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<blockquote data-quote="HiredHand" data-source="post: 3825108" data-attributes="member: 2469"><p>“The new M118 ammo used the same 173gr FMJBT (Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail) bullet that the .30-06 M72 Match ammo used. This bullet was manufactured by Lake City and was based on the 1956 International Match bullet. The bullet itself had a lead alloy core (90% lead, 10% antimony) with a gilding metal jacket comprised of 90% copper and 10% zinc. The boattail was a 9 degree taper and was .225″ long. The original specification weight was 173gr but as time progressed and the tooling wore out, that weight began to spread from 172 – 175gr. The claimed ballistic coefficient of the bullet is .494 which was very high for that time period.” </p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="https://snipercentral.com/history-m118-ammunition/" target="_blank">History of the M118 Ammunition - Sniper Central</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HiredHand, post: 3825108, member: 2469"] “The new M118 ammo used the same 173gr FMJBT (Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail) bullet that the .30-06 M72 Match ammo used. This bullet was manufactured by Lake City and was based on the 1956 International Match bullet. The bullet itself had a lead alloy core (90% lead, 10% antimony) with a gilding metal jacket comprised of 90% copper and 10% zinc. The boattail was a 9 degree taper and was .225″ long. The original specification weight was 173gr but as time progressed and the tooling wore out, that weight began to spread from 172 – 175gr. The claimed ballistic coefficient of the bullet is .494 which was very high for that time period.” Source: [URL="https://snipercentral.com/history-m118-ammunition/"]History of the M118 Ammunition - Sniper Central[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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