Blended-metal bullets
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Blended-metal bullets are defined by the United states government as " Blended Metal Technology Projectile 2.1 Within the past 10-15 years, many different manufacturers have developed projectiles which utilize cores manufactured with materials other than lead, using processes other than melting.Currently there are no "blended Metal bullets" comertially available.
The company of LeMas was marketing a bullet as being made of Blended metal. In demonstrations such as the annual they portrayed it as a virtual wonder Bullet. Going so far as to provide one anecdotal report of its use: "... Thomas hit one of the attackers with a single shot from his M4 carbine at a distance he estimates was 100 to 110 yards. He hit the man in the buttocks, a wound that typically is not fatal. But this round appeared to kill the assailant instantly. "It entered his butt and completely destroyed everything in the lower left section of his stomach ... everything was torn apart," Thomas said." - article '1-shot killer' By John G. Roos, Army Times. During independent testing by Dr. Gary K. Roberts DDS the ammunition was found to be conventional lightweight hunting bullets given what is known as a Molycoat. The conventional hunting bullets are illegal for land warfare according to the Hague Convention.
[edit] References
- http://www.defensereview.com/article577.html
- http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2426405.php
- http://www.tacticalforums.com/cgi-bin/tacticalubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=78;t=001189
- http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVSEA/N00164/N0016404R4846/SynopsisR.html
