lead in usp

[mildot]

bullets

I shoot nothing but factory and Frontier bullets from my USP, no problems with either. I 've seen what happens when lead is shot down a poly rifled barrel. I think I still have a blown up .45 casing around my shop as a reminder.

So is the Frontier a "copper wash" bullet or a jacketed with a lead core?

 

[Big JD-From the hills]

Its a copper plated bullet, thicker that say what .22lr shells have, but thinner than most jacketed.

 

[happydude]

yeah odd, I had two squib loads..couldnt get them out, had to have both drilled out by gunsmith. Also when the gun was new barrel was so tight it would strip jacketing off rounds..leaving copper chips and shavings all over the place..

My one squib wound up halfway down the barrel and requied a good 20 minutes of hammering with a punch and hammer. Those barrels are tight!

I know a nut that shoots only lead out of his USP tactical in .45. The .45 is slower though, that may make a difference.

 

[Big JD-From the hills]

Its not about velocity per say, but preasure has allot to do with it. But strip jacketing off the bullets? That just doesn't sound right?