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Based on our experience, and leveraging the experience of world class instructors, this is what we believe is needed in a carbine training load, and what our Precision Training load delivers:
1. Complete reliability, so the shooter can focus on absorbing and perfecting new training concepts. We accomplish this through
•Intelligent Load Specification: Precision Training is loaded at what we consider a “sweet spot” of pressure and velocity for high volume training purposes. It is loaded warmer than common commercial .223 spec and a bit softer than full 5.56 NATO. This accomplishes the following:
◦Enough power to run milspec ported and spec’d fighting carbines. Many commercial .223 and foreign loads are underpowered, causing malfunctions. We test our load for proper function with rifle, midlength, and carbine gas systems with milspec porting, auto and semi bolt carriers, carbine/H/H2/H3 buffers, in barrel lengths from 10.5 to 24".
◦Eliminates popped primers when used in 5.56 chambers. Popped primers due to over pressure ammunition/incorrect chamber specs have been a consistent problem of late
◦Prevents excessive wear and tear on the weapon.
•Quality Components, including fully processed once fired military brass from DoD sources, milspec hardness USA made primers, Hornady 55 gr. FMJ-BT bullet, and clean burning propellant
•Unrelenting quality control. Every round is chamber checked and hand inspected. Every case is checked for a flash hole. Every primer is checked, every powder charge checked. We test fire on a very frequent basis.
Don't have time to look anything on Hornady's website, but I suspect it's loaded at the upper end of SAAMI-spec. My point about pressures and 14.5" middies is don't be surprised if you have short stroking/failure to lock back issues if running weak SAAMI-spec ammo. Asym ain't weak, and I doubt Hornady would be characterized as weak.