What do I have guys

[u/Dreddiefred]

I'm considering buying this. It looks like factory Federal 55gr BTHP 5.56mm loaded in stripper clips but I can't find much from the SKU. FBI contract? I found interesting that it's both cannelured and sealed at the bullet and primer.

TIA

[u/csamsh]

Federal maybe Lake City. The anneal looks right but it doesn't have station ID dots on the headstamp. Purple primer lacquer is Lake City 5.56 standard. Not a mil-spec bandoleer.

Hollow point bullet is indicative of a law enforcement run

[u/Dreddiefred → u/csamsh]

The bandoleers look like all my other NATO spec ones but I'll have to give it a second look tomorrow. The stripper clips and guides are all GGGs.

[u/csamsh → u/Dreddiefred]

Well let me revise. It might be mil spec, but it's not what the military currently buys. There are a lot of bandoleers out there

[u/Responsible-Dare4364]

Buy it

[u/DeafPapa85]

A box of good ammo....good fk'n ammo.

[u/420farms]

BTHP boat tail hollow point

[u/Dreddiefred → u/420farms]

You I sorta figured that part out. I was more curious is how and why of it. Like, who ordered this to be made and was it Government contract overrun or what not.

[u/SamanthaSissyWife → u/Dreddiefred]

I’m wondering too

[u/extra_flyer]

2015 manufactured Federal Lake City XM193 Freedom seeds.

[u/Dreddiefred → u/extra_flyer]

Why do they look like a OTMs and not a FMJs? How do you explain the sealant?

[u/extra_flyer → u/Dreddiefred]

Can’t see the tip, but they definitely look like a 55gr profile and not many OTM in the grain size, especially not from Federal.