Parks to ban lead bullets, tackle

Jackson Hole News ^ | March 13, 2009 | Angus M. Thuermer Jr

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Just faxed my Senators & Congressman (for whatever good it’ll do, since they always seem to vote the wrong way anyway)

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The wolves are wiping out the deer, elk and moose. They are turning to domestic livestock and making forays into cities in search of food. You'll need to watch your pets and your own safety as this progresses.

I saw some "high-brass" 12-gauge buckshot called "Dead Coyote" that I'd love to try out on one of those wolves.

Has anyone ever tried wolf-meat (seriously)?

[donmeaker]

Yes, so long as the copper jacket was thick enough to take up the entire rifling. I believe there is a variant of the M855 round that does exactly that, but it may have a steel coat around the tungsten.

The old french squeeze bore shot used a similar approach. eventually the squeeze bore device fell off of one, and being under pressure, they shot it anyways. it worked just fine, creating the first discarding sabot round.

[Myrddin]

Butch Otter, Governor of Idaho, wants the first wolf tag. He's very much in favor of bringing the population of wolves under control and within the originally agreed limits. The agreed limit was 300 pairs. We may have as many as 1200 at this time.

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Paint your fishing “ammo” with gold paint.

What a bunch of idiots.

[El Gato]

Ask your congressman and two U.S. senators to urge the Obama Administration to stop the National Park Service from its plan to stop the use lead ammunition and fishing tackle on itsOUR lands.

Fixed it.

[El Gato]

Has anyone ever tried wolf-meat (seriously)?

Ask a first generation Vietnamese or other Southeast Asian. Can't be too much different than dog. In fact they probably couldn't tell the difference, depending on just what the wolf had been eating.

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[azhenfud]

Those who load their own ammo also would be inconvenienced, he said.

“I think where you’re going to lose is going to be in your pocketbook,”

Exactly their plan. A firearm is worthless without ammunition and that's a gungrabber's goal.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I saw an “eco jet boat” the other day... these people are unhinged...

[Gilbo_3]

As one guide remarked, “the government has more than showed they want to tell us what to do, eat, and think. I’ve already had about enough of their telling me how to behave when they’re doing whatever they please - with our money...”

quote of the day, week, 'lifetime'...

[Atlas Sneezed]

I believe there is a variant of the M855 round that does exactly that, but it may have a steel coat around the tungsten.

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I;d be darn curious to see that. Usually, there is an ample amount of lead around and behind the tungsten core.

[donmeaker]

http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/infantry/rifle/556mm_ammo.html

Cartridge, 5.56mm, Ball, M855, Lead Free

The M855 “lead free” ball cartridge has a bullet with a conical steel insert and a tungsten composite core in a copper alloy jacket. The intended use is to maintain environmentally “clean” ranges.

The cartridge is identified by a green bullet tip. Cartridge, 5.56mm, Armor Piercing (AP), M995

The cartridge consists of a projectile and a propelling charge contained in a brass cartridge case to which the projectile is secured. The projectile consists of a dense metal penetrator (tungsten carbide), which is enclosed by a standard gilding metal jacket. An aluminum cup sits at the rear of the projectile for the purpose of properly locating the penetrator within the projectile. The cartridge utilizes a conventional brass case and double base propellant. A standard rifle cartridge primer is used in the case to initiate the propelling charge.

The penetrator is similar to components used in other small caliber cartridges currently used by the US Army, but tungsten has better penetration capabilities than the other materials and is the design feature, which enhances the armor piercing capability of the cartridge.

This cartridge is identified by black bullet tip identification paint.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Thanks. I note that it uses aluminum as the compressible penetrator-surrounding material instead of lead.

[potlatch]

Another good one!

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Oh, I can't take credit for that one.   I just found it 'along the side of the road'.