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What is a wadcutter?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

A wadcutter is a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and subsonic velocity.

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Basically, jacketed, semi-jacketed, lead, in the following types: round nose, wadcutter, semi-wadcutter, hollow point, flat base, boat tail. as well as high velocity and soft points, as well as copper tipped HV rounds.


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Wadcutter is a description of the type of bullet, similar to 'full metal jacket', 'hollow point'... Wadcutters are usually lead cast without a copper jacket, they have a completely flat top. More often you will find 'semi-wadcutters', they are angled then come to a flat point that is about half the total diameter.


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A full metal jacket (full metal case), a solid, or a hard cast wadcutter.


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Probably Match quality semi-wadcutter (depending on exactly WHICH competition you mean) The ammo must cycle the weapon without failure, provided consistent speed, and an accurate bullet. Semi wadcutter feeds in most sem-auto sidearms, and clips a neat, clean hole in a paper target for easier scoring.


Why is ammo called wad cutters?

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