.223 Remington
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.223 Remington is a popular small-caliber, high-velocity rifle cartridge widely used for sporting, hunting, and varmint shooting, and closely associated with modern semi-automatic rifles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| .223 Remington canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8130980 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .223 Remington Context triple: [AR-15 pattern rifles, hasTypicalCaliber, .223 Remington]
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A.
5.56×45mm NATO
The 5.56×45mm NATO is a standard intermediate rifle cartridge widely used by NATO forces and many militaries worldwide in assault rifles and light machine guns.
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B.
.30-06 Springfield
The .30-06 Springfield is a powerful and historically significant American rifle cartridge widely used in both military service and civilian hunting and target shooting throughout the 20th century.
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C.
.38 Special
.38 Special is a widely used revolver cartridge known for its manageable recoil and long-standing popularity in law enforcement and civilian self-defense.
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D.
A33 Winchester bypass
The A33 Winchester bypass was a former section of the A33 road that diverted traffic around the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England, before being superseded by the M3 motorway.
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E.
M16 rifle
The M16 rifle is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm NATO, gas-operated assault rifle that has been a standard-issue infantry weapon for the U.S. military and many allied forces since the Vietnam War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .223 Remington Target entity description: .223 Remington is a popular small-caliber, high-velocity rifle cartridge widely used for sporting, hunting, and varmint shooting, and closely associated with modern semi-automatic rifles.
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A.
5.56×45mm NATO
The 5.56×45mm NATO is a standard intermediate rifle cartridge widely used by NATO forces and many militaries worldwide in assault rifles and light machine guns.
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B.
.30-06 Springfield
The .30-06 Springfield is a powerful and historically significant American rifle cartridge widely used in both military service and civilian hunting and target shooting throughout the 20th century.
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C.
.38 Special
.38 Special is a widely used revolver cartridge known for its manageable recoil and long-standing popularity in law enforcement and civilian self-defense.
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D.
A33 Winchester bypass
The A33 Winchester bypass was a former section of the A33 road that diverted traffic around the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England, before being superseded by the M3 motorway.
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E.
M16 rifle
The M16 rifle is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm NATO, gas-operated assault rifle that has been a standard-issue infantry weapon for the U.S. military and many allied forces since the Vietnam War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bottlenecked cartridge
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centerfire cartridge ⓘ rifle cartridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | .223 Rem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
civilian sporting rifles
ⓘ
law enforcement patrol rifles ⓘ modern sporting rifles ⓘ |
| baseDiameter | 0.376 inch ⓘ |
| bulletDiameter | 0.224 inch ⓘ |
| caliber | .22 caliber ⓘ |
| caseLength | 1.76 inch ⓘ |
| caseType |
bottleneck
ⓘ
rimless ⓘ |
| chamberPressureStandardizedBy | SAAMI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | 5.56×45mm NATO ⓘ |
| commercialDesignation | .223 Remington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | rifles ⓘ |
| headspacesOn | shoulder ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Remington Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| neckDiameter | 0.253 inch ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo | 5.56×45mm NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overallLength | 2.26 inch ⓘ |
| parentCartridge | .222 Remington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularForGameType |
small deer (where legal)
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small predators ⓘ varmints ⓘ |
| powderType | smokeless powder ⓘ |
| primerType | small rifle primer ⓘ |
| rimDiameter | 0.378 inch ⓘ |
| shoulderDiameter | 0.354 inch ⓘ |
| standardTwistRateCommon | 1:9 inches ⓘ |
| typicalBulletWeightRange | 40–77 grains ⓘ |
| typicalMuzzleEnergyRange | 1100–1300 ft⋅lbf ⓘ |
| typicalMuzzleVelocityRange | 2700–3300 ft/s ⓘ |
| typicalTwistRateRange | 1:7 to 1:12 inches ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
hunting
ⓘ
plinking ⓘ sporting ⓘ target shooting ⓘ varmint shooting ⓘ |
| usedFor |
3-gun competition
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benchrest-style accuracy shooting ⓘ practical rifle competition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AR-15 style rifles
NERFINISHED
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bolt-action rifles ⓘ semi-automatic rifles ⓘ varmint rifles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: .223 Remington Description of subject: .223 Remington is a popular small-caliber, high-velocity rifle cartridge widely used for sporting, hunting, and varmint shooting, and closely associated with modern semi-automatic rifles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.