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What is the metal in a usual bullet?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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The vast majority have lead as the primary metal.

That is true for handgun bullet but rifle bullets are usually lead, for the weight, encased in what looks like a thin shell of copper. This copper is actually 'gilding' metal. It is type of brass that has 95% copper and 5% zinc.

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