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Bullets have been made from several types of materials. The most common is lead and lead alloys, sometimes wrapped in a jacket of copper, copper/nickel alloy, or soft steel. There have been bullets made of plastic, powdered iron, steel, pure copper, tungsten, aluminum, bismuth, and even wood.

Of course, The Lone Ranger carried silver bullets...

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