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Outfox · 12-01-2006, 09:48 AM

The environmentalists are at it again. And once again they are banging on the CA Condor drum.

There is a large movement here in CA to make all the hunters use solid copper bullets because of the "indirect lead poisoning problem in the Condors."

I don't want to get into the political side of this, especially because my landowners are already asking their hunters to make the switch. Amazing what a couple of "wine and dine" or in this case "Woot and shoot" sessions by Fish & Game will do. But I digress...

So who makes solid copper bullet ammunition for pistols? What cal.? Barnes (sp?) makes the expander bullet?

Crimp · 12-01-2006, 10:12 AM

Barnes is the only one I know of that is easily available (but expensive).

mcb · 12-01-2006, 10:42 AM

Does it have to be a solid copper bullet or simply a bullet that does not have lead in it?

Barns makes a solid copper bullet they also make a tungsten core copper jacketed bullet also. That should be a "green" bullet but give you a bit better performance than solid copper. In fact the tungsten core bullet will probably out perform lead core in both ballistic coefficient and penetration.

You could also use cheap Russian military bullets a lot of them are soft steel or iron cores with a copper jacket. Not the best performance but should be "green".

Rambling
mcb

link523 · 12-01-2006, 10:55 AM

i think remington makes the in 9mm seen them at gander mountain the other day

Chewie146 · 12-01-2006, 06:03 PM

Taurus makes one in .45 ACP, Cor-Bon is starting to make them, but the only hunting bullets i know of are Barnes and Mag Tech. Barnes has a good rep, but I'm not sure about the Mag Tech. Check it out. Maybe it'll be a little cheaper. Who knows.

12-01-2006, 09:48 AM	#1
Outfox XDTalk Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 44	Solid Copper Bullet? The environmentalists are at it again. And once again they are banging on the CA Condor drum. There is a large movement here in CA to make all the hunters use solid copper bullets because of the "indirect lead poisoning problem in the Condors." I don't want to get into the political side of this, especially because my landowners are already asking their hunters to make the switch. Amazing what a couple of "wine and dine" or in this case "Woot and shoot" sessions by Fish & Game will do. But I digress... So who makes solid copper bullet ammunition for pistols? What cal.? Barnes (sp?) makes the expander bullet? __________________ You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hand. But cash offers are always accepted.

12-01-2006, 10:42 AM	#3
mcb XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North East Ohio Posts: 2,080	Does it have to be a solid copper bullet or simply a bullet that does not have lead in it? Barns makes a solid copper bullet they also make a tungsten core copper jacketed bullet also. That should be a "green" bullet but give you a bit better performance than solid copper. In fact the tungsten core bullet will probably out perform lead core in both ballistic coefficient and penetration. You could also use cheap Russian military bullets a lot of them are soft steel or iron cores with a copper jacket. Not the best performance but should be "green". Rambling mcb __________________ If at first you don't succeed; RELOAD _ _ _ _ My web site

12-01-2006, 10:55 AM	#4
link523 XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: westland,michigan Posts: 66	i think remington makes the in 9mm seen them at gander mountain the other day __________________ xd sc9 bi-tone kbi charelys daly 1911 a1 taurus model 650 ss .357 mag

12-01-2006, 06:03 PM	#5
Chewie146 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 727	Taurus makes one in .45 ACP, Cor-Bon is starting to make them, but the only hunting bullets i know of are Barnes and Mag Tech. Barnes has a good rep, but I'm not sure about the Mag Tech. Check it out. Maybe it'll be a little cheaper. Who knows. __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- "Beware the man with one gun..." Befriend the man with 30?

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12-01-2006, 10:12 AM	#2
Crimp XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 168	Barnes is the only one I know of that is easily available (but expensive).