Quote Originally Posted by harry mac View Post
I have previously pulled quite a lot of post WW2 ammo and never seen any grease on the bullets. All, however had the tar/pitch sealant. Just the other week I pulled a bullet from a much earlier round of .303 and not only did it have the pich sealant, but the canelure was full of a blue grease. The round was a mis-fire, and the propellant was cordite, the bullet was silver coloured rather than copper jacketed.
I had another look at that bullet today, and I have to correct myself. It did not have the pitch sealant, just the wax in the groove.
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