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<blockquote data-quote="RickN" data-source="post: 4237616" data-attributes="member: 8854"><p>A bit of triva from my wealth of useless information. Towards the end of WW2 the Germans were low on lead so they starting casting 9mm bullets from zinc. The bullet was pointed instead of rounded and was loaded hotter. It was marked for SMG use only.</p><p></p><p>After the war some of this ammo was sold as surplus. Only problem is that ammo would punch holes in most indoor ranges backstops. Including one range that using the amour plating meant for a light cruiser that never got built.</p><p></p><p>Now this may be a fable but I have heard it from several people and the late Skeeter Skelton wrote about it in a gun mag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RickN, post: 4237616, member: 8854"] A bit of triva from my wealth of useless information. Towards the end of WW2 the Germans were low on lead so they starting casting 9mm bullets from zinc. The bullet was pointed instead of rounded and was loaded hotter. It was marked for SMG use only. After the war some of this ammo was sold as surplus. Only problem is that ammo would punch holes in most indoor ranges backstops. Including one range that using the amour plating meant for a light cruiser that never got built. Now this may be a fable but I have heard it from several people and the late Skeeter Skelton wrote about it in a gun mag. [/QUOTE]
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