It appears that the new M855A1 round is having serious trouble. I had read some on the new M855A1 round and it was supposed to be the answer to the carbine lethality and reliability issues it looks as like it is failing in both regards. While the idea of having a 5.56 round that can penetrate body armor and still create good terminal effects maybe more than we can ask for from this round. The military has recently fielded the two new rounds mentioned below and they are very good. Guns and Ammo reports that the bullet is not all it is cracked up to be. Why the Army is spending this money $32 million is beyond me there are already two better rounds out there the Marine Mk 318 Mod 0 SOST round and the Mk 262 mod 1.
Notice in the article the new accuracy standard is 5.5 MOA versus the current M855, MK318, and MK262 standard of 2.5. Also with a pressure rising 13000 psi in an already stressed system I do not see how this is going to improve weapon reliability. Also according to the article the cost in doubling from what the current M855 round costs and is even more expensive than the two other rounds. I was recently at a gun show and the MK 318 round was being sold by BVAC for a very reasonable price and if it had not been for the 64 grn PSP ammo I would have bought some. BVAC makes good bullets by the way I have killed several deer with their 75 grain loading.
Any I digress why would the Army who is pushing this round want to add to weapon reliability issues, decrease performance, and increase cost. This is flat freaking stupid.
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