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From the trenches of World War I to the precision lanes of Olympic shooting, the metal jacket bullet is a story of solving a brutal problem with elegant material science. To understand the metal jacket, you must first understand the "naked" lead bullet.

In the world of ballistics, few innovations have bridged the gap between military necessity and civilian sport as effectively as the metal jacket bullet . Commonly known as "Full Metal Jacket" (FMJ), this projectile is instantly recognizable by its distinctive appearance: a soft core (usually lead) completely encased in a harder shell of copper, brass, or steel. metal jacket bullet

Before the FMJ, militaries used soft lead "minie balls" or simple lead rounds. Upon hitting a human body, these bullets would flatten, fragment, or "mushroom" dramatically. While devastating, surgeons of the late 19th century argued these wounds were unnecessarily cruel and difficult to treat. From the trenches of World War I to