.223-5.56 going obselete?

**Army Chief** · 01-22-08, 08:20

Easily the dumbest thing I've heard in recent memory. I think we would all agree that there are some promising alternatives out there for the AR platform, but 5.56 x 45mm remains the standard military cartidge of the free world, and anyone who might suggest that it is about to meet a near-term demise is merely broadcasting their ignorance. Laughably so.

Chief

**Striker5** · 01-22-08, 08:45

It's like the 9mm cartridge - not the best, but adequate w/ a trade in weight and magazine capacity. It will be around for a long time, especially as we are expoting our rifles to our "allies". I don't think the new calibers are going to go anywhere - I remember when the .41 Action Express was going to make everything obsolete.

**Boss Hogg** · 01-22-08, 10:30

Originally Posted by Striker5

I remember when the .41 Action Express was going to make everything obsolete.

Or the 10mm in the early 90s?

**C4IGrant** · 01-22-08, 11:35

Originally Posted by white spainard

Hi everyone I went shooting today and there were a couple of other people shooting AR style rifles, the person next to me had a 6.8MM and another upper in 6.5grendel, and another person had a AR10 . We got to talking and they wanted to know why I am still shooting .223 when it will be obselete in a couple of months its all going to the middle east, that is the reason they switched calibers, .223-5.56 is not going away anytime soon is it?

No.

I would also suggest not shooting at the same range again as it will make you dumber.

C4

**white spaniard** · 01-22-08, 13:37

Originally Posted by 12131

You didn't actually believe them, did you?

NO! I sure didn't, I just let them rant how the .223/5.56 is such a werk round.
The one porson with the AR-10 had a relative in Iraq and that person told him to ditch the .223 cause it aint worth a crap supposedly the person in Iraq shot an insurgent 6-10 times and that person ran away unharmed.

**Army Chief** · 01-22-08, 15:38

The one person with the AR-10 had a relative in Iraq and that person told him to ditch the .223 cause it aint worth a crap supposedly the person in Iraq shot an insurgent 6-10 times and that person ran away unharmed.

Actually, we had a name for that phenomenon when I was in Iraq: poor shot placement.

Put 6-10 rounds of 5.56x45 center of mass on any evildoer, and they will cease functioning on a reassuringly swift and permanent basis.

Just for the record, 6-10 near misses from an AR-10 won't stop anyone in their tracks, either.

Chief

ToddG · 01-22-08, 16:04

But "even a near miss by a .45 ACP will drop someone."

Quote courtesy an FBI SWAT team member. YJCMTSU.

**AllAmerican** · 01-22-08, 16:44

Originally Posted by white spainard

Hi everyone I went shooting today and there were a couple of other people shooting AR style rifles, the person next to me had a 6.8MM and another upper in 6.5grendel, and another person had a AR10 . We got to talking and they wanted to know why I am still shooting .223 when it will be obselete in a couple of months its all going to the middle east, that is the reason they switched calibers, .223-5.56 is not going away anytime soon is it?

If they are going away, not everybody knows about it. I bought mine the other day and the dealer said he was selling them as soon as he got them in.