Do you need a Wylde? No, but it will help your long game and will make your AR 15 rifle build even more versatile than it is now. 223 Wylde-chambered target rifles out there. 223 Wylde provides haven’t prompted a whole bunch of companies to swap to that chamber, but there are certainly. 223 Wylde chambers are known for extreme accuracy, which is better on the whole than what you can expect from a standard 5.56×45 chamber.īetter accuracy, more versatility with ammo-so what’s the downside? Well, right now that can be cost and availability. 223 ammo all day from a 5.56 without worrying about pressure problems thanks to generous chamber size, but if you really want to tighten those groups that. 223 ammo without giving up accuracy and 5.56 ammo without worrying about excess pressure. Is there a compelling reason to switch to a Wylde chamber? Well, the most obvious reason is that you can fire. The result? You have a chamber that is sufficient to handle the hotter 5.56 load without concerns about pressure and you get the gilt-edge accuracy that’s common in many quality. 223 Wylde has the same chamber angling as the standard 5.56 chamber, so there’s no problem with pressures, and it also has a. Bill had the idea to create a chamber that would serve the 5.56 and the. If you have two cartridges that are so similar in external case dimensions why not have one chamber that makes the best of both loads?Įnter Bill Wylde. 223 doesn’t perform as well in 5.56 chambers as it could. 223 cartridge in a 5.56 chamber, but going the other way can cause pressure problems. 077 inches-and the angle of the throat is different to accommodate increased pressures. 300 Blackout will have approximately 3 times more recoil than a 5.56.300 Blackout vs 5. There’s more throat length in a 5.56 barrel-about. My physics gurus have probably already determined that the 300 Blackout will have more recoil than the 5.56 NATO as thee 300 BLK round fires a heavier bullet. 223, and as a result the chamber of the 5.56 is different as well. Pressures in the 5.56 cartridge are higher than the. The short answer is that they differ with regard to pressure and chamber dimensions.