Reply #145: not jacketed [View All]

[Romulus]

they all appear to be "sintered" in that they are compressed metal powder that is somehow turned solid like a full metal jacketed round. (Ex: www.sinterfire.com) If they hit somthing harder than themselves (like bone, wood, concrete, etc.) then they fragment into dust (but expend their kinetic energy in the fragmentation process). Otherwise, they operate like a full metal jacketed round and penetrate soft tissue without deforming. You could use them for hunting in that regard.

Waterfowl hunters in the US use steel shot pellets in their shotgun rounds per current Fed law. But steel bullets for handguns and rifles would be classified as "armor piercing." The "armor piercing" handgun bullets would be a non-starter, and may already be banned.