[demlosers]

Oh great a PC bullet.

[meadsjn]

I wonder where lead came from before it was turned into bullets. It's a good thing that it doesn't occur naturally or we'd all be in danger!

[NJ Freeper]

Everytime I think I've read it all, along comes a story like this to prove me wrong.

[anobjectivist]

Ooohh they're not as affective...now every target that has kevlar or some other protection is that much safer.

Won't there also be a range penalty?

[templar]

"This is not a fire-and-forget kind of thing. Eventually, we have to pay somebody to go out there and clean up that lead."

Are there any genuine studies that show that lead from bullets, particularly FMJ military bullets, presents an environmental hazzard?

[rangerX]

Another Pentagon circus. Aliant is a powder and firearm maker, not a bullet maker. Barnes has been selling solid copper bullets for hunting for years, and they work great. I can't believe they would pay $25 Mil to have these guys build a new bullet from scratch when just about any reloader would go out and buy a Barnes X-bullet. They make them from .224 caliber up to .458 caliber. Idiots.

[Rudder]

Very simple solution:

Use gold. Never will they have to spend money to police a war zone and the money being used to develop a lead alternative will pay for the gold used.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[zygoat]

What about all those sinkers and splitshot littering our riverbeds, lake beds and the ocean? I guess I'd better shut up in case those whackos' monitor this site.

[MD_Willington_1976]

The military already has SLAP (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator) ammo, I know they have it in .50 cal but dont they have it in smaller calibers? I have seen it for sale for civilian use, maybe online or in Shotgun news.

Besides they need all that lead for the batteries in electric cars "</sarcasm

[RippleFire]

More details here - http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4075320.html . They are making tungsten bullets. The tungsten comes from China.

[ElkGroveDan]

Remember the Lone Ranger? He used silver bullets! Maybe the Army could try that. Sure they cost more -- and they require more powder to propel them with the same kinetic energy, but they don't contain lead.

Maybe we could make bullets out of flower petals? Instead of gun powder, we could just throw them at the enemy...

[Mike Darancette]

I'm sure that some of the stuff that they used to put in field rations (1960's) could be used as bullets, then again that stuff might not be biodegradable and we would be considered war criminals for using it.

[Tree of Liberty]

This is actually an improvement, if you can believe it. There was talk a few years ago about producing a tungsten based bullet, for which we'd have to rely on China for the ore.