ssnovaak 1 Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 I did a search on the forum, nothing came up so I was wondering how feasible, hard, and expensive it would be? Change out the barrel and the magazine feed? I want to get 5.45 but I'm preparing for the worst(ammo supplies deplete and or trade barrier). If that happened I wouldn't want it to be a useless wall hanger, so I thought to myself, hmm... what if I just converted it to .223 later down the road? Has anyone thought of this or done it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vulcan16 971 Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 I did a search on the forum, nothing came up so I was wondering how feasible, hard, and expensive it would be? Change out the barrel and the magazine feed? I want to get 5.45 but I'm preparing for the worst(ammo supplies deplete and or trade barrier). If that happened I wouldn't want it to be a useless wall hanger, so I thought to myself, hmm... what if I just converted it to .223 later down the road? Has anyone thought of this or done it? Sell the 545 and buy a 223 saaoag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
essohbe 47 Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 By the time you re-chambered a 5.45 over to .223 you'd might as well have just gone out and paid about the same amount plus your time saved for a new one actually manufactured in .223 from Izhmash. You can do what you want but personally if you are worried about ammo availability then just go out and buy a shit ton of 5.45 rounds. They aren't getting any cheaper and now's the time to buy. I'm getting another crate Sunday (hopefully) and if whatever happens does happen, then I got a bunch of ammo allot of people will pay top-price for if they expect to use their 74's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arik 565 Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Your better off just buying a 223. But what you'd need is a 223 barrel (or rechamber), bolt and bolt carrier. Its not worth the work unless you like to tinker with stuff and know what your doing. I have one that is the opposite of what you want. a 223 turned into a 5.45. But I bought it that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ssnovaak 1 Posted April 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Gotcha', Thanks for chiming in guys. I really wish there were some domestic producers of 5.45, all this talk and rumors but nothing solid that I've seen yet. I suppose I'll have to hold out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nutical 16 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I think Hornady is making it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arik 565 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yea hornedy makes a 5.45. So far they are the only ones but it's a start Quote Link to post Share on other sites
essohbe 47 Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Yep, Hornady V-max. Go to cheaperthandirt dot com and they got it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
incognito485 26 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) I did a search on the forum, nothing came up so I was wondering how feasible, hard, and expensive it would be? Change out the barrel and the magazine feed? I want to get 5.45 but I'm preparing for the worst(ammo supplies deplete and or trade barrier). If that happened I wouldn't want it to be a useless wall hanger, so I thought to myself, hmm... what if I just converted it to .223 later down the road? Has anyone thought of this or done it? How many rounds do you plan on shooting? For the price of surplus ammo you can't beat it. You can get 2160 rounds for around 238 bucks given the site you go to. You won't find ammo prices like that for any other round except for maybe .22 And Hornady is the only domestic manufacturer I know of right now, but it's becoming more popular since AR-15 platforms are now starting to use it. Your rifle will not be in danger of being a wall hanger. If you are truly afraid of that though, you can always buy an AR-15. That way you could change out the uppers at will from 5.45 to 5.56. Edited May 6, 2011 by incognito485 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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