round nose/silver color/full metal jacket bullets

jaegermister

any reason early bolt action military rifle bullets were round nose? Unable to make a
pointed spitzer? What was the jacket material?

richarda

1. Because the pointed, "spritzer", bullet concept had not been thought of yet.

2. The white metal jackets are generally cupro-nickel, an alloy of copper & nickel.

MIKE WISKEY

"2. The white metal jackets are generally cupro-nickel, an alloy of copper & nickel."......................or nickle plate mild steel

rufe-snow

History of early, "pointy" bullets. At this link. Surprised me! The French, were the first out of the gate with them. Even though the German name for them, was universally adopted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitzer_(bullet)

USN_Airdale

Winchester-Western "Silvertip" was soft aluminum.

XXCross

Actually , very few bullets are made of steel..plated or otherwise.
The material used is really wrot iron. (that's iron with very little
carbon or other material in it) It's not much harder than copper alloys and just about as ductile.

Cheechako

quote:Originally posted by USN_Airdale
Winchester-Western "Silvertip" was soft aluminum.


The original "Silvertip" was made from nickel-silver and extended the full length of the jacket. It was after WW2 that it was changed to thin aluminum that covered only the front half of the core.

Cheechako

quote:Originally posted by XXCross

Actually , very few bullets are made of steel..plated or otherwise.
The material used is really wrot iron. (that's iron with very little
carbon or other material in it) It's not much harder than copper alloys and just about as ductile.


I can't speak to foreign bullets, but the steel in the U.S. Gilding Metal Clad Steel (GMCS) is WD 1008.

Many of the U.S. military experimental cartridges had solid bullets which were B1112 turned steel. And bullets such as the 7.62mm NATO Ball M59 had a core of soft steel.