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Posted: 6/17/2006 7:58:13 PM EDT
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You got lied to. Belt sand it in half.
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Posted: 6/17/2006 7:58:46 PM EDT
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Who said the jacket was copper? the guy at the Gunstore?
 Its probably mild steel with a copper wash.
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Posted: 6/17/2006 7:58:50 PM EDT
[#3]
could have a copper plated steel jacket.
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:00:05 PM EDT
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If so then that would be a good thing right ? |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:00:45 PM EDT
[#5]
Steel jacket , lead core. |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:06:21 PM EDT
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I was saying the jacket was copper  . Damn sure looks like it. I got 940 rounds of it and a type 56 norinco for $200 a while back.
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:09:34 PM EDT
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Not good nor bad; cheaper to manufacture. Some ranges don't allow steel jacketed ammo, though. No, it doesn't enhance penetration, if that's what you were wondering. |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:21:48 PM EDT
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Nothing wrong with a steel jacket. But if you have the tolls you might wanna cut open a bullet anyway, it also may have a steel core. Then you got a real treasure! It will penetrate Body armor better and is worth more money than lead core. What manufacture is the cartridge? China? Anything from China made before 1993 has a strong possability of being steel core, more so the stuff where the whole cartridge is steel case with a copper wash. |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:30:39 PM EDT
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Its russian 7.62x39_8m3 effect
Ulyanovsk machinery plant. |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 11:43:46 PM EDT
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Most "former-Soviet" ammo is made with copper-plated-steel jackets. Copper is far more expensive than steel, and Russia has an abundance of steel, so they've been making them that way for a long time out of necessity. They only started using gilding metal (copper/zinc alloy) jackets on some loads for the US market (via Wolf), since that's what most US shooters expect.
Note that even some US military ammo uses copper-plated-steel jackets, including M80 ball (7.62 NATO). -Troy |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 11:51:05 PM EDT
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Bimetal jackets are extreamely common.
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