Well...it just might be.
http://www.atf.gov/sites/default/fi...ng_whether_certain_projectiles_are_primarily_intended_for_sporting_purposes.pdf
M855 sucks at everything. It's more expensive than M193, it's terminally inferior to most every other round, etc. It also isn't as good with barriers as many more modern designs, with the ONE EXCEPTION of homogenous hard metal barriers (like steel plate, but once it goes through, it's pretty well done, anyway...)
HOWEVER...
It's the principal of the matter!
http://www.atf.gov/sites/default/fi...ng_whether_certain_projectiles_are_primarily_intended_for_sporting_purposes.pdf
M855 sucks at everything. It's more expensive than M193, it's terminally inferior to most every other round, etc. It also isn't as good with barriers as many more modern designs, with the ONE EXCEPTION of homogenous hard metal barriers (like steel plate, but once it goes through, it's pretty well done, anyway...)
HOWEVER...
It's the principal of the matter!