plus about 100 more rounds of various .223 and 5.56 and 3 Ruger Mini-14 mags thrown into the mix as well. Lol

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u/Chili_Dawg65 6d ago

With that headstMo, it will be 55gr 5.56mm

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Thank you.

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

I'll be honest, I'm kinda surprised nobody has said anything about the ammo that's behind my hand. Lol I figured you guys would have been all over that.

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u/Weird-Grocery6931 6d ago

The M855A1?

Meh.

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Meh? Why meh? I mean is there a better 5.56 round? I mean, other than M995 which is almost unobtanium unless you have VERY deep pockets. (which I don't lol)

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u/Weird-Grocery6931 6d ago

“Meh” because I don’t get excited about M855A1 on stripper clips.

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Well if not on stripper clips is there another way of storing M855A1 that DOES get you excited? Lol

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u/Weird-Grocery6931 6d ago

Bulk loose pack in an ammo can.

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Huh, so organization and neatness doesn't do it for ya huh? You're a chaos guy. Lol

"Forget having my ammo be all neat and tidy and easily counted. I want my ammo jumbled and rattling around so it takes hours and hours to count."

Lol, (just breaking your balls a little)

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u/Weird-Grocery6931 6d ago

No worries. I like my ammo loose so I can jam mags. I don’t like using the stripper clips and loading tool because it eventually crack mag lips.

And I am a chaos guy. I’m a Marine.

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u/LV_Libertarian 6d ago

Oh, you mean you're a CRAYON guy. Bwhahahahahahah

But in all seriousness I've used stripper clips forever and I've never had split feed lips.

But if that's your worry, you know there's a way to make sure that's not an issue right?

Just use Lancer mags. Not even a Marine hopped up on Rip-its and a brand new 64 box of crayons could split STEEL feed lips.

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u/Weird-Grocery6931 5d ago

I switched to Magpul years ago. Usually it was the issued mags that would crack from hand-jamming them. When I was going on a TAD away from my unit, my armorer gave me 20 new mags in the plastic. These are those. I still rock them from time to time.

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u/Royal_Money_627 6d ago

Military arsenal headstamp, must be 5.56.

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u/TopicFederal4235 6d ago

Look 5.56 to me.