Depleted Uranium Options

[Draco18s]

Spent fuel rounds sounds really inconvenient... Toxic bullets sound great... Until you realise it works both ways.

Bullets are already toxic.

Or have you not heard of high velocity lead poisoning?

[Lionhearted]

Bullets are already toxic.

Or have you not heard of high velocity lead poisoning?

Handling them are not... Unless you intend on swallowing them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

... How common is lead in bullets nowadays?
Genuine curiousity...

[Draco18s]

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
Your question is a little vague for a lot of the folks on this group. I am going to assume you are talking about lead bullets as in pistol bullets. most of the swagged bullets (as in factory loads) are almost pure lead, very little tin or antimony in it. For cast bullets the lead content can range from 80 to 90 percent with the balance being tin and antimony. Antimony is used with the lead to give it more strength, to make it harder, and the tin is used to make the molten mixture flow better and fill in the nooks and crannies of the bullet mold.
Looking at an old reloading book from the NRA I find mixtures of 95% lead-5% antimony, 85% lead-10% antimony and 5% tin, 90%-lead, 5%-antimony and 5% tin. To each their own mixture it looks like.
Source(s):
NRA HANDLOADERS GUIDE-1969
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...20081754AAZI0T9