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Where can one find Frangible bullets?

Since the CFO here in Ontario has banned reactive metal targets due to - as rediculous as it sounds - "lead splatter" ... yes you read that right, lead splatter FFS du Calais. We now require to put them in bunkers. However our club does not have purpose build bunkers for higher calibers 9mm 223 etc only 22lr. We do have a lot of metal targets that I've been itching to get out. The only way we can use them without bunkers is with frangibles.

Where can we buy frangibles in Canada?

Oh BTW I need some load data for 42gr Frangible bullets. I'm using H335.
 
I've seen them in several stores. Picked up some at Ellwood Epps last year. They are priced higher than some of the mail order stores.
 
Is the Hornady V-max not a frangible bullet?

Actually aren't all lead core bullets frangible??? I thought only steel core stuff was not.
 
Shooter ----/ said:
Is the Hornady V-max not a frangible bullet?

Actually aren't all lead core bullets frangible??? I thought only steel core stuff was not.
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Not really, it is a thin jacketed bullet that comes apart easily, but has a solid lead core. Frangible is different, they are designed with a non solid core.

Frangible bullets typically don't have a lead core. They are non lead, a compressed powdered metal core. When the jacket comes apart, the core literally turns to dust.
 
Shooter ----/ said:
Is the Hornady V-max not a frangible bullet?

Actually aren't all lead core bullets frangible??? I thought only steel core stuff was not.
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Actually until the advent of mono-metal solids, an solid bullet for large/dangerous African or Asian game was a lead core bullet with a steel jacket and an outer jacket of copper to take the rifling. Light weight, high velocity bullets with a steel or tungsten core began to show up during the first World War for armor piercing.

As for the lead spatter issue, tell me agin . . . Why does anyone live in Ontario?

The Varmint Grenades will probably meet the frangible requirement for .223s. Thunder Ranch in Oregon is a lead free/frangible facility and uses Corbon pistol ammo packaged under the Thunder Ranch name. I'm not sure if that stuff is on NRC's import list or not, but it might be worth pursuing.
 
The barnes VG have a tough time stabilizing in a 1:9 barrel.
Lots of members here have tried them with little - no luck

I've used them with varget and had some success, however, a lot of work went into finding the load.
 
na1lb0hm said:
The barnes VG have a tough time stabilizing in a 1:9 barrel.
Lots of members here have tried them with little - no luck

I've used them with varget and had some success, however, a lot of work went into finding the load.
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they're not stabilizing because of length of barns bullets they need to be longer(lead free) to get the same weight as a lead cored round

really twist rate is dependent on the length of the bullet not the weight
 
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