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NATO, outside of the military world and other patriotic circles, having NATO stamped on a cartridges name doesn't mean anything other than "Military Surplus" if you can find it.

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Bigguns, you are correct. Nato ammunition generally is simply military surplus ammunition or the ammunition used by the allied forces with the United States Military. So for hunitng or perormance purposes, no nato doesn't necessarily mean it is a premium round. It typically is a military surplus round. Whith that said, a 308 Winchester is a NATO round. So be carefull whith how you use the term Nato Round. Apples are always a fruit, but Fruit is not always an Apple.

guideadmin wrote:Bigguns, you are correct. Nato ammunition generally is simply military surplus ammunition or the ammunition used by the allied forces with the United States Military. So for hunitng or perormance purposes, no nato doesn't necessarily mean it is a premium round. It typically is a military surplus round. Whith that said, a 308 Winchester is a NATO round. So be carefull whith how you use the term Nato Round. Apples are always a fruit, but Fruit is not always an Apple.

You are half correct and half wrong. First of all NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization of which the United States is a member country along with 28 other countries for the purpose of mutual peace and defence aid to each member country and to other countries when requested. Ammunition that is stamped NATO would be ammunition that is used by NATO forces and will have been manufactured to the military standard of the country of origin and also to the NATO Stanag (Standard Agreement) i.e. 5.56mm 62gr FMJBT has the US military's designation US 855/SS109 and the equvilant NATO designation is SS109 for that round of ammunition. To say that any NATO 5.56mm ammunition is the same as .223 Remington is incorrect to the degree that the military case is heavier and contains less than the civilian counterpart, the propellant is of military formulation and the primer is a military primer and the round is sealed to make it waterproof/resistant to a military standard. Using military ammuntion for hunting purposes isn't the best choice unless you are hunting varmints etc but by no means big game. NATO currently uses 5.56mm, 7.62mm,.50 browning, 20mm and snipers are currently using 7.62mm(.308Win), 300 Win Mag, .338 Lapua, .50-20mm, .50 Browning, 20mm. In all of these calibres are found a number of different bullets(projectiles).Clear like mud?