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Steel cored ammo??
I recently resigned from a range club due to their insistence recently on NO steel cored ammo. The test they use is a magnet. But in testing my son-in-laws ammo all of the surplus ammo is attracted by the magnet. Some commercial ammo like Hornady and S&B for military calibers also fails the magnet test. But heres the kicker. My reloads using Winchester bulk bullets, 147 gr Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail (FMJBT) Part Number WB762147N in 308 caliber also fails the magnet test (???).
I went to the Winchester components page for this bullet and nothing is said there about any steel core or steel used in the jacket.
Is the steel core ammo becoming the norm now that lead is so expensive?
Besides hunting ammo and pure copper bullets is steel coring of ammo slipping into the shooting scene?
If it is the jackets that contain some steel then this club is going to have no shooters left on the rifle side!
LDBennett
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