and the ability to handle the inevitably looser tolerances of ammunition manufactured by different NATO members. The 7.62×51 NATO chamber is imperceptibly longer than the .308 Winchester ...

223 and 5.56 NATO toppled the .308 as the king of service rifle competition. At 600 yards and beyond, most shooters use slippery 80- and 90-grain VLD-type bullets, but even magazine-length Barnes ...

On a logistics front, the use of the same ammunition and magazines simplifies things for a rifle squad: It’s easier to carry one type of ammo ... The 7.62 NATO round flies farther than the ...

Now Picatinny's EPR team is applying the same technology to improve M80A1 7.62 mm ammunition that troops are scheduled to receive in 2014. Thirty-two grains of lead are eliminated per M855A1 ...