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June 06, 2004, 17:15
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Nickel Plated bullets?!
Uhm...seen some nickel plated bullets for sale. Got to ask...WHY?
Is this just strictly a cosmetic thing? How about bbl wear? etc...... any information will be more than i have now.
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June 06, 2004, 19:03
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Where? I have never seen a nickel plated bullet before. What caliber were they?
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June 06, 2004, 19:50
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nickle plated bullets , what's under the plating? a jacket or lead. barrel wear is probably not an issue. nickle phosphorous plating is an anti-corrosive/lubricant(triton bullets)
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June 06, 2004, 20:38
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They are on ebay (bad word).
Do a search for bullets, they are in .30 cal and .224 at least. Seller is Wlj enterprises. I bought .30 cal frangible ammo from them before and transaction went fine. here is the link for the auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3680974488
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June 06, 2004, 22:35
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I'm wondering if these arent "nickel plated" and are actually cupronickel jacketed ?? Cupronickel is a copper alloy with nickel in it, it appears nickel in color. It's use for jackets in rifle and pistol bullets was pretty common in Europe. I have ammo with cupronickel jacketed bullets in 32acp, 30 Luger, 9mm, 6.5x55, 7x57 & 8x57 and probably more that I cant think of right now. I cant think of any good use for it, besides that it dosent tarnish as bad as plain copper.
Then again, maybe I can  As they claim to be Lake City, could these be "pulled" bullets, that were re-sized and then plated to cover any signs of it ?? YOOO VINNY |
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June 07, 2004, 14:47
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Actually...........its silver........you know,for vampires and werwolves and those killer clowns and such
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June 07, 2004, 17:48
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I have some Wolf 7.62 that has nickel plated bullets over steel jackets. I thought it was odd. Has nobody else seen these?
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June 07, 2004, 18:23
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I ordered some 8mm Ecuadorian ammo that has a nickle-copper jacket. Looks silver. I'll find out on Wednesday when it arrives.........Ken
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June 08, 2004, 06:42
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Re: Nickel Plated bullets?!
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June 08, 2004, 08:59
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The Swiss GP11 appears to have a cupronickel coating on the bullet -- it looks cool. I believe it is steel jacketed, though.
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 For the werewolves...yes...vamps...no...killer clowns...not certain...so I'd use the silver anyway... Sturm Reiter 
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June 08, 2004, 20:48
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Trust me,,, they work great on clowns.
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Got my Ecuador Ammo from Dan's today. The bullets are silver colored. The ammo is on 5 round stripper clips and looks real clean. I will use this in an FN49.........................Ken
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June 10, 2004, 10:34
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These are surplus ammo from the Lone Ranger. Little known fact was that he was CIA. This has not officially been declassified yet. He protected us for many years from werewolves and vampires (the wooden bullets on the surp market). This is well documented. I read about it while buying a gallon of milk yesterday.
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June 16, 2004, 11:17
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cupronickle was used extensively in the 20's thru 50's as it is less likely to corrode than copper. only problem is, that it (in some chemistries) reacts with brass and cold welds thru a bonding process. bad news. some chemistries used in the 20's were pure poison.
could be junk pulled bullets from 8mm turk, or any other crap.
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