Wound up in a debate on another forum about the likelyhood of bullets with exposed lead tips and bases popping the cores out of the bore leaving the jacket lodged in the barrel upon firing. Sounds highly improbable with the exception of say low propellant charges with a Speer .30 cal Plinker, Speer JHP/JSP jacketed SWC series of bullets (again loading below recommended velocities) or the old Hornady half-jacket .30 Carbine bullets. That is why they have a specific loading data section for them in the proprietary load manuals from those Mfgs.
The actual cautionary posts were directly related to the tips of some Govt. issue M2 Ball ammo with the tips filed to expose the lead core (sort of a poor man's soft point).
I guess I'm skeptical about this occurring at the normal operating pressures (50K-55K PSI) of the M2 Ball ammo in a .30-06 since Wolf has been building bullets with this configuration for countless years without any problems.
My specific question for our esteemed Congtributors here is at what pressure does soft lead become plastic enough to extrude? I assume that the pressure would have to be over a much longer time period than the micro-seconds long impulse typically associated with propelling a bullet down a bore.
Your Thoughts?
Cheers, and Many Thanks in advance for your input.
Got-R-Did.