30-06 Black tip AP projectiles
I would like to find out what is actually in the core of a black tip .308 diameter projectile. I weighed one and got a 162 grains reading. As I understand these bullets were likely pulled from 30-06 rounds. I believe I have read that these cores were at different times, tungsten, moly alloy hardened steel, just hardened steel, hardened steel with a lead core. Seems to me that tungsten was only used in the 40's. I have some of these bullets listed on GB and someone asked if they were SL or LC, is there a reliable way to distinguish were the projectiles came from? I have some 30-06 black tip rounds, according to to a label outside the ammo can, in addition to the headstamp (FN 67) it should be FN. Is one maker preferable over another? I don't want mislead anyone should they buy these items from me. If you really know please let me have an answer. Thank you
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There are armor piercing bullet tests on YouTube.
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Magnet test? Does depleted uranium stick to magnets?
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No. Neither will tungsten metal or tungsten carbide. I bet those old APs are just hardened steel. A friend had a core that he used as a center punch.
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Comments made by a WW2 veteran indicated the black tip ammo 'carried up real good at long range'. Fired from a P17 with it's long barrel and receiver sight, this ammo "would reach way out".
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