Originally Posted by
John Carr
Did you do that for grins or was it too cost prohibitive to just purchase an M85 or other already in 5.56?
Sometimes the stars align in the cost/benefit relationship and 5.56 NATO aks are not exactly thick on the ground. Building your own is like instructing, you learn a lot on the journey.
5.45 is likely to be cut off in the near future, nothing like having a commie rifle in an all American ammunition version.
5.45 was a great deal for a while, but the future of cheap imports is dismal.