I had some idle time, soooo....I got busy to see what made the M2 AP round tick.....harder job than I thought but after some hours trying figured out how to get it all apart without damaging to much. Notice the boat tail shaped hardened steel penetrator has a small plastic cone at its needle point lathe turned tip. The finished one looks great as I cut it at the forward part of the cannelure and is hardly noticeable when assembled, most do not realize it pulls apart easily for inspection....and no I do not have a lathe but used hand tools to get the job done.