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Originally Posted by Odd Job
The tip is not "discolored," it appears darker on the radiograph because of the effect of composite density. In this case the high density or radiographically opaque metal of the bullet is superimposed on the low density or lucent oropharynx. If you follow the lucency of the airway you see it is responsible for that radiographic change in density:
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Thank you for your professionalism. That all makes so much sense.
I thought it was the hollow void of the projectile jacket before the meplat of the lead core showing on the scan. That is how I got to the conclusion it was lead ball fmj, and a mfg, because some have very specfic distances of tip to meplat. If there is no seperation of the metal types, then no way to really tell with a solid. Besides determine caliber with the right tools if enough remains.
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