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Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean
Certain steel and copper-jacketed bullets ARE banned, under the guise of "armor piercing". So, they ban lead bullets and make steel/copper bullets illegal...we'll all be shooting AirSoft pellets soon.
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Only AP Pistol ammo is illegal, IIRC. AP and (Non-AP)Steel core rifle ammo is widely available, as is surplus AP ammo.
Most cheap surplus ammo is steel core, as is a lot of the inexpensive new ammo coming out of the former Warsaw Pact countries.
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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
Is a FMJ (full metal jacket) bullet copper over steel, or copper over lead? I had always thought it was lead but I suspect I'm learning something new here.
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Most FMJ handgun ammo is lead, but FMJ rifle ammo could go either way. The jacket is normally gilding metal, which is a copper zinc alloy.