Originally Posted by
TGS
And that'd make a lot more sense if M855A1 was being sold in large quantities, in factory packaging, by a known distributor like SGAmmo like the .50 APIT.
But it's not. It's being sold by random people on GunBroker, most in close proximity to military bases, in quantities not reflective of a commercial distribution, and not in factory packaging...sometimes even just sold as component projectiles which were obviously pulled from a cartridge. All indicative of fencing, with literally no indication or claim that it was procured through commercial channels.
If you want to find a reason to convince yourself instead of just coming to terms with the obvious, knock yourself out.