BamBam wrote:M855 has a steel penetrator tip, it's not really AP. It's already banned from most ranges where they use steel targets.
It'll be a similar ban to the 5.45mm Russian surplus ban, which also has a steel penetrator.
From a US site regarding the ban on importing 7n6 5.45x39 ammunition
"The 7n6 was not an issue as long as the BATFE didn’t catch wind of a 5.45×39 handgun on the U.S. market. Until one did appear, 7N6 surplus could flow freely from Russia, Ukraine and other sources. However, it would only be a matter of time before someone got the bright idea to produce a 5.45×39 pistol domestically or someone applied for a Form 6 to import one.The Special Advisory letter claims that in 2011 a Polish made 5.45×39 Onyks 89S pistol was submitted for import approval by an unspecified entity. This seems a bit fishy to me since it rarely takes the BATFE almost 2 years to ban something once they have cause. It’s also worth mentioning that several companies such as Robinson Armament and JBI Armory have produced 5.45×39 handguns domestically for several years and we didn’t hear so much as a peep out of the BATFE until 2014.
The import request that the BATFE claims prompted their action was for a “Fabryka Bronie Radom, Model Onyks 89S”. Try finding something on Google about this firearm. If your Google-Fu is roughly as powerful as mine, all you will find is a reference to an obscure Polish military select fire rifle. It’s so obscure in fact that only 200 were produced in Poland and to my knowledge none were ever imported nor sold on the U.S. market as semi-automatic pistols. It’s possible I’ve missed something in my research so I welcome my readers to point me in the right direction if you know where I may find this elusive creature here in the U.S."
Its worth noting the steel core of a 5.45 7n6 is the same steel as the core of a x39 and 54r round.
