Thread: Don't be fooled

So a friend had 2 and a half cases of different 7.62x39 that he was told were now prohibited which distressed him greatly especally seeing the thing that ate it is now gone, and living in the city had little opportunity apart from the local range to dispose of it. Being a generous soul I offered to take it for him and next time he visited he may be able to dispose of the last of it in a controlled manner.
Being curious by nature I wondered if it was actually prohibited after reading the oic several times.
Steel jacketed projectiles will attract a magnet so that's no test for a steel core. Out with the hacksaw, only one case had a steel core, the other two were lead cored as shown in photo 1 photo 2 shows what types of ammo the cases hold
The steel core had a blunt nose but was it "enhanced penetration ammunition"?
The back of my 12 inch ar 500 gong was to be the test site as the front is pock marked by numpties using their bloody 7mm rem mags, 300 winmag mags and a 300 rum on it at 100 m.
Range was 25 m and a Hornady soft point included as a control. Photo 3
Order of shots 1 Hornady 2 steel core norinco 3 other norinco and 4 the blue and white stuff no makers name.
As you can see the biggest crater was from the Hornady and the least from the steel cored stuff so it's not enhanced penetration ammunition by any stretch.
I've told him to buy a bisley or howa with some of his Cindy bucks and take it back, but not till I've had a bit of fun.
Moral don't be conned into surrendering stuff.