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Unread 02-27-2009, 04:17 PM   #14
George_F
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Originally Posted by Lugerdoc View Post
One caution if shooting the WW2 ammo with black painted bullets: this is steel armour peircing and not easy on bores or metal back stops. Learned that the hard way, TH
Quick note, I think any German 9mm ammo after 1944 has the iron core (m E - mit Eisenkern) but no longer had the black tip.

But its sintered iron - compressed powdered iron. No direct experience on how hard it is but as always I will defer to those with direct experience.
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