Glad your ok, I have had one kaboom and it scared the shit out of me! Just to be shure what I read, it was reloaded ammo and not xm 193 right?
By the way not related, but your bolt looks dry as heck. Did you clean it after the kaboom?
There are scattered reports of some hot recent production XM193 out and about. Two weeks ago, one case was popping primers...in a known-good 5.56 chamber. Others reported shooting older stuff, then switching to the newer, and finding a palpable difference in report.
In the past, XM193 has shown excessive pressures with enough consistency to warrant warnings from some noteworthies. "Nearly a proof load in every box" was a description offered up.
Caveat emptor. It's _X_M193 for a reason.
All that being said, those rounds like odd. In umpteen thousand, I've never seen an XM193 that wasn't obviously annealed, be it XM193/PD/F/etc.
Last edited by ST911; 04-26-09 at 00:16.
+1 for being ok!
Nevermind.
Last edited by 8200rpm; 04-26-09 at 01:36.
Yowza glad all is ok with your body parts. The brass does not appear to be annealed but it may be the pics?
To clear some things up, and finalize what ammo this is, it is not XM193.
When I purchased this ammo from Recob's, the part # being "XM-193" was what I was basing my purchase off of. My discussion with Recob's 2 evenings ago, he was under the assumption this was real XM-193.
Whether this is an honest mistake or not, I am not sure. But if his website would have had it in big black letters "AE223 RELOADED AMMO" I would have skipped out on buying this ammo.
But this ammo, after simple research, is:
AE223BK
223 REM
55 GR METAL CASE
AMERICAN EAGLE RIFLE CARTRIDGES
LOT # 357Z470
And after hearing Todd K @ Noveske and Ned C of Michiguns both post concerns about the bbl extension, I'll take that as a clue.
Oh well - it is what it is. Being stupid is not advantageous.
Last edited by Derek_Connor; 04-26-09 at 06:24.
Derek,
Glad your ok. I know the feeling, I had a Georgia Arms .308 round KB on me once and it sucked ass picking bits of primer out of my face with tweezers.
With the ammo shortage, I check any ammo I buy closely. I would not put it past any dealer to take remanufacturered ammo and repack it into a box like the Federal XM193 box. Lack of annealing is a deal give away.
***Also, when you get your new bolt, ditch the rifle extractor spring and blue insert and go with the 5 coil spring with the black insert.
Thanks Hootie. I do agree, my "inspection" was that I looked at the brass and it looked new. That is as far as I went.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out, how Recob's and/or Federal replies. And this particular firearm was insured from theft/fire/and damage.
So hopefully one of those three COA will pay off..
ETA: Initial confirmation from TOS states that this AE223BK is FACTORY AMMO. Not reloads.
If thats the case, Recob's is not @ Fault. I'll be going straight to federal on this..
Last edited by Derek_Connor; 04-26-09 at 07:52.
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