To: Looking for Diogenes
-----I would suspect that the idiocy of the Clinton-inspired tungsten-steel "lead free" environmenally approved 5.56 mm wonder bullet enters this picture somewhere, also---
To: rellimpank
BINGO!
"Jay what prize do We have for this fine Contestant today?"
11 posted on
01/12/2004 10:28:41 AM PST by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game!)
To: rellimpank
The lead-free bullet "green" was a different compostion, not tungsten. You can't melt Tungsten and put it in a case. You'd have to use a sintered (powdered) tungsten and form/press it into the jacket. Tungsten bullets, which are higher density than lead and have a longer effective range, are under development and the expected cost is about $1 each.
US combat ammunition is still a combination of lead with a steel rod (62gr M855).
17 posted on
01/12/2004 11:11:19 AM PST by
SJSAMPLE
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