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'Full metal jacket' bullets up for statewide hunting ban this spring

Alaska Public Media
Published December 9, 2008 at 11:14 PM AKST

Using military-style ammunition to hunt big game will no longer be legal in Alaska following action expected this spring by the state Board of Game. At its meeting last November, the Board amended a proposal to ban .223 ("two-twenty-three") full metal jacket bullets in Southeast Alaska to include the entire state.Charles Woolsey, KCAW - SitkaDownload Audio (MP3)