RMR Jacketed 9mm 124gr Choices

[noylj]

There is a difference between actually running tests and thinking about something.
Tests have been run as I referenced. Even if some small amount was vaporized, and so small that marking the bullet base did not show it at all and the tempilac (or whatever the name is of the thermal paint) showed the temperature the base saw never got over at most 200°F, it would STILL be completely masked by the primer.

 

[ray15]

If you use Titegroup with Hi-Tek coated bullets in 9mm it tends to melt the coating at the base. Where are these tests you purport?

 

[Dudedog]

Off thread and I am not trying to start an argument I just respectfully disagree.
Yes a lot of the lead is from the lead styphnate in the primer.
I will have to see if I can find the links to some tests I found a couple years ago in the middle of my lead problem. Of course any test can be flawed, in the way it is designed or conducted.
I don't believe everything I read on the internet.
The tests did show that exposed lead on the base of the bullets increased the amount of lead in the air compared with bullets without exposed lead at the base, more lead in the air per round than generated by the primer alone..
Plain cast lead bullets were of course much worse than any other.

Am I saying lead bullets or bullets with an exposed lead base are unsafe, no.
I am just doing what I can to minimize possible exposure.

I will dig up the links if I can find them again I will start a new thread, because I don't want to sidetrack this one.

 

[Walkalong]

it would STILL be completely masked by the primer

I do agree it is likely small compared to the primers output.