In recent years, wildlife pathologists have been finding plastic fragments from plastic-tipped bullets in wound tracts of unlawfully killed wildlife in both the presence and absence of metal bullet fragments. Characterization of the polymers used in 30 types of commercially available plastic-tipped bullets was carried out using video spectral comparison, x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), and attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analysis coupled with discriminate analysis. Of these 30 populations, 28 were composed of polyoxymethylene and two were composed of a polyester urethane: methylene-bis(phenylisocyanate) copolymer. Of ten color populations investigated, both batch variation within a population and homogeneity across several populations were observed in the elemental composition through XRF analysis. The combination of elemental analysis and polymer characterization provides an opportunity for forensic class character determination of plastic-tipped bullets.