• frongt@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    That’s a property of the copper jacket, not the lead core.

    • spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app
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      2 days ago

      Nope. The core is the strength of the bullet. If it were steel, you can bet your ass that thin copper jacket is not going to magically allow the bullet to squish through the barrel.