If you’ve been to a sporting goods store or gun shop recently you’ve probably noticed that the ammo shelves are painfully bare. Yep, the ammo shortage (which has a variety of contributing factors) is ...

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Prior to a recently scheduled range day I was in touch with an industry friend of mine and we happened to be discussing ammo. The cost of it came up as did the upcoming range day and the fact that ...

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The 223 Remington is one of the most popular varmint and smaller-size big-game cartridges around. (Photo/Richard Mann) The 5.56 NATO cartridge is an offshoot of the 223 Rem, not the other way around. ...

If you like to hear folks squabble, just ask your hunting buddies if the 223 Remington is up to the job of deer hunting. You’ll get plenty of opinions and maybe some cussing and finger pointing, too.

Two of the most popular cartridges today are nearly identical and sometimes considered transposable, but when looking at 5.56 vs .223, there are some key differences. The .223 Remington started as a ...