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Per friend: -$35 a person $12 for the second and ammo varies wildly. They start about $20/$30 a box for 9mm 50 rounds, but most people use 1/2 boxes ler trip"
Also, per them, tungsten is a no-no due to its armor-piercing abilities.
It is, the ranges mark up the ammo (what business doesn’t) as they sell small quantities to a captive audience who will pay. Ammoseek represents the other end of the spectrum, ppl buying wholesale in larger quantities. Not represented are the hand loaders, typically sports-oriented going through a thousand a week in practice buying components at cost.
I don’t know about tungsten bullets, but I have heard of tungsten shot.
You could probably jacket a tungsten bullet in a softer metal like copper to mitigate the damage to the barrel, but I feel like that’s also gonna run up against armor piercing regulations
Yeah, that’s basically the gist of it, jacket a hard, dense penetrator in a softer metal so it doesn’t damage the barrel
But there’s some edge cases like with m855 “green tip” 5.56 ammo which has a steel core inside a lead bullet and copper jacket, but generally isn’t considered “armor piercing” even though it does penetrate armor slightly better than most other standard 5.56 rounds
So I’m gonna hedge me bets and say there may be a case where a tungsten bullet may not be considered armor piercing but I don’t know the specifics of where that line would be drawn.
Per friend: -$35 a person $12 for the second and ammo varies wildly. They start about $20/$30 a box for 9mm 50 rounds, but most people use 1/2 boxes ler trip"
Also, per them, tungsten is a no-no due to its armor-piercing abilities.
$20 for 50 rounds of 9mm is exceptionally high. 20-25 cents per round for target ammo is closer to reality. https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger
It’s probably the cost buying from the range. Might also be regional. I’m going to keep replying to myself.
It is, the ranges mark up the ammo (what business doesn’t) as they sell small quantities to a captive audience who will pay. Ammoseek represents the other end of the spectrum, ppl buying wholesale in larger quantities. Not represented are the hand loaders, typically sports-oriented going through a thousand a week in practice buying components at cost.
That is fair, you can expect to pay double for the convenience of buying on site at a staffed range.
As a company man, he says it “might be a little cheaper elsewhere,” but they are the lowest price around for admission.
Is tungsten a no-no to carry around loaded, or is it simply unavailable?
I’m not a gun guy, but I’ve never heard of tungsten being used in bullets, and AFAIK it would severly damage the barrel, right?
I don’t know about tungsten bullets, but I have heard of tungsten shot.
You could probably jacket a tungsten bullet in a softer metal like copper to mitigate the damage to the barrel, but I feel like that’s also gonna run up against armor piercing regulations
I think, from a report I did in middle school, that you have just described how armor piercing bullets function.
Yeah, that’s basically the gist of it, jacket a hard, dense penetrator in a softer metal so it doesn’t damage the barrel
But there’s some edge cases like with m855 “green tip” 5.56 ammo which has a steel core inside a lead bullet and copper jacket, but generally isn’t considered “armor piercing” even though it does penetrate armor slightly better than most other standard 5.56 rounds
So I’m gonna hedge me bets and say there may be a case where a tungsten bullet may not be considered armor piercing but I don’t know the specifics of where that line would be drawn.