Originally Posted by
Wake27
That’s literally how everyone describes them, including the retailers. It just means that their gas ports are on the small side because A1 is still hot and may not work with weak .223.
Pretty much.
The only .223 I fire occasionally is 64gr Gold Dot. That is a good load and seems to have a little more "spunk" to it (yes, I realize it's trying to quantify mouse-gun recoil) but other than that it's all 5.56NATO
stuff I have. From what I've read A1 has indeed been brought down pressure-wise from the original loading but is still a tad hotter than it's predecessor good ol' M855. Any of the "latest-greatest" I've shot has been from a carbine-length buffer tube and spring, with an H2 buffer. I would imagine that the A5 would work well with spicier ammo.
Last edited by ABNAK; 11-17-19 at 19:16.
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