AMMO DESIGNATION NUMBERS

[diver dan]

Hi, I am not too much into ammo numbers.Went to gun show and bought a box of AMERICAN EAGLE 5.56X45 120 round box.The guy made special reference to it being GREEN TIP.What is so special about this really ? Probably should know but I dont. It is FMJ.Thanks for feedback in advance.

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

dbl tap

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Green generally indicates ball 5.56, sometimes steel core

 

[HoughMade]

"Green Tip" should be M855 ball, penetrator (steel core), but not armor piercing. It's the standard NATO round.

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m855.htm

 

[DRob]

Green tip means the ammo is moldy. Throw that junk away.

 

[Sniper 79]

"Green Tips" mean nothing to me after I saw a guy with a green rattle can down at Knob Creek and a stencil he had made to quickly paint up a bunch of rounds.

 

[dung]

****, that is some shady ****. Was that around the time they were making a stink about banning "AP" rounds.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

"Green Tips" mean nothing to me after I saw a guy with a green rattle can down at Knob Creek and a stencil he had made to quickly paint up a bunch of rounds.

They could have been doing this for a couple of non-nefarious reasons:
1) Factory seconds or overrun that were never loaded and thus did not have a tip color applied.
2) Pulled bullets that were tumbled to remove the tar sealant from the bullet...which also removes the paint on the tip

Regarding #1 - fun fact: the projectile color is applied AFTER the round is assembled. I have about 6,000 64gr tracer bullets that have no tip color for exactly this reason. Beautiful, pristine, never loaded tracer projos. The ones with colored tips are either pull down or painted/repainted by a reseller. Sometimes stuff does get faked, but in my experience, painting or repainting of the genuine article is far more common.

 

[ashby koss]

"Green Tip" should be M855 ball, penetrator (steel core), but not armor piercing. It's the standard NATO round.

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m855.htm

I didnt think it was steel cored, but steel jacketed or something. They DO NOT penetrate as one would think.

 

[HoughMade]

The steel penetrator is at the front- whether that’s considered a “core” or not....

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[gmcttr]

I haven't bought Green tip/M855 in years.

It dings up steel plates and it is sometimes prohibited at ranges.

I never found it's accuracy to be that great either.