• Ninja876@lemmy.world
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    8 天前

    We would shoot steel core but the government considers it “Armor Piercing” so its banned from import and from a lot of states… So its lead.

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      8 天前

      Steel bullets would also absolutely destroy 99.9% of rifled barrels. Which is the vast majority of them.

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        8 天前

        They are copper jacketed, well the ones I have are. Also got a pile of Russian steel core before Obama banned their importation.

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          8 天前

          Yes, notice how it is shaped far more complicated than a normal lead bullet? Now why in the world would they make it so complicated if there didn’t have to be a softer metal on the outside…? 🤔

          Lead is 1000% cheaper than that style of bullet. The only way changing out all bullets to (functional) steel would work is if you wanted to make it even more of a yuppie hobby in the US…

          Not to mention, such styles of ammo suck at dropping soft targets…