As far as I know there is nothing (a law) that prevents ammo companies from selling ammo that meets all the mil-specs to civilians. As long as it doesn't first go to the military, they could do it. My understanding of why the stuff being sold is referred to as clones is that none of us know that it actually meets the mil-spec. It kinda, sorta looks like the genuine article, but we don't know, and the companies don't seem to be saying.
Some ammo obviously doesn't meet the mil-spec because some requirement is obviously missing.
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