222 Remington cartridge case to meet the requirements. Springfield Armory's Earle Harvey lengthened the. Accuracy and ballistics equal to M2 ball ammunition (.Penetration of US steel helmet through one side at 500 yards.Select fire for both semi-automatic and fully automatic use.Bullet exceeding supersonic speed at 500 yards.Concerns about the recoil and overall effectiveness of 7.62 mm were overruled by the US, and the other NATO nations accepted that standardization was more important than selection of a cartridge that was otherwise ideal. 280 round, including developing a version of the FN FAL in. The FN company had also been involved in the development of the. 280 (7 mm) cartridge when the selection of 7.62×51mm (.300) as the NATO standard was made. The British had extensive evidence through their own experimentation with intermediate cartridges since 1945 and were on the point of adopting the. At the time of selection there had been criticism that the recoil power of the 7.62×51mm NATO, when fired from a hand-held lightweight modern service rifle, did not allow a sufficient automatic rate of fire for modern combat. In 1954, the larger 7.62×51mm NATO rifle cartridge was selected as the first standard NATO rifle cartridge. The 7.62×51mm NATO and 5.56×45mm NATO cartridges compared to an AA battery 223 Remington cartridge designed by Remington Arms in the early 1960s. Though they are not entirely identical, the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge family was derived from and is dimensionally similar to the. On 28 October 1980 under STANAG 4172 it was standardized as the second standard service rifle cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It consists of the SS109, SS110, and SS111 cartridges. The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, fyv- FYV-six) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge family developed in the late 1970s in Belgium by FN Herstal. I am so glad I rented the Remington.Source(s): NATO EPVAT testing, QuickLOAD, SAAMI, C.I.P. I was on the verge of relenting and buying either the Glock 42 or the S&W Body Guard. If you can rent guns at a range near you I would highly recommend you rent some pistols and fire them. The grip is such that I actually like the flat bottomed standard magazine better. One with a standard baseplate and one with the pinky extension. The RM380 is the Rohrbaugh design only they are reasonably priced. Before firing the Remmies I was looking at a PPK or a Bersa. I sold that thing.Īlso, I wanted a metal frame so options were limited. I actually enjoy shooting this little gun. Sights are a bit hard to see in dim light.Īccessories and holsters made just for this gun are hard to come by.Ĭrimson Trace has a laser and sticky pocket holster combo that I may get for the RM380. The long Trigger pull takes some getting use to. It also really likes Blazer Brass ammo too. Remington Ultimate Defense ammo in this little gun is a perfect match. Coincidentally it excels when firing premium Remington ammo. It has digested every round with not 1 issue in nearly 500 rounds so far.
It’s DAO and has second strike capability.
If you don’t know what I mean shoot a Kel-Tek P3AT or a Ruger LCP gen 1. 380 pistols and the best one that I have found for accuracy, handling and ease of use is the Remington RM380.
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