FLORIDA CLASS D security licence ammo restrictions
- Thread starter Deepc
- Start date
The licensing handbook is available here.
According to Section 493.6115(6),
There's no prohibition on +P ammunition, nor on a specific hollowpoint design, so long as it isn't "armor piercing" or "exploding."
According to Section 493.6115(6),
There's no prohibition on +P ammunition, nor on a specific hollowpoint design, so long as it isn't "armor piercing" or "exploding."
Raises a couple of questions. If you carry a revolver you can't use FMJ which means you are restricted to lead. Okay, that's fine but why no wadcutters? Are they more dangerous than a lead round nose or flat point? Other question is what is a .45 163 ACP pistol. What the heck is that?
The wadcutter thing is probably because factory wadcutter ammo is usually powder puff target shooting type stuff. (Yes I know extremely deadly and I don't want a .177 pellet sent my way but it isn't generally suited to defense in factory loadings that I have experience with)
carguychris
New member
FMJ generally refers to a bullet that is fully encased on the front and perimeter but with an exposed lead base, while FMC generally refers to a bullet that is fully encased on all sides.jag2 said:
In lieu of other documentation clarifying item #3, I presume that conventional JHP bullets with a copper-jacketed base and open tip are acceptable, as they are neither FMJ, FMC, "armor piercing" nor "exploding." (+1 Tom.) If the writers of the manual were savvy enough to use the terms FMJ and FMC, I would assume that they were also knowledgeable enough to more clearly and explicitly prohibit JHP bullets if that was their intent.
FWIW I suspect that the allowance for FMJ in semi-auto firearms is a holdover from the bad old days when many auto pistols would choke on anything other than FMJ hardball.
Likely another holdover due to a widespread old-school perception that wadcutters are only good for punching paper. FWIW early 1970s gel tests demonstrating that 148gr hollow-base wadcutters are MORE effective than the conventional and near-universal 158gr .38Spl LRN bullet were initially met with some head-shaking disbelief and incredulity, so this may reflect some ax-grinding by conservative writers decades ago.jag2 said:
Most likely a typo.jag2 said:
FWIW some older word processing software would write hidden formatting characters into the text, which may pop up as random numbers or nonsense characters if you open the file in newer software that's not fully backwards-compatible. Back when floppy disks held only 512K and hard drives were exotica that only university research labs had, word processors couldn't write lots of auxiliary formatting code into files or you might run out of disk space. 
Last edited:
Aguila Blanca
Staff
Are you saying that this regulation classifies jacketed hollow points as "full metal jacket" or "full metal case"?jag2 said:
g.willikers
New member
Yours is not to question.
Are you actually trying to make sense of rules made by bureaucrats?
Most of whom don't know much of anything about what they make rules about.
Just read the manual and follow the rules there in.
Saves a lot of frustration.
If there's anything confusing there, don't bother asking anyone.
You will no doubt get different answers from everyone you ask.
Just use your own judgement.
The bureaucrats won't care, they're too busy writing more rules.
Are you actually trying to make sense of rules made by bureaucrats?
Most of whom don't know much of anything about what they make rules about.
Just read the manual and follow the rules there in.
Saves a lot of frustration.
If there's anything confusing there, don't bother asking anyone.
You will no doubt get different answers from everyone you ask.
Just use your own judgement.
The bureaucrats won't care, they're too busy writing more rules.
Old Bill Dibble
New member
Good grief? Still? Shocking, how long a lie will continue through society and work its way into the legal system.
dogtown tom
New member
How long? ...............as long as companies market their ammo as metal piercing or armor piercing.....
Old Bill Dibble
New member
KTW hasn't made in ammo in over 30 years. It hasn't even been branded in 20. Yet it is still banned so it has not been marketed that I know of in a generation.
However it is the same logic fail as the media made. Being Teflon coated has nothing to do with it being armor piercing.
I'd imagine that ammo is worth something to a collector.
However it is the same logic fail as the media made. Being Teflon coated has nothing to do with it being armor piercing.
I'd imagine that ammo is worth something to a collector.