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Originally Posted by johndallman
What's your source for the prohibition? With more keywords, it may be possible to find something out.
This may be analogous to the MkVIII .303 British round, which wore barrels rather fast. This didn't matter for its use in the Vickers Gun, because the barrels were replaced regularly, but it was forbidden from use in rifles. This popularised it amongst riflemen ...
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All Internet sources seem to agree that the black-tip round is only meant for machine guns, not rifles, but I can't find a Field Manual.
As you say, it may be a maintainence issue that doesn't matter for short-term combat performance. I just don't know.