The label on the ammo box says subsonic, so this stuff won’t spook every deer in the county like your earth-shattering aught-six does, right? Well, sort of. Subsonic cartridges do produce less noise ...
The 5.56 NATO is a higher pressure military derivative of the 223 Remington. The cartridge has been around since about 1979, and due to the availability of military surplus ammunition, it has become a ...