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echo: guns
to: JACKSON DRYDEN
from: JOHN SANDOW
date: 1996-06-05 14:55:00
subject: Re: .40S&W mach 2 plus!

JD>JS> VH>the ability to penetrate a vest.
JD>JS>
JD>JS> Right, from what I hear:  The teflon, and nylon coating in Federal's
JD>JS> Nyclad bullets, is to provide barrel lubrication, not terminal
JD>JS> performance.
JD>This is just a BTW so I hope that it does not spark any hot retorts. *I*
JD>heard that the reason for these rounds was to reduce the amount of airborn
JD>lead in the indoor federal ranges without the expense of big air handling
JD>systems to vent the places.
Could very well be.  Although a JHP with it's solid copper base would 
prevent lead from touching the barrel walls, prevent erosion at the base 
(something nylon and teflon are not as good at), and you still have lead 
splatter in the bullet trap from the soft, pure lead bullet.
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