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Old November 24, 2012, 09:22 AM   #11
Mike Irwin
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It was a concern.

It's what led the British to abandon the 200-gr. lead bullet in the middle 1920s in the first place.

When war kicked off in 1939 it was found that there wasn't enough Mk II ammo to go around to arm the BEF that was sent to France, and the capacity to manufacture more was very limited and new capacity couldn't be brought on board in time, so the British adopted a three-prong approach:

1. Depite objections and worries inside the British military and government, arm those troops going to France with Mk I ammo.

2. Purchase several million more rounds of lead-bullet (Colt Super Police) ammo from the United States.

3. Haul ass on developing new production capacity.

Once sufficient quantities of ammo became available, lead-bullet rounds were withdrawn and replaced with the jacketed loads.

After 1943 or so, no Mk I ammo remained in service.
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