hard lead

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Noun	1.	hard lead - a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony antimonial lead atomic number 82, Pb, lead - a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers" grid metal - a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries
	2.	hard lead - unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains atomic number 82, Pb, lead - a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

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Ideal projectiles tend to be heavy and cast of a very hard lead alloy.

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Capping such a bullet with a polymer tip almost did the trick, but they needed a heavier copper jacket with an interlock that the hard lead core could not get past.

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So you can see you're having issues already if you're relying on a bullet to obturate yet you're using hard lead.

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Hard lead bullets offer one other benefit: They handle higher pressures and velocities than softer lead bullets without leaving accuracy-robbing lead deposits embedded in the rifling.

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Captain and talisman Fred Woodhouse then powered over for Huddersfield under the posts and, with a lead of only 14, that was going to be a hard lead to defend with the wind and slope against them in the second half.

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Perhaps if you can get some very hard lead or copper jacketed bullets with a very thick jacket.

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Lightly mark the design on the quilt top with a hard lead pencil or a marker of your choice.

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Like hard lead bullets in a firearm, these hard pellets are the ones that shed their lead when the velocity climbs.

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For many years I carried a stainless-steel four-inch S&W Model 629.44 Magnum (weighing 42 ounces) loaded with SAAMI-spec 300-grain hard lead ammunition as a backcountry "bear attack" sidearm, sighted dead-on at 25 yards.

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A pencil with very hard lead is suitable for drawing guidelines.

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It is common to use narrative when writing a feature story because there is no hard lead. You are telling a story.