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Winchester white box 380 auto full metal jacket
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No.
No.
Its not. Frangible ammo is expensive and uncommon. Your best bet at finding it, is at an indoor range that only allows frangible ammunition.
You can probably find some of the Glaser Safety Plugs around in some stores however they are not cheap and only come in packages of 6 rounds so you likely won't be using them for plinking unless you're filthy rich.
Frangibles are widely available, but many shops don't carry it. I've been reloading it for a year or more. (9x19, 38/357, 38 Super, 45 ACP, .223 Rem., 7.62x39, x54R, 303 Brit, 7.62x51, 7.5 Swiss, 30-06, 35 Rem, .358 Win., (even 30-30...not for tubular magazines), etc.
Some sources for bullets and ammo:
http://sinterfire.com/
http://www.frangibleammo.com/product/3643110c-540d-453f-9ad6-faea8df81580.aspx
http://prvipartizan.com/PDF/PPU Sinter Bullets.pdf
http://frangiblebullets.com/xcart/380-Auto.html not available in frangibles, yet.
I believe RUAG/RWS has a frangible line, too. http://www.rws-usa.com/ Now that RWS has a marketing deal with WMT (and facilities in Florida, I believe.... yes, Tampa FL http://www.ruag-usa.com/ ), you may find it at your local Wal-Mart soon.
You notice that most frangible ammo is not encased in a jacket, but is rather a 100% compressed powder composition.
PM me if you need further info on my experiences with this fodder.
Some sources for bullets and ammo:
http://sinterfire.com/
http://www.frangibleammo.com/product/3643110c-540d-453f-9ad6-faea8df81580.aspx
http://prvipartizan.com/PDF/PPU Sinter Bullets.pdf
http://frangiblebullets.com/xcart/380-Auto.html not available in frangibles, yet.
I believe RUAG/RWS has a frangible line, too. http://www.rws-usa.com/ Now that RWS has a marketing deal with WMT (and facilities in Florida, I believe.... yes, Tampa FL http://www.ruag-usa.com/ ), you may find it at your local Wal-Mart soon.
You notice that most frangible ammo is not encased in a jacket, but is rather a 100% compressed powder composition.
PM me if you need further info on my experiences with this fodder.
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What is your need for Frangible ammo?
Reduced lead exposure, reduced ricochet hazard, some ranges (usually indoor ranges) require it, some ranges (indoors/Bridgeport Shooting Range) require it for rifle calibers... It isn't much more expensive than jacketed fodder and it may be all that is allowed in this "new world order" that we seem to be increasingly slipping into. (Afterall, plumbum is so evil...) Some states ban lead in hunting ammo and I personally wanted to become familiar with it regardless of what the future brings.
Derek33: Most lead substitues are much less dense than lead, so you will find bullet weights are considerably less than standard jacketed or cast lead bullets. Load data usually requires loading the frangible bullet to spec of a heavier lead bullet with similar volume (eg. the 75g SF380-75 RHFP gets loaded similar to 100g jacketed bullet, a SF40-150-RHFP (10mm) gets loaded as a 200g jacketed, etc.). Hodgdon has limited data (9mm, 40, 45 ACP, .223 Rem., .308 Win) for some SinterFire bullets on their Reloading Data Center website: http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
Derek33: Most lead substitues are much less dense than lead, so you will find bullet weights are considerably less than standard jacketed or cast lead bullets. Load data usually requires loading the frangible bullet to spec of a heavier lead bullet with similar volume (eg. the 75g SF380-75 RHFP gets loaded similar to 100g jacketed bullet, a SF40-150-RHFP (10mm) gets loaded as a 200g jacketed, etc.). Hodgdon has limited data (9mm, 40, 45 ACP, .223 Rem., .308 Win) for some SinterFire bullets on their Reloading Data Center website: http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
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