Posted: 6/4/2007 6:30:54 AM EDT
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Ie, on USA's House on Friday night. They fired a gun that had ferrous based bullets into a corpse's skull, then tried to track the path with an MRI. The bullet flew out under such a magnetic field, and seriously damaged the unit. But ferrous based bullets? Are they that common? The only bullets, in reality, that I know of that have steel in them are Soviet, AK-47, AP. Is that right? So was this a special bullet, a flaw in the script, or do I need to know more about bullets? ________________________________________________________ ("Now there's something I haven't seen for a while. Gold for bullets. Last time I saw them in use, well, that was before Ops came to Section One."--Walter (the Q man) to Nikita, (w,stte), "La Femme Nikita") |
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Steel core. For the AK, Chinese ammo was steel core. US M855 (62gr FMJ) has a steel "penetrator" and the black tip M995 was specifically designed with such. www.ammo-oracle.com/ |
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NOt only steel-cored, but also mild steel jacket. And some of the cases are also of mild steel, remember the term "copper wash?" It just means that the case was painted over with some kind of copper colored paint. The Winchester 147g FMJ .308 bullets have a mild steel jacket that is copper plated. The reason for use of steel over copper? Cost. Steel is way cheaper than copper. Snowleopard: Those stupid people deserve to damage their super-expensive MRI machine. |
And cast lead as well. Prevents fouling. |