The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - A silly question about ammunition and steel core rounds

johnwilliamson062 · October 21, 2013, 04:23 PM

Do you mean steel cartridge case or steel jacket?
I thought you meant cartridge case, but some people seem to be replying in regard to jacket. I remember hearing about some steel jacketed bullets, but I don't think any are available commercially in the US.

Anything harder than lead hitting the bullet traps is going to cause more wear than lead. If they use the magnet test they can't tell is the ammo with steel cartridge case also has steel in the bullet or not.

Also, lead rarely ricochets back to more than 10 yards. Every time I have seen or heard of a fragment coming back it was jacketed ammo and the fragment had at least part of the jacket.
Lots of really good reasons NOT to shoot steel or jacketed rounds at an indoor range.

October 21, 2013, 04:23 PM	#8
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	Do you mean steel cartridge case or steel jacket? I thought you meant cartridge case, but some people seem to be replying in regard to jacket. I remember hearing about some steel jacketed bullets, but I don't think any are available commercially in the US. Anything harder than lead hitting the bullet traps is going to cause more wear than lead. If they use the magnet test they can't tell is the ammo with steel cartridge case also has steel in the bullet or not. Also, lead rarely ricochets back to more than 10 yards. Every time I have seen or heard of a fragment coming back it was jacketed ammo and the fragment had at least part of the jacket. Lots of really good reasons NOT to shoot steel or jacketed rounds at an indoor range.