Armor Piercing Bullets?

[CAR-AR-M16]

The feds only restrict armor piercing handgun ammunition. It is defined as:

18 U.S.C., § 921(a)(17)(B)

A projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or

A full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile.

 

[CAR-AR-M16]

What about green tipped 5.56? I understood that was armor piercing.

Green tip 5.56mm ammo (M855) is NOT armor piercing. It only has a mild steel tip. The back 2/3rds of the projectile is lead.

M855

Black tip 5.56mm (M995) has a hard tungsten core and is an armor piercing round.

M995