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Full Metal Jacket Prohibition?

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3.9K views 10 replies 6 participants last post by  soupy1957  
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Talk to me folks. Teach me. Why is hunting a deer with a "full metal jacket" either against the law, or not wise? Is that why there are Poly tips on my rounds; to satisfy that regulation, but also keep a jacket (even if it only covers a percentage of the bullet) around the Lead to keep less Lead deposit in the rifling grooves?

-Soupy1957
 
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Win73 said:
A full metal jacket bullet is a bullet that is completely encased in a jacket. There is no exposed lead or hollowpoint. When it hits the deer it will not normally expand and will not do as much damage as an expanding bullet. Therefore less likely to make a clean kill. This is why the Geneva convention specifies full metal jacket bullets for war. They will not do as much damage when they hit a person.
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You know.......I've heard it said that in war, the objective is to wound, not kill. Reason? The troops spend (lose) time gathering up their wounded. Slows them down.

-Soupy1957
 
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