It was always considered AP, but ATF exempted it

by Miles , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Saturday, February 14, 2015, 16:26 (3574 days ago) @ stonewalrus
edited by Miles, Saturday, February 14, 2015, 17:45

due to 'Sporting Purposes'.

They want to re-regulate it and delete it's sporting use exemption.

The are accepting comments on the proposed rule until the middle of March.

I think it's partly due to Da Won not wanting all the M855 ammo at best, or just demiled bullets, at worst, that's being replaced with M855A1 to hit the surplus market.

Of course, the also means that M855A1 will be classed as AP and we'll never see it on the market as well.

We may have Uncle over a barrel on this one. The bullet does NOT meet the statuary definition of an AP bullet because of it's lead core.

The next 23 months are going to be more interesting than we can possibly imagine.

Old Chinese curses work.