Once again, we get what I’ll assume are unintended consequences:
Having demanded the military switch to a lead-free bullet on the grounds of “environmentally friendly” for the presumed ulterior motive of hampering firearms in general, expecting the result be some anemic thing, it actually gave the military the rare imperative to actually improve over the problematic-but-obligatory 1970’s standard round. The Left’s manipulation of “green” to push thru other agendas resulted in not just more deadly ammunition, but a whole new product category the general public will soon be clamoring for in vast quantities: many/most private buyers having satiated their psychological limit on stockpiling, there emerges a NEW! IMPROVED! DEADLIER! bullet, which will inspire public demand which will saturate the supply for a decade to come (you’d buy a case or ten, right?).
Occurs to me too: the new design may lend itself to something that will terrify the Left - homemade bullets. I’ve looked into it before, and making your own lead-core projectiles is possible...but there’s just something about working with lead that’s off-putting (imprecision of soft lead, health hazard, etc). BUT...looking at the new design, the word “lathe” comes to mind: steel & copper can be worked at home in a more appealing fashion, milling bar stock to shape and swaging the slugs into a complete bullet. Heck, someone could make a rather affordable machine dedicated to milling small steel & copper blocks to shape, and assembling the three non-toxic parts. From there, it’s just standard reloading (case & primer changes being desirable but of diminishing returns).
My aforementioned “home bullet-making machine” is inspired & motivated in large part from the fact that we serfs won’t be seeing much supply at all to satisfy our instant huge demand. The military will be the first customer, demanding more than the manufacturers can supply for years. Unable to buy a box (much less a case or pallet) today or next year, someone will realize we’ll gladly plunk down the price of a couple cases to start making our own from raw materials. Kickstarter, anyone?