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Is 223 used by snipers

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The round used by the military is the 5.56x45 round, not the commercial .223 Remington - although dimensionally similar, they are not identical.

Some Designated Marksmen use it, but a dedicated sniper would not use it.

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