Range Report Surplus .308 vs commercial .308

[haldir]

Why does surplus .308 ammo hit harder than commercial ammo?

 

[MitchAlsup]

Re: Surplus .308 vs commercial .308

I'm not sure it actually does.

Where did you garner this piece of information?

 

[aggiesig]

Re: Surplus .308 vs commercial .308

surplus 7.62x51 is actually less powerful than commercial .308

people get that confused with 5.56x45 which is more powerful than .223

 

[haldir]

Re: Surplus .308 vs commercial .308

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: aggiesig</div><div class="ubbcode-body">surplus 7.62x51 is actually less powerful than commercial .308

people get that confused with 5.56x45 which is more powerful than .223 </div></div>

Thank you.