** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The U.S. Army replaced its ...

ABERDEEN, Md. (Army News Service, May 6, 2011) -- Since June, the Army has fielded about 30 million of its new 5.56mm M855A1 "Enhanced Performance Rounds" in Afghanistan. The cartridge, sometimes ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Perhaps no subject is closer to the hearts of Soldiers than their weapons and ammunition. For decades, this intense interest in "guns and ammo" has sparked sharp debate over ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The M855A1 cartridge is actually ...

In a patent infringement action against the US Army for its use of lead-free “green bullets,” the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the trial court erred in broadly construing ...

At the end of February, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms issued a lengthy epistle on “determining whether certain projectiles are ‘primarily intended for sporting purposes.'” Anyone who ...

Sgt. William Francis Coffey II fires an M4 5.56mm carbine rifle April 2015. In 2018 the Marine Corps will be adopting the Army’s enhanced 5.56mm rifle round for Marines in combat. (Lance Cpl. Adam O.

TRUE: The BATF has proposed a reclassification of "5.56mm constituent projectiles of SS109 and M855 cartridges" from "primarily used for sporting purposes" to "armor piercing ammunition." FALSE: ...

Gun-rights groups are in an uproar over an ammunition ban proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The ATF says it wants to ban M855 ball ammunition, a .223 (or 5.56 ...

U.S. lawmakers recently questioned Army and Marine Corps leaders on small-arms and why the two services buy completely different bullets for the M16A4 rifles and M4 carbines. "You guys are using two ...

There's a lot of misinformation going around about a now-temporarily shelved proposal from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ban M855 ammunition. A lot of the coverage has ...

The M855A1, a 5.56 mm Ball ammunition, is an enhanced performance round for today’s combat and training environments. It works with the M4 Carbine, the M249 machine gun, and the H&K and M16A2 rifles.