Thread: Reaming 223 chamber to 5.56 or .223 Wylde

Originally Posted by jackson21

Has anyone done this or know a smith with reamer ?
Will need to get a bolt gun soon and have a fair bit of 5.56 ammo, I know there's not much difference but I remember a while back I gave a mate some of my heavy 75 bthp hand loads and couldn't get them to feed in his 223 ruger and assume most bolt rifles are 223 chamber?

The 556 chamber dimension is the same the leade is longer, setting the projectile back fractionally should fix it