Frangible 9mm Buletsl

Arizona Slim · 02-02-2014, 05:56 PM

Upon further checking I found that I was wrong in that the black tip is for armour piercing, and not for the frangible ammunition, the frangible ammunition I have has the green and white tip, and is cal. 30-06, which while no expert in any sense of the word was I aware that it was produced in 30-06.

Some of the information in my first statement is incorrect, the headstamp on my frangible ammo is dated 1945, it was produced by
the St. Louis Ordinance plant in St. louis and it is for cal. .30-06. Sorry for the misinformation.

Lon

loadings will include: Armor-piercing (AP), AP-Incendiary, Ball, Blank, Dummy, Gallery, High Pressure Test, Incendiary, and Tracer. Many of these will be identified by colored bullet tips. The following is a list of commonly found colored bullet tips on .30-06.
Black: AP
Black/Silver: AP Plate Test
Blue: Incendiary (also tracer from Argentina)
Green: AP from UK, Tracer from Argentina
Green/White: Frangible
Green/Tan: Frangible
Orange: Tracer
Red: Tracer (also some Incendiary from UK, and AP from Argentina)
Silver: Armor-piercing Incendiary
White: Tracer, unfinished Frangible,
Yellow: Observation and Proof rounds (AP from Belgium)

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Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	Upon further checking I found that I was wrong in that the black tip is for armour piercing, and not for the frangible ammunition, the frangible ammunition I have has the green and white tip, and is cal. 30-06, which while no expert in any sense of the word was I aware that it was produced in 30-06. Some of the information in my first statement is incorrect, the headstamp on my frangible ammo is dated 1945, it was produced by the St. Louis Ordinance plant in St. louis and it is for cal. .30-06. Sorry for the misinformation. Lon loadings will include: Armor-piercing (AP), AP-Incendiary, Ball, Blank, Dummy, Gallery, High Pressure Test, Incendiary, and Tracer. Many of these will be identified by colored bullet tips. The following is a list of commonly found colored bullet tips on .30-06. Black: AP Black/Silver: AP Plate Test Blue: Incendiary (also tracer from Argentina) Green: AP from UK, Tracer from Argentina Green/White: Frangible Green/Tan: Frangible Orange: Tracer Red: Tracer (also some Incendiary from UK, and AP from Argentina) Silver: Armor-piercing Incendiary White: Tracer, unfinished Frangible, Yellow: Observation and Proof rounds (AP from Belgium)