Army doing away with lead bullets?

[hatidua]

I searched, if this has been posted before I missed it and someone will be along shortly to gleefully point out the error in my ways:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/24/ge...green-bullets/

[Ah Pook]

'bout time. Those things will kill ya.

[GilpinGuy]

Wage war and save the planet at the same time....brilliant!

[generalmeow]

The EPA will probably ban all lead bullets. Just watch.

[hatidua]

The EPA will probably ban all lead bullets. Just watch.

-that's the first thing that crossed my mind.

[TEAMRICO]

The EPA will probably ban all lead bullets. Just watch.

If they do then someone let me know when and where I can turn mine in for Eco friendly ones.....will I just turn them in and get new ones or will they give me a rain check?
oh I pray for the planet and its creatures...............

[mdsmd]

How is this good when we have people steeling all copper they can get their hands on so that they can sell it for scrap and now we have to contend with the fact that we will now have a bigger demand copper. Wow I know that saving the planet seems like a great idea but to what cost?

[SA Friday]

The article kept mentioning just ow much lead they didn't have to buy, but failed to mention they had to buy equal to more in the same weight of copper and steel. Last I checked, copper costs more than lead, has a lower density, is harder to stabilize, kills barrels faster than lead core bullets, and takes more case space to load. It's going to cost more, burn barrels faster, and shoot less accurate. i hated the 62gr steel core vs the 55gr ammo in 5.56. Who the F do they thing they are fooling.

Just another example of our Govt selling stupid. They're doing this because of EPA having kittens over military ranges. I saw this shit coming for years. We are shooting frangible bullets in training now. What garbage.

[GilpinGuy]

The article kept mentioning just ow much lead they didn't have to buy, but failed to mention they had to buy equal to more in the same weight of copper and steel. Last I checked, copper costs more than lead, has a lower density, is harder to stabilize, kills barrels faster than lead core bullets, and takes more case space to load. It's going to cost more, burn barrels faster, and shoot less accurate. i hated the 62gr steel core vs the 55gr ammo in 5.56. Who the F do they thing they are fooling.

Just another example of our Govt selling stupid.

Yes, but before all else, the planet needs to be taken care of...

What's next for crying out loud?

[Gman]

Uh...the planet gave us the lead in the first place.