Range Supply from Underwood Ammo

[5pins]

Is that a real FMJ or a plated bullet?

Shellshock Tech cases?

Looks plated to me.

[SD]

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[Tokarev]

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So is it a true jacketed bullet or a plated? And is the case the two-piece stuff made by Shellshock Technologies?

Not necessarily bashing Underwood but sometimes they change a product's specs without updating the website. Case in point is their 190gr cast 44SPL load. It was listed on the website as being gas checked. After shooting a couple into gel it was immediately clear they were not. A call to the company confirmed that they had changed to a different bullet without changing the site.

[5pins]

CCI calls their blazer brass a "FMJ" but it's plated. So maybe they are not using the strict definition of Full Metal Jacket.

[SD]

Last night I was enjoying Friday night libations in excess, because of an inability during these periods for sound judgment I try to avoid posting. But over morning coffee I pulled a round apart and would have to say they are plated. I say this seeing the bottom of the bullet is covered in copper, my understanding is FMJ will have exposed lead on the bottom.

[Duelist]

Last night I was enjoying Friday night libations in excess, because of an inability during these periods for sound judgment I try to avoid posting. But over morning coffee I pulled a round apart and would have to say they are plated. I say this seeing the bottom of the bullet is covered in copper, my understanding is FMJ will have exposed lead on the bottom.

Depends on who made the bullet. A TMJ bullet, as used by CCI/Speer in the Lawman product, has no exposed lead including the bullet base. A plated bullet may look similar.

[Tokarev]

Depends on who made the bullet. A TMJ bullet, as used by CCI/Speer in the Lawman product, has no exposed lead including the bullet base. A plated bullet may look similar.

TMJ is Speer's name for a heavily plated bullet, no?

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[Duelist]

TMJ is Speer's name for a heavily plated bullet, no?

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Total Metal Jacket. I don’t know if they plate super heavy, or have a different mechanism for applying a jacket to the lead core that allows them to enclose it completely in a jacket.

Research, including perhaps cutting apart a bullet, commences now.

ETA:
“All options are loaded with a TMJ® bullet with a plated jacket that encapsulates the entire lead core.”

Obfuscation? They seem to call it a plated jacket, which confuses what they actually mean. Off to pull a bullet.

[Tokarev]

Total Metal Jacket. I don’t know if they plate super heavy, or have a different mechanism for applying a jacket to the lead core that allows them to enclose it completely in a jacket.

Research, including perhaps cutting apart a bullet, commences now.

ETA:
“All options are loaded with a TMJ[emoji2400] bullet with a plated jacket that encapsulates the entire lead core.”

Obfuscation? They seem to call it a plated jacket, which confuses what they actually mean. Off to pull a bullet.

It may very well be a proprietary method but I believe the jacket is applied via electrochemical process. Maybe plating isn't the right word in Speer's case.

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[SD]

I was afraid my understanding may have been a little outdated or over simplistic. Lets see if this helps.
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