brass jacketed rifle bullets

[Nimrodmar10]

As a matter of fact, we may have to start doing it again. Try buying .224 bullets right now.

If anybody is interested, Corbin still makes the dies. Take a kook:

Corbin Rimfire Jacket-Maker Die Set RFJM-22

[Ridge Runner]

hey guys, brass is copper with a bit of tin in it to make it harder, only difference, so it would foul like copper only be harder to remove due to the addition of tin.
RR

[vendetta333]

my thoughts were that it being harder it would keep itself from fouling. i was thinking a properly thickness-ed jacket at the right hardness would act like a bore rider to a degree. so you dont have overly long bullets like brass or copper solids, but still less fouling and lower pressures. but i guess not?

[Ridge Runner]

no its still "gliding metal" so unless its lubed it still gaulds to steel, lube it and its like that first shot from an oiled barrel.
RR

[Catfur]

Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

hey guys, brass is copper with a bit of tin in it to make it harder, only difference, so it would foul like copper only be harder to remove due to the addition of tin.
RR

Actually copper with tin in it is bronze, not brass. Brass is copper alloyed with zinc. Gilding metal is a brass (95% copper 5% zinc).

[Ridge Runner]

copper is also a gliding metal, is it not?
RR

[Catfur]

Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

copper is also a gliding metal, is it not?
RR

Gilding, not gliding. Gilding metal is a specific term for the brass alloy of ~95% copper and ~5% zinc. It got it's name from its use in jewelry and the like.