I havn't been around surplus ammo in quite a while so can't remember what "Black" tipped ammo is for sure. Thinking it is "armor piercing". Anyway, my sister's husband has Alzheimer's and I was removing his guns and ammo so he couldn't hurt himself or anybody else with them and came across a fair amount of old military surplus "black tipped" .30-06 ammo he had and couldn't remember for sure what it was. Refresh my memory guys!..................Dick :?: