.280 Enfield...Ahead of its time

[montana]

The FAL was originally developed in the 7.92X33 kurz round when in development. I see there having more problems with the new M855A1 round as we speak. It seems they had to up the pressure of the new round to 63000 psi from 55000 psi getting dangerously close to a proof round, accuracy standard of the 855A1 was dropped from 2 MOA to 5.5 MOA, and barrel life in comparable rifles is now half of what it used to be. We have spent literately millions upon millions of dollars trying to fix the problems with the 5.56 round or I should say trying to make the small round do something it can't, be a universal combat round. I still stand by my belief that a Grendel type round is the best caliber in the AR type platform.