{"id":800,"date":"2014-02-24T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=800"},"modified":"2024-04-01T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T15:20:14","slug":"frangible-ammo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/frangible-ammo\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Frangible Ammo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Shooting Steel Point Blank? No Problem.<\/h3> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p> <noscript class=\"idle-load\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 28px 0;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"> <div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_1axn18npvo dnt=1 seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"> <div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/1axn18npvo\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/noscript> <\/div> <p>Statistically speaking, recreational shooting is one of the safest hobbies you can participate in. This is partly due to the fact that, as a shooting community, we all observe more or less the same basic safety rules which are mostly designed to keep anyone from getting unnecessarily shot.<\/p> <p>However, there are other risks involved in shooting that don&#8217;t get quite as much attention, like ricochets and lead exposure. These are two of the problems solved by shooting frangible ammo.<\/p> <h3>What is Frangible Ammo?<\/h3> <p>Frangible ammunition is no different than normal target ammo except the bullet. Instead of a lead core with a copper jacket, frangible bullets are made from compressed copper powder. Whenever the bullet strikes something harder than itself at full speed, it crumbles to pieces. Still dangerous if you&#8217;re standing on the wrong side of the muzzle, but once they hit a hard target, the bullet fragments are too small to cause any harm from ricochets. That also means there&#8217;s reduced risk of damage to steel targets themselves from frangible ammo.<\/p> <p>This even works for frangible rifle loads, which we got to see in action at SHOT show this year. Sinterfire makes about 90% of the bullets that go into frangible loads in the U.S. and they invited us to check out a demo of their products, which you can see in the video above. If you&#8217;re curious, you can get a good look at SinterFire&#8217;s <a title=\"Sinterfire 9mm Ammo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/handgun\/9mm-ammo?manufacturer=1310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9mm ammo here<\/a> and their <a title=\"SinterFire .45 ACP Greenline rounds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/45-acp-140-gr-frangible-bhvf-greenline-sinterfire-50-rounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.45 ACP lead-free rounds here<\/a>.<\/p><p><\/p> <p>The Sinterfire guys were also quick to point out that their ammo is just about the cleanest you can shoot. With no lead in the projectile, there&#8217;s no airborne lead released when the bullet leaves the barrel. On top of that, Sinterfire&#8217;s Greenline ammo also uses a non-toxic primer, so there&#8217;s virtually nothing harmful released into the air. Well&#8230; nothing harmful except the bullet, but only if you get shot with one.<\/p> <p>Sinterfire also has a <a title=\"Sinterfire Promo Video\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/XNlTvoY6sNE\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\">really cool promo video<\/a>. It&#8217;s produced by the same guys who did all the eye candy super slow motion work on <a title=\"History's Top Shot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/shows\/top-shot\">Top Shot<\/a> and you should check it out.<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shooting Steel Point Blank? No Problem. Statistically speaking, recreational shooting is one of the safest hobbies you can participate in. &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/frangible-ammo\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24,81,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toolbox","tag-ammo","tag-frangible","tag-range","tag-sinterfire","tag-steel-targets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Frangible Ammo and How is it Used - Lucky Gunner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chris from the Lucky Gunner Lounge team takes a look at frangible ammo, describes what it is, and how frangible ammo is made at Sinterfire.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/frangible-ammo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Frangible Ammo and How is it Used - 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