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   From: jones@fobahor.com   
      
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   On Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:11:53 -0500, in talk.politics.guns Ed Huntress   
    wrote:   
      
   >I don't know if youi're being serious about Teflon-coated Black   
   >Talons, but they weren't Teflon-coated. They had some other kind of   
   >lubrication for barrel protection.   
   >   
   >The Teflon coating was for KTW bullets. They were bronze or steel, and   
   >were for penetrating car windshiels, engine blocks, etc. The Teflon   
   >was, again, for barrel protection.   
   >   
   >Where Pox von Sputum seems to be confused is about the federal law   
   >concerning "armor-piercing bullets." The law applies only to bullets   
   >intended for use in handguns. I spelled it out a day or two ago.   
   >   
   >The lawmakers knew there was nothing they could do about rifle   
   >bullets. There was a public outcry when the KTW bullets came to the   
   >attention of the anti-gunners, who promptly labelled them "cop   
   >killers." The legislative response was a pure populist knee-jerk PR   
   >move.   
   >   
   >Black Talons are named specifically as prohibited handgun bullets.   
   >KTWs are not named, but anything that is "hard metal" or that has a   
   >metal jacket over 25% of the weight of the bullet is labelled "armor   
   >piercing."   
      
   I wasn't aware that "black talon" ammunition was prohibited; if you're   
   gonna waste someone, what's the difference how you do it?   
      
   The joke was that a "dum-dum" round really can't also be "armor   
   piercing" because they're two mutually exclusive ideas... well, they   
   did use a lead clay effectively against hardened armor in WWII that   
   would cause it to spall inside the vehicle.   
      
   We had the devil's own time with machine gunners who'd file off the   
   points of 7.62 rounds thereby making them "dum-dum"s.  What would   
   happen is that the lead would jump out of the jacket in the barrel...   
   always with a less than desirable outcome.   
      
   Jones   
      
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