Earlier this year the NPS(National Park Services) called for a ban on lead ammunition and fishing tackle. Saying that it will help with the contamination of park wildlife and water pollution. They are insisting on ammunition made of titanium, copper, and/or steel to be used. The NRA-ILA is disputing this because of the fact that it will make ammunition costly. Driving hunters to have to dig deeper into their pockets.
Lead ammo is used because of the lower cost and its soft, malleability. In other words, when shot the velocity actually heats up and remolds itself. Flattening to a mushroom type form. Shotguns shells are the ones with the most lead. Filled with several round lead balls.
If a bullet were to be made of a harder metal such as tungsten titanium, copper, or steel wouldn't that make it a little more lethal? Even armor piercing? That would make it a full metal jacket. They make the ballistic style bullets now that are costly. Which they are lead free. They have a hard plastic in place of the lead on the tips of center fire ammo. When shot the plastic melts giving the rest of the bullet a chance to take its form for the impact. But, if the world of ammunition is converting to these harder metals, what's the next step for them.
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