Ammo to Go

[epsylum]

Originally Posted by esrice

9rds. of breaching ammo for $50. Ouch.

Even worse on the breaching ammo. I remember a thread on a gun board where someone dissected one and all it is is some brown powder. I don't know if they found out what the powder was (it kind of looked like rust), but that was all that was in there.

[indyjoe]

For that price it is likely a gold/lead alloy.

[Ri22o]

Originally Posted by epsylum

Even worse on the breaching ammo. I remember a thread on a gun board where someone dissected one and all it is is some brown powder. I don't know if they found out what the powder was (it kind of looked like rust), but that was all that was in there.

It is an iron powder. They use a powder because it packs a punch until it hits the hinge/lock, then it becomes almost harmless. This is to keep it from over penetrating through the door.