Taking the lead scare out of disarming the public.
OK. Kalifornia under it's
transparent anti-2nd mentality has made lead shot in rifles and pistols illegal using the Department of Ecology (tree-hugging greens) to NOT take away your guns
but make your ammo illegal.
Thank God I left that state and it's anti-2nd laws
far behind me, but it seems to be catching on as a way to let you keep your guns
but make what U shoot through them a crime, and it's the sportsmen as well as LEO's, security and the armed citizen whose only concern is self-defense who will
have to find an alternative to lead, I did they are called
BARNES BULLETS and here are the links I thought may be handy:
Pistol rounds:
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Rifle rounds:
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Of interest to LEO's or 5.56 AR-15 users this
'Green Bullet' shows promise:
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"Barnes now offers two all-new bullets featuring Multi-Purpose Green (MPG™) technology developed for military and law enforcement applications. MPG bullets feature a highly frangible, powdered-metal copper-tin core inside a guilding metal jacket.
Unlike frangible bullets lacking a protective jacket, MPG bullets remain intact under the rigors of handling, feeding and firing. This eliminates the primary cause of jammed actions and plugged barrels often experienced when firing frangible ammunition in autoloading rifles. The 55-grain 5.56mm (.224) MPG bullet is designed for M4, HK416 and AR-15 type autoloaders and other firearms with rifling twist rates of 1:9” or faster. A 140-grain 7.62mm (.308) version is available for AR-10, SR-25, M40 (Remington 700) and M14 rifles with 1:12” or faster rifling twists. These open-tip bullets remain intact at ultra-high velocities and extreme rates of spin. On impact, they deliver explosive fragmentation.
Barnes’ Multi-Purpose Green bullets are exceptionally accurate. They’re ideal for shooting steel targets, competition, plinking, varmint hunting and home defense. “Green” is military shorthand for “lead-free”—a requirement in military and LE practice environments."
So by banning lead we
may have to spend
slightly more per round, but the sheer kinetic force @ the point of entry linked with explosive fragmentation makes that round a take down hit that few surgeons could patch up, in essence banning lead makes the shooter buy
MUCH more lethal rounds which when it comes to many laws that state 'Minimal force to stop the BG is lawful' is out of the window, one shot from one of these and BG-
bits all over the place. The criminals
may be a little more concerned about surviving to mug/rape or harm you again. I may never fire another HP again!
Per the web-site the bullets are:
"The Triple-Shock was introduced in 2003 and has become Barnes’ most popular hunting bullet. The Triple-Shock has gained worldwide recognition as one of the deadliest, most dependable bullets you can buy. Try these all-copper bullets and see the added benefits of lower fouling, better accuracy, greater velocity and lower pressure."
They offer a free DVD here:
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A catalog is here for downloading with
Adobe PDF:
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A list of authorized dealers can be found here by state:
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SPOKANE has one!)
For you in Kalifornia, (move like I did, or stay put) this link is FYI:
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Final thing that blew me away is when I moved to 'buy' I was led to this page looking at 9mm boxes of 20 rds @ under $20 a box:
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At just under a buck a bullet I can trash-can my
TOXIC lead stash and buy
all I need in every caliber I want online.
This may also be of use I found under their
'Privacy Statement & Agreement' section, a point of contact in the U.S.A. with a toll-free number.
Contact information:
Barnes Bullets, Inc.
PO Box 215
American Fork, Utah 84003
Phone: (801) 756-4222
Fax: (801) 756-2465
email@barnesbullets.com
So let them try to take my 2nd away, sorry it
ain't happening, because when I'm packing I will be locked and loaded with
pure copper rounds that fit my needs and
keep me legal.
For the non-reloaders like me this is the work-around I wanted if my state goes non-lead.
Yes Luke, I
know I am not supposed to advertise on USA Carry, but I am following a thread which makes the hundreds of dollars of ammo I already own
useless if my state follows
Kalifornia and WA is next
I think, if U multiply that by the patrons you have that's a
LOT of wasted ammo/cash but hope that with a move up to copper rounds legal the law passes and we
still stay armed. So I went surfing and found this as a legal albeit slightly more expensive alternative to off-the-shelf at the local range
Federals or
COR©BON's to make sure that no cop or law is going to take away my guns or the
legal copper rounds I choose to fire through them when I get my basic load, faster than lead, a
lot more damage when it hits and hug-a-tree ecofriendly :kiss3: Adapt, overcome, change with the times and keep your 2nd.
The only wanton part of this company is I could not find
any mention of lead free ammo for shot-guns, but if
or when I do I will post it to this thread.
Now one thing I ask from USA Carry patrons is if you have used this ammo before
please post a short report on how well
or poorly the round performed, I think USA Carry would value your feed-back before we all stock-up on
lemons. I did some surfing and got user feed-back from 'horrible' to 'best round going', more pros than cons and
2 hours of wading thru blogs about this ammo in
Google :wacko:
Final word,
please check the state you live in to ensure it's
not on their no-ship zone, if it is then their rounds are
probably not legal there, but call to find out...
it's free!
End of report on 'alternative ammunition' for a lead-free armed citizen,
Canis-Lupus