7.62x54R Suplus = AP in NJ?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 7.62x54R Suplus = AP in NJ?

Posted: 12/13/2005 10:23:18 AM EDT

While pondering a Mosin-Nagant, I suddenly realized alot of the cheap surplus ammo has a steel jacket on its bullet. Now, the law (2C:39-3. Prohibited Weapons and Devices, part F) prohibits any bullet with a hardness of +72, +.025" thickness or some other non-sense. Would suplus steel-jacket ammo get me in trouble, or is it soft/thin enough to pass muster?

Posted: 12/13/2005 11:31:19 AM EDT

[#1]

move...even if it means moving to NY...you dont have to deal with those ludacris laws.

Posted: 12/13/2005 2:43:41 PM EDT

[#2]

Don't worry about it. Who will ever do a hardness test on your ammo? Would they even know how to use a hardness gauge?

Posted: 12/13/2005 2:54:11 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
move...even if it means moving to NY...you dont have to deal with those ludacris laws.

I think he meant ridiculous.

Posted: 12/13/2005 8:09:13 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Quoted:
move...even if it means moving to NY...you dont have to deal with those ludacris laws.

I think he meant ridiculous.

I thought he was referring to the gun laws that were passed into law by the rapper Ludacris.

Posted: 12/13/2005 8:47:04 PM EDT

[#5]

i thought ludacris lived in "gorgia"

Posted: 12/14/2005 3:41:25 AM EDT

[#6]

Go toeither of these two forums. Both have areas dedicated to shooting surplus ammo. Your questions can be answered there.

http://www.gunboards.com/forums/

http://pub113.ezboard.com/bparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforums

The jacket on your ammo is not steel. It is most likely plated copper. It may have a steel core. Steel jackets will wear out a barrel real quick. Some ammo has nickel coated copper.

Posted: 12/23/2005 9:05:35 AM EDT

[#7]

Wait, I re-read the laws and it seems that the no-ap only applies to pistol ammo. Seeing as that no sane person has mass-produced a pistol in 7.62x54R, it shouldn't matter if I get an old spam-can of steel-core stuff.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 7.62x54R Suplus = AP in NJ?

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