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I was looking at purchasing some vintage Krag ammo. The ammo is "full patch" does anybody know what "full patch" means?
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In today's terminology, "full metal jacket" is used instead of "full patch". Means the same thing, every part of the bullet's core (except the base), is covered by the jacket - usually cupronickel back in the Krag's day, normally "gilding metal" (copper-zinc) or mild steel today. -
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I've got some Winchester full metal patch made sometime between the introduction of the model 54 and the model 70.Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthurComment
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