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Peters, Tables 3 through 6

Table 3: Compositional groups within a box of 50 cartridges, CCI ammunition

Compositional Groups
Numbers of Bullets
Antimony
(%)
Copper
(ppm)
Arsenic
(ppm)
Bismuth
(ppm)
Silver
(ppm)

1

1

2.75

141

369

128

23

2

17

2.53

166

405

109

24

3

23

2.60

204

422

107

24

4

9

2.57

286

497

98

19

 

 

 


ppm = parts per million

 

Table 4: Compositional groups within a box of 50 cartridges, Federal ammunition

Compositional Groups
Numbers of Bullets
Antimony
(%)
Copper
(ppm)
Arsenic
(ppm)
Bismuth
(ppm)
Silver
(ppm)

1

18

2.74

268

1320

61

16

2

32

2.73

294

1470

67

17

 




ppm = parts per million

 

Table 5: Compositional groups within a box of 50 cartridges, Remington ammunition

Compositional Groups
Numbers of Bullets
Antimony
(%)
Copper
(ppm)
Arsenic
(ppm)
Bismuth
(ppm)
Silver
(ppm)

1

6

0.580

727

80

197

32

2

10

0.602

608

112

192

33

3

26

0.630

508

141

185

35

4

4

0.645

458

162

182

35

5

1

0.805

66

220

175

36

6

3

0.806

68

263

168

37

 

 

 

 

ppm = parts per million

 

Table 6: Compositional groups within a box of 50 cartridges, Winchester ammunition

Compositional Groups
Numbers of Bullets
Antimony
(%)
Copper
(ppm)
Arsenic
(ppm)
Bismuth
(ppm)
Silver
(ppm)

1

4

0.244

270

11

126

30

2

1

0.361

178

54

99

35

3

1

0.428

98

32

84

46

4

2

0.432

317

37

128

35

5

24

0.433

156

33

100

52

6

2

0.410

171

32

101

54

7

2

0.452

469

7

199

44

8

1

0.452

316

22

156

34

9

1

0.477

176

18

118

21

10

1

0.528

70

22

48

14

11

2

0.541

207

26

53

21

12

7

0.539

187

59

51

22

13

1

0.556

141

24

111

20

14

1

0.657

112

28

84

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ppm = parts per million

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