Jacket vs. plating thickness
For laughs, I melted the lead out of a Rainier 335gr .50 cal slug and a Winchester 10mm 180gr JHP slug, cut the remaining jackets in half and measured the jacket thickness.My measurements are totally...
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I've seen armour piercing ammo that has a steel core wrapped in lead so that it peels back and shoves the steel into whatever it hits.....to penetrate it. In the process the whole jacket is left on...
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Your 9mm Berrys are going to have a much thinner plating. The 50's are plated heavier for obvious reasons. I did pretty much the same thing mobocracy did and my results were similar. And although the...
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I've got some pics of some .44 mag 240 Gold Dots after full expansion. I'll try to post them tommorow.Tinman
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Pic was taken before I got a decent camera, but here is the linky anyway. usera.imagecave.com/Tinma...ets006.jpgTinman
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