in my latest e-mail from midway usa, one of the things they are trying to sell is "military over run" 7.62x51 ammo.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/29...ion-762x51mm-nato-147-grain-full-metal-jacket
that is fine, but i am unsure about the bullet. a "copper clad steel jacket" with a lead core. i am a bit leary about sending a steel core bullet down a steel barrel. i am sure copper clad means just enough to color. i would think that a steel jacket would be thinner than a standard copper jacket, so it would deform into the rifling without raising pressures. i just can not help wonder if a steel on steel is going to be harmful to a civilian barrel i do not know if mil spec barrels are tougher than std. production civilian barrels or not.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/29...ion-762x51mm-nato-147-grain-full-metal-jacket
that is fine, but i am unsure about the bullet. a "copper clad steel jacket" with a lead core. i am a bit leary about sending a steel core bullet down a steel barrel. i am sure copper clad means just enough to color. i would think that a steel jacket would be thinner than a standard copper jacket, so it would deform into the rifling without raising pressures. i just can not help wonder if a steel on steel is going to be harmful to a civilian barrel i do not know if mil spec barrels are tougher than std. production civilian barrels or not.
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