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.
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I checked Atomic Ammunition and didn't locate a 00448 that matched. I double checked and the bullet is .448. The weight is 185 grns. Flat nose, concave bottom, copper clad. I figured out how post a photo, thanks guys. Never to old to learn. (Outrider is nicknamed Einstein???? LOL)
I checked Atomic Ammunition and didn't locate a 00448 that matched. I double checked and the bullet is .448. The weight is 185 grns. Flat nose, concave bottom, copper clad. I figured out how post a photo, thanks guys. Never to old to learn. (Outrider is nicknamed Einstein???? LOL)
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Thinking bullets are either improperly sized, or calipers/mic are out of adjustment.
Have you tried measuring some other bullets?
https://www.xtremebullets.com/45-185-FP-p/xc45-185fp-b0500.htm
Have you tried measuring some other bullets?
https://www.xtremebullets.com/45-185-FP-p/xc45-185fp-b0500.htm
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,995
Sized down for a Gibbs rifle?
j8064
Garrett Co Hooligan #1
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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https://www.berrysmfg.com/product/bp-45-452-185gr-fp
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- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,995
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.
Spur
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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.
j8064
Garrett Co Hooligan #1
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.
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,995
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.
j8064
Garrett Co Hooligan #1
Yep, but not like they'd actually been loaded and fired. If they had been run through a sizing die I'd expect to see striations on the coating from the die. Tough to tell from the pic.
As Spur says in his response they could be "seconds" he stashed...
Hey Spur, don't just toss them though. The lead in them is pretty soft and there are folks who reclaim it for casting other boolits...
Spur
Active Member
j8064 is right. I will just throw them on Karma for someone casting bullets.
Cmon man...the one in the middle is a franklin dime.
Yer not playing the game
gun and grains... The one on the lower right is not a 50 caliber. The rest are.
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