Well TV has now released their 5.56 polymer case onto the civilian market, so we will get see whether it has reached a level of technical maturity for potential military use.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/07/21/composite-cased-5-56-true-velocity/

To my continued annoyance, they market their cases as lightweight, yet don't publish the cartridge weight in their advertising....

I want to get some, but at $1.25 per round, not much. If they sold their 77-grain cartridge for that, though..

farmplinker2 said:

want to get some, but at $1.25 per round, not much. If they sold their 77-grain cartridge for that, though

Yes their prices are quite high; while I know they need to recoup their investment, those prices for non-reloadable ammo that no one knows how will perform I think will really stymie their market penetration. Probably would have been better to release it cheap then slowly raise prices. 

i recall that a prototye polymer 556 weight 7.5 grams

Given today's prices they are ideally positioned to break into the market something that would have been impossible pre COVID when the price point for .223 has been much much lower.

There is bunch of 1.2+$ ammo on the market now days

https://www.midwayusa.com/556x45mm-nato/br?cid=21887

Mr. T (MrT4) said:

impossible pre COVID when the price point for .223 has been much much lower.

Oh how I long for the glorious ancient past of 2018-2019, when 5.56 was .30 cents a round all day long. 

I had bought 3k 9mm for 13 cents a round at that time period - I should have bought 30k....

Indeed before the COVIDidiots wrecked whole economies, you could reliably buy sub 30 cents 5.55 now 1Euro  round is far more common, and True Velocity is in the best time for their launch. In any case, its price gouging they are doing or they have really low rate production by any standard polymer cases should be dirt cheap

What do you mean you were last able to buy ammo 40Y ago?

Sorry.  I was off topic.