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11/18/2004 9:06:32 AM EDT
I got some Lake City and that was on the side of the box.

So what is up with that? Should I watch for squibs? Or is it just not sealed?
11/18/2004 9:09:48 AM EDT
[#1]
Take it out and shoot it up, it will work just fine
11/18/2004 9:22:35 AM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
I got some Lake City and that was on the side of the box.

So what is up with that? Should I watch for squibs? Or is it just not sealed?


Just do not take a shower with it and you should be fine.  
11/18/2004 10:25:46 AM EDT
[#3]
Or was this ammo made in Israel and can't be used against Islamic Bad Guys because it is coated in pig grease?
11/18/2004 10:39:28 AM EDT
[#4]
No one knows for sure.  But if it were unsafe, they wouldn't have released it.
11/18/2004 12:16:36 PM EDT
[#5]
Maybe it is if for liability purposes, dang lawyers.
11/18/2004 12:18:04 PM EDT
[#6]
If it's the XM855 stuff, the word I got from a distibutor was that the primer sealant was contaminated with dust during manufacture.
11/18/2004 2:11:44 PM EDT
[#7]
Most manufacturers who market "Mil-Spec" M193 like ammo are either taking "factory seconds" that would otherwise go to the military and packaging them for civilian sale or reducing the second inspection of rounds before distribution. Ammo destined for the government is tested in lot batches and the entire lot is rejected if the batches fail spec tests.  Generally, this ammo is still excellent for both plinking and defensive use.  XM193 and Q3131a in particular are exceptional rounds for all around civilian use and still show very reliable function in AR15s.


From the Ammo Oracle:
www.ammo-oracle.com/body.htm#xm193mil
11/18/2004 2:12:30 PM EDT
[#8]
Read the text on the Cabelas ad.  The stuff (if its the same) is over run production and must be labeled that way so it cannot be used to fill the current military contract, but may be sold as surplus.  It specifically states that it is not substandard ammunition in any way and is current military spec ammo.

I wondered that same thing and read their ad.  I'll be buying some myself soon.
11/18/2004 2:18:06 PM EDT
[#9]
Ironicaly this post caught my eye today 'cause the 2k of these i'd ordered just arrived from SG... and I had no sooner opened the boxes when I saw the same sticker
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