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.223 Remington is so popular,even the Russians are making it! This Brown Bear ammunition is an economicaloption for hunting or target practice. Each cartridge uses a 62 grain bimetaljacketed hollow point bullet and produces a muzzle velocity of 3,050 feet persecond, barely lower than that of American M193 ball ammo. Each round in thisbox of 20 uses non-reloadable Berdan-primed steel cases coated in lacquer forbetter feeding.
The Barnaul Machine Plant,makers of Brown Bear ammo, has been around in one form or another since thedays of the Russian Empire. It has operated from St. Petersburg and Moscow, butmoved to Barnaul, Russia during World War II and has remained there ever since.A major supplier to the Soviet army during the war, it underwent privatizationin 2003 and currently operates as a closed joint stock company comparable to anAmerican S-corporation.
