I have heard of possible issues for years, but never an explanation.
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Dono, but if you get touched in the forehead with a .17 your future is a mess.
The mil-spec brass is thicker for added reliability. The chamber leade is more gradual because match-rifle accuracy isn’t expected or required in an assault rifle. I suspect the leade was set based on torture tests and the effects of heavier use (read: barrel fouling and minimal cleaning) than a commercial .223 would see. Plus, there has always been a tiny bit of weirdness within NATO, where member countries adopt their own, home-brewed version of the “standard” ammo. Stuff like overall cartridge length is the same, but bullet ogive may be different.