Non lead bullets
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Non lead bullets
As if struggling to get powder wasn't bad enough now I'm told that there is a problem with getting Barnes bullets (130grn TSX .30 cal)
Seems like every time I develop a good recipe someone seems to p**s on my chips!
Seems like every time I develop a good recipe someone seems to p**s on my chips!
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Re: Non lead bullets
Non lead bullets = oxymoron.
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Re: Non lead bullets
York Guns has been clearing stock of Barnes bullets to the trade - I just bought the last 50 100gr 7mm for my 7x33 and 150 .416 325gr for the Rigby.buck52 wrote:As if struggling to get powder wasn't bad enough now I'm told that there is a problem with getting Barnes bullets (130grn TSX .30 cal)
Seems like every time I develop a good recipe someone seems to p**s on my chips!
There must be some left but not in the popular sizes I'd guess!
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Re: Non lead bullets
Oxymoron = a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.dromia wrote:Non lead bullets = oxymoron.
So would you have preferred the description, Lead Free (contains no lead) or non (expressing negation or absence) toxic (meaning non poisonous) Bullets? although I fail to see which part of "Non lead bullets is contradictory.
Bullet = a metal (generic description) projectile for firing from a rifle, revolver, or other small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed, and sometimes containing an explosive.
So to be correct my topic title "non lead bullets" should have read: negation or absence of Pb82-projectiles.
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Re: Non lead bullets
i think its a more 'if it ain't lead, it ain't a bullet' standpoint
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How does that work?.For example a milsurp 7.62x39 or 54r isn't lead but it's still a bullet.bradaz11 wrote:i think its a more 'if it ain't lead, it ain't a bullet' standpoint
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The French 8mm Lebel cartridge used a solid brass bullet, and a few large hunting rifles use ammunition with "monolith" type bullets that are turned from solid metal.
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Re: Non lead bullets
i was only commenting on where i think Dromia was coming from in his post. as i got this response to a post in a different thread....snayperskaya wrote:How does that work?.For example a milsurp 7.62x39 or 54r isn't lead but it's still a bullet.bradaz11 wrote:i think its a more 'if it ain't lead, it ain't a bullet' standpoint
I think he likes lead....dromia wrote:Cast Boolits, you know they make sense.
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i was only commenting on where i think Dromia was coming from in his post. as i got this response to a post in a different thread....bradaz11 wrote:snayperskaya wrote:How does that work?.For example a milsurp 7.62x39 or 54r isn't lead but it's still a bullet.bradaz11 wrote:i think its a more 'if it ain't lead, it ain't a bullet' standpoint
I realise that my mate, it was more a "how does that work" in general
dromia wrote:Cast Boolits, you know they make sense.
I prefer my ammo in FMJ with a steel core thank you
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