People use America’s Rifle™ for everything from home defense to precision shooting, competition and hunting. But .223/5.56 rounds from the ultra-versatile AR aren’t well suited for shooting smaller game (you know, if you want to bring any of the game home).
Franklin Armory, however, has come up with novel a way to let you bag game as small as a bunny or other small critters and leave you with meat to bring home. Their new Rabbit Rounds are loaded with a plastic sabot that holds four BB-size shot pellets that Franklin says give you tighter patterns than a full choke shotgun.
Here are the energy and spread numbers Franklin reports for the round . . .
It isn’t cheap. Twenty rounds will run you $67.99 from Franklin, but it looks like all kinds of fun to shoot. Here’s Franklin Armory’s announcement . . .
Franklin Armory, one of America’s leading manufacturers of innovative firearms, accessories—and now ammunition—today announced Rabbit Rounds, a new multiple-projectile cartridge designed to more effectively harvest smaller game with the ubiquitous AR-style Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR).
Franklin Armory’s patent-pending Rabbit Rounds feature four spin-stabilized projectiles, encased in a multi-piece, self-discarding sabot. Rabbit Rounds are available in 5.56x45mm for use with AR-pattern firearms chambered in .223 Remington, .223 Wylde, and 5.56 NATO. The company plans to bring Rabbit Rounds in additional popular hunting calibers to market soon.
Rabbit Rounds provide coyote, wild pig and other medium-sized game hunters with an alternative to more cleanly harvest smaller game with non-expanding, shotgun-like pellets. Each 45-grain Rabbit Round projectile assembly provides more than double the typical shotshell speed and power, achieving 3,150 feet-per-second muzzle velocity and 992 ft-lbs. of energy from a 16-inch AR-15 rifled barrel. The imparted spin-stabilization on Rabbit Round’s four hard-hitting lead projectiles maintain an effective pattern beyond 40 yards, increasing hit probability on fast-moving targets over single projectile ammunition.
“Rabbit Rounds allow your AR to fire super-velocity, spin-stabilized shot,” said Franklin Armory President Jay Jacobson. “This ammunition greatly expands the sporting capabilities of .223 Remington and 5.56 NATO firearms.”
Rabbit Rounds are available directly from Franklin Armory and through certified dealers. For testing and evaluation of Rabbit Rounds, please email media@franklinarmory.com. You can also keep up to date on new product announcements by following Franklin Armory on Facebook, Instagram, X, Rumble, and YouTube.