If I could only have a rifle chambered for one cartridge it would be the .223 Remington. With it, I could shoot varmints and deer, I could participate in several forms of competition and just ...

223 Remington started as a military cartridge in 1957 — adapted from the .222 Rem. — but has been a popular hunting, sporting, and target cartridge ever since. The 5.56mm NATO cartridge was derived ...

and a year later the company introduced their first 223 Remington rifle. Interestingly, that rifle was the pump-action Remington Model 760. Since then, the cartridge has become one of the most ...

Cost, application, and rifles available, should also always play a part in any cartridge decision. The 223 Remington has long been the most popular 0.22-caliber centerfire rifle cartridge ...

While AR rifles can be chambered in various calibers, they most commonly fire the .223 Remington and 5.56 NATO rounds. The numbers .223 and 5.56 designate the caliber of the round based on a rough ...

308 caliber) M14, had become the standard-issue rifle back in 1959 ... 30 carbine, the M16’s 5.56x45mm NATO/.223 Remington round offered superior terminal ballistics whilst still remaining ...

U.S. Special Operations Command is currently testing a new commercially available sniper rifle using the .260 Remington and 6.5 mm Creedmoor rounds, which "stay supersonic longer, have less wind ...

Two of the most popular cartridges today are nearly identical and sometimes considered transposable, but when looking at 5.56 vs .223, there are some key differences. The .223 Remington started as ...