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Please help! DO NOT USE IN PORTED BARRELS
FEENIX
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Please help me understand. Blazer is closed until 5 Jan so I can't call. Other forums I've been think perhaps because the bullets are plated and that port might shave off the thin plating.
Thank you in advance.
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Despite being sold as FMJ, some bullets are actually plated and these can lead to shaving when fired out of ported barrels and because the porting usually directs the blast up or to the rear, the shooter might catch a few of those shavings. The interesting thing is that not all of this ammo is marked with the restriction. It appears (and I am just noting what I've seen) that the brass cased ammo uses a cheaper plated bullet (and is restricted) while the aluminum cased ammo uses a more expensive jacket bullet (no restriction). I suppose this some how balances out costs and keeps the ammo costing roughly the same price no matter which components are used during loading.
Yep, that's where my confusion lies ... I have a Winchester brand ammo w/o the same restriction. Thanks!
That said, some gas operated firearms. Are really bad venting debris back through action, into your face. Many moons ago, I had a first generation Desert Eagle, (circa 1982?), in .357 mag.
I just shot conventional jacketed ammo in it. No lead or TMJ stuff. Even wearing glasses, I still got all kinds of powder and jacket residue, blown back through the action into my face. It had a direct impingement gas mechanism like a AR. I don't know if the latter production Desert Eagles, corrected the problem?
No No No! A plated bullet will also shed it's plating and leave it in the bore or in this case the Compensator. So the next shot might be disastrous!
Sorry I don't buy that.
I have never seen any warning about plated from the makers about ported barrels.
The only thing ever mentioned was not to use a heavy roll crimp that might cut into the plating.
quote:Originally posted by celse
No No No! A plated bullet will also shed it's plating and leave it in the bore or in this case the Compensator. So the next shot might be disastrous!
Sorry I don't buy that.
I have never seen any warning about plated from the makers about ported barrels.
The only thing ever mentioned was not to use a heavy roll crimp that might cut into the plating.
The only warning or perhaps more of a recommendation on my son's Glock 21 SF ported in .45 ACP is to use factory ammunition. He has shot thousands of ammo without any problem but not sure if it includes this brand.
Will just have to shot the ammo I have (Winchesters 165 & 180 FMJs) and will monitor it safely.
Thank you all!
Was this for a box of frangible ammunition? I noticed 'not for use for LEO' so maybe it was for some sort of indoor practice ammunition.
Negative!