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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the original was 5.56mm and some dumbass decide "nah, not enough b u l l e t, better make it 5.7mm."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OK, so there is a 5.7mm, that's the same diameter as 5.56/.223, but it's not compatible with either because of the french.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I look into it. 5.7 is shorter than a .223 and is a much smaller grain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Kinda?

The case is both shorter and narrower than 556/223, so it won't even sit right in anything not designed for it. But FN makes quite a few guns that use it.