How can you tell what you're really getting when buying AP ammo?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How can you tell what you're really getting when buying AP ammo?

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:03:41 AM EDT

I was wondering if there was any real way to find out if the old black tip 30-06 ammo you see advertised on Gunbroker and you see for sale at gun shows is really steel core AP or if it's just regular ammo with the tips painted black, or even empties that have been reloaded with fakes. Supposedly a magnet will attract ammo that isn't actually steel core (it just has traces of steel in it)?

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:04:52 AM EDT

[#1]

Steel core, strong pull. Non steel core, weak pull on the magnet.

Not a 100% guaranteed method but it helps..kinda.

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:18:47 AM EDT

[#2]

Buy a small quantity first and hacksaw one. Simple. Or better yet, find someone else that has bought some and saw his!

ByteTheBullet (-:

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:23:40 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Steel core, strong pull. Non steel core, weak pull on the magnet.

Not a 100% guaranteed method but it helps..kinda.

Wolf ammo must be the awsome AP then!

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:42:22 AM EDT

[#4]

us m2 ball is all lead and copper, no magnet will stick

30-06 AP is a steel core

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:45:02 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
us m2 ball is all lead and copper, no magnet will stick

30-06 AP is a steel core

Um, not all M2 Ball is non-magnetic. Much of it uses a mild steel jacket. I've got a lot of those bullets.

Posted: 9/26/2005 5:52:01 AM EDT

[#6]

All of the 30 caliber AP that I've seen has a double cannelure.

The most definitive method of identification is to cut one open and look for the penetrator.

Posted: 9/26/2005 6:22:10 AM EDT

[#7]

So, it would be a real crapshoot to buy some from Gunbroker then, huh?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How can you tell what you're really getting when buying AP ammo?

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