Why does federal xm193bkx 5.56 look different from hornady

[pickled–onion]

Different bullet.

[Trollygag]

Hornady’s is just 55gr ammo in a 5.56 NATO marked case. It’s not any of the military designated cartridges of 5.56 NATO.

Federal’s is, but they distinguish M193 rounds destined for civilian sales as XM193.

[there_is-no-spoon]

Grower vs shower

[yuppppppers]

The hornady is just a little cold, quit judging it.

[Healyc139]

Different companies maybe

[massmeater]

“I was in the pool!”

[rednecktuba1]

Well, the hornady is a hollow points bullet, which means it’s not a milspec loading if it’s not a 77 grain bullet, and hornady doesn’t make a 77 grain bullet. The hornady round isn’t m193, it’s just 556

[MilsurpSmurp]

Hornady likes to seat their bullets super low for some reason. I reload a lot with their bullets and even the recommendations in their books are fairly low seated. It works totally fine though. There must be some benefit to doing it because my Hornady reloads are amazing accuracy wise.

[FrianBunns]

I was in the pool!!

[Local_Win5506]

Bullet weight duh

[GreedyPension7448]

Ones a hollowpoint and the other is ball

[jeremy9001]

There sure is a lot of crimp on that federal

[KidQayin]

Look at the last picture and you’ll find your answer.

[SnoopyF75]

It’s almost like it’s a different company🤔

[hl_walter]

man it’s almost like they’re different loadings from different manufacturers or something