was informed buy a guy that should know...
Apparently not....
...all the ammo the vets are bring back to the states...
Having been there, I'll just say there ain't much coming back with anybody from overseas. You have a much better chance of scoring some from a buddy "off the books" stateside than you ever would bringing some home, especially in any sort of meaningful quantities.
Also, what do you think the cost and logistical hassle would be in changing all of the bolts in the M-16/M-4/M-249 type weapons currently in the military system? What if they missed one, and a guy got in a firefight with a non-updated weapon, and got killed cause his weapon wouldn't function? If the "new" ammo won't function in a civilian weapon with the same dimensions as the military weapons, how is the military going to use it either??
Tell your "informed buddy" that he's full of it!