09-01-2011, 11:38 PM
bwaites Wrote:Unless there is a copper colored steel...Steel jackets can be copper colored. There are gilding metal clad steel (GMCS) jackets, and copper washed steel jackets.
Quote:...these have a copper jacket, lead inside the base, and a steel tip.Let me get this straight. Does it have a short, steel tip (with long, lead base slug) similar to M855 Ball?
Or does it have a long, steel core with pointed tip (and a small lead plug at the base)?
Quote:The bottom of the projectile is not magnetic, as I recall.If it won't stick to the jacket at the base, then it must not be a steel jacket.
