GOODBYE GREENTIP? ATF Seeks To Ban Common SS109/M855 5.56 Ammunition

By Bob Owens

Via TWANGnBANG this morning comes the news that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms wants to reclassify common SS109/M855 5.56 NATO ammunition as “armor-piercing” and ban it from import, manufacture, or sale.

The cartridge had previously been classified “exempt” from the ban on so-called “armor-piercing” ammunition.

You can read the letter, ATF FRAMEWORK FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN PROJECTILES ARE “PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR SPORTING PURPOSES” WITHIN THE MEANING OF 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(C) at the ATF web site.

SS109/M855 is one of the two most common loadings for 5.56 NATO chambered AR-15 rifles, featuring a 62-grain bullet with a mild …read more

Via:: Bearing Arms