62grn 223

dennisw

December 26, 2002 22:01

What does the green tip denote?
dennisw

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Python

December 26, 2002 22:20
Dsnnisw;
Are these military surplus rounds? If so, when I was in the Army, A green tip was an anti-personnel round, or in some cases a tracer. If the tip is green plastic, it is a ballistic tip varment round.
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gravedigger

December 27, 2002 18:25
All the ones at gun shows with green tips are tracers.

-Marcus

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Rifleman.308

December 27, 2002 19:12
Green tip is 62 grain ball (M855). Orange tip is tracer.

Or so I've been led to believe.
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Laredo Lefty

December 30, 2002 21:02
Rifleman is right,, green tip is the 62 grain standard round with steel core also called SS 109. orange tip is the long range tracer M856, and the old red tip is the M196 tracer.
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