ironhead7544
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- Oct 27, 2018
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Atomic Ammunition lists a number 448 loading that is a 185 gr semi-wadcutter.
Definitely. But the size is for a completely different bullet. I think somebody sized them using the wrong sizer. There's no way anybody was sizing them for a Gibbs...They look a lot like plated bullets to me like Uncle Duke said. Similar to what Berry's makes in 185 gr .452 for 45 acp. Sized down maybe for some other application?
https://www.berrysmfg.com/product/bp-45-452-185gr-fp
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Definitely. But the size is for a completely different bullet. I think somebody sized them using the wrong sizer. There's no way anybody was sizing them for a Gibbs...
Not intentionally.
Agreed.
But If they were originally .452/185's you would expect to see some evidence on the bullet body that they had been run through a sizing die. That's hard to tell from the pic. If they had been resized that could explain the "concave" in the base Spur mentioned.
If they are truly .448 their intended use is a mystery to me...
BTW, Spur, thanks for figuring out how to post a pic.
Yeah, well...I'm seeing a lot of jacket damage, almost to the extent of being fired. Poor pic.
I checked my measuring tool and it is okay. I believe these came to me with some .45 ACP heads from a maker years ago. I realized they were wrong and set them aside. I thiink they made have been a manufacting error and someone threw them in with my order. I will hold them for a while just on the chance someone identifies them, but then they will be discarded so no one make a mistake and tries to use them.
Fine. be that way.
What R these Einstein?
Cmon man...the one in the middle is a franklin dime.