What is Winchester silver Tip?

Winchester Ballistic Silvertip ammunition provides hunters immediate knockdown and extreme precision. The polymer tip resists deformation, maximizes long-range performance and promotes expansion. The boattail design enhances accuracy and an alloyed lead core provides increased weight retention for deeper penetration.
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Is Winchester Silver Tip good ammo?

When it comes to ammunition for personal defense, the Winchester Silvertip Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) is a time-tested, proven round. Winchester Silvertip technology provides threat-stopping power across a wide variety of calibers and bullet weights.
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Is Winchester Silvertip good for hunting?

they have always been great shooting bullets. the one thing i have found is not to run them to fast, a little slower is better with them so they don't come apart as much. but for a ballistic tip of that design, they have been a good bullet for us.
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Is Winchester Silvertip plus P?

Minor Winchester Silvertip Design Changes

It is NOT a +P load, which makes it safe for use in older revolvers or by people who carry lightweight guns.
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What is a black tip bullet?

Black Tips

Speaking of armor-piercing rounds… If you find Black Tipped ammo out there (and you probably won't), that means you're looking at a true armor-piercing round.
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What are black tip bullets made of?

Though widely misreported to be Teflon, molybdenum disulfide, or wax, the ammo has an unusual black appearance compared to other copper-jacketed or lead bullets. The black appearance was due to the oxidized copper jacket.
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What are Silvertip bullets used for?

Winchester Ballistic Silvertip ammunition provides hunters immediate knockdown and extreme precision. The polymer tip resists deformation, maximizes long-range performance and promotes expansion. The boattail design enhances accuracy and an alloyed lead core provides increased weight retention for deeper penetration.
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What are green tip bullets?

Green-tip ammunition is most common in 5.56/. 223 Rem caliber and is mainly designed for use with the AR platform. These rounds were originally considered controversial, as they meet one of the criteria of the federal definition of armor-piercing ammunition.
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Who makes silver tip bullets?

Made famous by Winchester, the Ballistic Silver Tip bullet is considered to be one of the most devastating bullets for big game. Big game hunters praise this bullet for its proven precision and immediate knockdown power on the target.
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Who makes Winchester Ballistic Silvertip bullets?

Nosler's Combined Technology Ballistic Silvertip® bullet takes Nosler's Ballistic Tip® technology for accuracy, penetration, and controlled expansion; and combines it with Winchester's Lubalox® black oxide coating process to make every shot you fire easier on your barrel.
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Is Winchester hollow point good?

Featuring high quality Winchester components, this ammunition delivers outstanding reliability. This ammunition is loaded with a jacketed hollow point bullet which features a rearward weight design to ensure pinpoint accuracy and sure functioning time and time again.
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How good is Hornady Critical Defense ammo?

Critical Defense 9mm ammunition is optimized for concealed-carry weapons, ensuring the round delivers adequate penetration and reliable expansion when fired in short-barreled handguns. This shows in performance tests — the 115-grain FTX bullet consistently meets the FBI standard of 12” of penetration.
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What is federal punch ammo?

The new Federal Punch ammo is designed for the concealed carry and self-defense market. August 19, 2020 By James Tarr. × Federal recently announced a completely new line of defensive handgun ammo: Punch. It currently includes one load for each of the five most common calibers used for self-defense in America: .
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What are red tip bullets?

What is The Red Tip? The red tip attached to the bullet is a plastic tip. The tip is molded into a streamlined shape to generate a spitzer-like design. The tip is anchored into the bullet, but will disengage when the round strikes your target. These bullets are designed for rifles or rifle-caliber pistols.
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What are blue tip bullets?

Blue tipped military ammunition are incendiary rounds. Manufacturers designed these rounds all the way back in WW2. Experts built the rounds to shoot down aircraft by igniting their fuel tanks. These rounds are generally painted, or dipped in blue paint.
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How long can I keep my magazines loaded?

Some ammunition manufacturers recommend rotating service-related ammunition as little as every six months. By following that guide line, magazines would remain fully loaded a maximum of six months before being unloaded and reloaded.
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How does a ballistic tip bullet work?

Ballistic Tip: The polymer tip is color coded by caliber, and acts as an aerodynamic “plug” at the nose of the hollow-pointed bullet. This tip helps prevent clogging of the hollow point that would effectively make it a full metal jacket.
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What do frangible bullets do?

Frangible bullets are intended to disintegrate into tiny particles upon target impact to minimize their penetration of other objects. Small particles are slowed more rapidly by air resistance, and are less likely to cause injury or damage to persons and objects distant from the point of bullet impact.
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What are zombie tip bullets?

Hornady is known for making high quality, accurate, dependable ammunition. Zombie Max ammunition is no exception. Each round is loaded with a special, neon green, polymer-tipped Z-Max bullet that delivers devastating expansion and was specifically designed for zombie elimination.
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Why is it called a Parabellum?

The name Parabellum is derived from the Latin motto of Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), Si vis pacem, para bellum ("If you want peace, prepare for war").
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Why did Winchester stop making black talons?

The Quick Demise of The Winchester Black Talon

Two high-profile mass shootings in 1993 led to Winchester's Black Talon demise. In December, Colin Ferguson killed six people and injured 19 more on a train in New York. He supposedly loaded his handgun with Black Talon rounds.
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What is a blue tip 50 cal bullet?

The incendiary bullet has a light blue tip. This cartridge is used against personnel and unarmored targets. This bullet has an unpainted tip. This cartridge is used against lightly armored vehicles, protective shelters, and personnel, and can be identified by its black tip.
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What is difference green tip?

What is the Difference Between Green Tipped Ammo and Regular Ammo? Green Tips are most commonly going to be in 5.56/. 223Rem caliber, and are just color-coded to let consumers know that it falls within a particular spec. These green tip rounds are designed for use with the AR platform.
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