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    PhoenixRizing

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    Feb 26, 2013
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    Demokratische Volksrepublik von Maryland
    Cal68 said:
    Can you guys recommend a brand of 5.56 NATO ammo that does not contain a metal jacket that I can buy at Cabelas during this sale? The reason is that I was not allowed to use the metal jacketed 5.56 NATO ammo that I took with me to The Machine Gun Nest. They placed a magnet on my green tip ammo and when it attracted the cartridges, they told me that it was not allowed. So now I need to purchase a different type of ammo in order to shoot at TMGN. Thanks for your advice.

    Cal68
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    The green tip rounds have the steel "pentrator" tip which can tear up their backstop on the lane. You probably want to get some M193 5.56 (55 gr ball) with a copper jacket (no bimetal jacket) The copper jacketed lead core rounds are not magnetic. An example of this on Cabelas would be the American Eagle XM193.
     
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    BigT5g

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    May 12, 2014
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    Dayton MD
    Cal68 said:
    Can you guys recommend a brand of 5.56 NATO ammo that does not contain a metal jacket that I can buy at Cabelas during this sale? The reason is that I was not allowed to use the metal jacketed 5.56 NATO ammo that I took with me to The Machine Gun Nest. They placed a magnet on my green tip ammo and when it attracted the cartridges, they told me that it was not allowed. So now I need to purchase a different type of ammo in order to shoot at TMGN. Thanks for your advice.

    Cal68
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    It's not the jacket that is magnetic. Its the steel core in the green tip "penetrator" ammo. Get M193 and you are good. Or any bulk brass .223
     
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    Cal68

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    Oct 4, 2014
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    Montgomery County
    PhoenixRizing said:
    The green tip rounds have the steel "pentrator" tip which can tear up their backstop on the lane. You probably want to get some M193 5.56 (55 gr ball) with a copper jacket (no bimetal jacket) The copper jacketed lead core rounds are not magnetic. An example of this on Cabelas would be the American Eagle XM193.
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    BigT5g said:
    It's not the jacket that is magnetic. Its the steel core in the green tip "penetrator" ammo. Get M193 and you are good. Or any bulk brass .223
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    Thanks guys. I'm going to get the M193 from now on. Thanks for the advice.

    Cal68
     
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