[Grayrider]

Sirs, Thank you for the add on your forum, After 30 years i finally own a HK 93, My question is, can i use 5.56 ammo or just .223, I appreciate your help.

 

[Stormfront]

either.

.223 and 5.56 in a 5.56 rifle is fine.

5.56 in a .223 rifle is potentially very bad.

 

[AGG]

Welcome to the site, and congratulations on the acquisition!!! :biggrin:

Tony

 

[GFarmer13]

Congratulations! If that is your first, then you did good. Go ahead and get the costly one out of the way. Oh never mind we're talking about HKs here, they're all costly. I got a 93 last month and I love it like I knew that I would. Good thing for me is I already had several mags to support my V93. This really goes without saying, but you should probably be looking at the SP5K if your not already.

 

[Steve_in_29]

Congrats and yes you can use either ammo in your rifle.

 

[offrdmania]

Most HK93s that made it into the US will be marked Cal. .223. This was a stamp for the US market. They actually prefer a NATO 5.56 round instead. Pull off your lower hand guard and see what is stamped on the bottom of the barrel. Most are 1/12 twist but on later model HK93s the bottom of the barrel will be stamped 178 which denotes a 1/7 twist barrel.

 

[Grayrider]

Ok, Thanks to all!!!!