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Bullets have different varieties depending on types and uses. The most common are hollow point, round nose, lead, boat tail, wad cutter, and the full metal jacket. Most gun owners refer to hard cast bullet as lead bullet. But maybe if they realize the difference they will not make such mistake. There are major differences between the two. One of the most prominent is the mix of material used in making them. Hard cast bullets contain various formulations of alloy, tin, antimony, etc. While lead bullets contain, of course, lead. The alloy mix contents in the first make it a lot harder than the latter. That is one of the major differences that lead to more.

Since it is a lot harder, a hard cast bullet has a Brinell hardness of number 11 to 30. On the other hand, pure lead bullets only have a Brinell hardness of number 4. Generally speaking, a pure lead bullet will damage your rifled barrel and will cause you to miss your aim after a few rounds were fired. This happens because lead bullets are a lot less hard. It almost always fouls a barrel because of the lead alloy deposits it leaves as shots are fired. On the other hand, hard cast bullets, if properly designed, sized, and lubed will not leave any alloy deposits in your barrel. It will also not deform when it hits a target with high impact and speed. Unlike lead bullets which will surely “mushroom” even at low impact speeds.