Is Lead ammunition bad for your Handgun ?

[labrador76]

I hear so many people say Lead amo is so bad for your Handguns in time it screws the gun up then I hear other people say it dose not do nothing to the gun I don't know who to believe am I really doing damage to my handgun or is it ok to use Lead amo in my guns ? if you guys can help me out in some advice that would be great Thanks guys .

Not sure...But it IS bad for your target

 

[Spawn-Inc]

i just got around to cleaning my guns after a range trip saturday and saw a bit of leading in my 586 357mag, but i was shooting 110gr bullets at almost 2000fps. but a couple of patches and it came right out.

 

[New Camper]

au contrair: Lead is softer than any jacket material, and although it may not equate to hundreds of thousands more rounds down the barrel, the harder the projectile according to the laws of physics, the faster they wear the rifling of a barrel.

 

[07blackwater]

i just got around to cleaning my guns after a range trip saturday and saw a bit of leading in my 586 357mag, but i was shooting 110gr bullets at almost 2000fps. but a couple of patches and it came right out.

Keep the velocity below 1700 and all will be good.

Above that you need gas checks, paper patching and all other sorts of Voodoo.

 

[jethunter]

Jacketed bullets have their place, so do lead bullets. They both work if they are matched to the gun and load.

 

[trev82]

Not sure...But it IS bad for your target

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