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@shark_za, The 6.5mm Speer Grand Slam bullets have a single composition lead core installed using the Hot-Cor process, so they are the same design as current 6.5mm Speer Grand Slam bullets. Here's a table from the 2000 Speer catalog. The text in italics above the table in the photo confirms this.

Three generations of 7mm 160 grain Speer Grand Slam bullets.

Bottom view - note the lack of a UPC barcode on the typical original Speer Grand Slam design packaging.

My Speer Reloading Manual #13 says the .243 & .257 diameter Speer Grand Slam bullets never were manufactured with two lead cores, and I've seen some other information that was also the case with the 6.5mm Speer Grand Slam bullets. It would be interesting if you could section one of those 6.5mm...

That packaging is typical of the second generation Speer Grand Slam bullets, with two different composition lead cores and a partial internal ring of jacket material at the front of the rear core, with the front core installed by the Hot-Cor process. Left to right in this picture is typical...

Can you post up the link from Norma saying this 7X64mm 160 grain Tipstrike ammo published MV = 890 m/s is based on 26" barrel, and chamber details? The Geco info for their 7X64mm 155 grain Express ammo specifically details a 600 mm test barrel length directly along with the BC value and shows...

Here's where I responded I had the appropriate rifle and ammunition having done my part. You appear to have an extremelyshort memory and / or unwilling to read your own posts, addressed specifically to me, but they're all right here. Absolutely untrue. I posted that Norma (never all...

Thanks Chris! Both those sectioned bullets don't only have a jacket profile different from each other, but also from a sectioned bullet seen in some photographs of vintage bullets, both recovered and alongside a sectioned unfired example. I'm guessing the bullet displayed in the center of these...

Thank you!

bruce, And I still have no good reason to purchase a chronograph. And it's equally clear there's no way to determine your version of projectile BC if you never purchase the projectiles. Only what the manufacturer publishes is thus available. Hmmm . . . We're back to waiting for you to send...

.308 Norma Magnum, Norma, Norma, Norma . . . Oryx? Bondstrike?

And now I know. In this area with the coriolis force providing spin in the opposite direction the typical convention among those with one or more such advanced education or medical certification the last name is given with the title. It shouldn't be too difficult for me to keep @Dr Ray...

bruce, Purchase some Norma .280 Remington ammunition loaded with that same 7mm 160 grain Tipstrike projectile. Then report back on what your BC-O-Meter determines and what muzzle velocity your chrono shows firing from your beloved .280 Remington rifle. That can be cross-referenced to the values...

Bob, See my posts on page 2 of this thread. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/experience-with-nosler-accubonds.54877/page-2#post-638861 What I'm still a little lost on is whether the initial Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets that also had Solid Base on the label are the "early" ones that often...

Dr. Ray, The "You" in my post was directed at Mr. Atkinson (first name Ray) and the "Bob" in my post was directed at Bob Nelson 35Whelen since he spoke in reference to pre-Accubond ballistic tips but thanks for your reply as well. I have no idea what your first name is FWIW, guessing your last...

bruce, You can send the funds for the chrono to me via PayPay or Zelle. PM me when you're ready on your end and don't forget to factor in the currency exchange rate. I already have the Norma Tipstrike 7X64mm ammo and a 7X64mm Zastava rifle with 600mm barrel, that should match better to the...

Thanks for that, I ordered a jar of Renaissance Wax through Amazon recently with this purpose in mind.

To everyone's knowledge I believe, ballistic tip bullets took that niche in Nosler offerings some point in the aught's? There's a thread with a 2004 date on Nosler's reloading forum asking why Nosler resumed production of Solid Base bullets. A Nosler rep responded there were two reasons. First...

I think it's great seeing members like @sestoppelman and @Graham Hunter have achieved muzzle velocities near 2900 fps with 160 grain projectiles in .280 Remington and 7X64mm cartridges. It certainly lends credence that the Norma factory load with the 160 Tipstrike projectile at a published...

Then there are the Nosler Solid Base without polymer tips. .277 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/869844504 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/867806162 .308 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/868288851 6mm Hollow Point https://www.gunbroker.com/item/869990262

Examples 7mm https://www.gunbroker.com/item/865991540 6.5mm https://www.gunbroker.com/item/866206586 .308 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/867526057 .277 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/867812439 .22 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/866297982

The BC on those 225 grain 25 caliber bullets must be through the roof, what kind of throat and barrel rifling twist rate is that custom built with? :whistle: FWIW in the USA vintage Nosler Solid Base bullets pop up for sale intermittently on Gunbroker.com. None in .25 or .35 ATM though.

Some more I was able to upload. Vintage Bullets 13 by Mr. Zorg posted Jun 2, 2020 at 9:47 PMVintage Bullets 12 by Mr. Zorg posted Jun 2, 2020 at 9:45 PMVintage Bullets 11 by Mr. Zorg posted Jun 2, 2020 at 9:42 PMVintage Bullets 10 by Mr. Zorg posted Jun 2, 2020 at 9:40 PMVintage Bullets 9 by...

Here are the pics. Included are some designs that haven't gained much traction in the marketplace like the Hirtenburger ABC bullet and PPU Grom. What I particularly like is the (calculated?) impact velocity is listed for the recovered bullet posed alongside a sectioned unfired example. Vintage...

Well I see a few differences. The RWS H-Mantel has a partial internal ring much like the second generation Speer Grand Slam bullets had along the level where the interface of the two different composition lead cores resided...

I've never traveled to Africa yet, so I can't comment from firsthand experience. And although I lived and worked in rural SE Louisiana I never went gator hunting, and those in the know informed me you could get in serious trouble with the game warden for shooting even near alligators under 4...

Which is my general preference hunting anything thus far. Bang-flop CNS shots. And I've been pleased with the performance of my .25-06 Remington rifle thus far. Do you reckon that croc was brain shot for eradication or for meat, and the photo op was coincidental?

Behind the AH logo second line starts with "Susan Piven using a .25-06 Remington". The gentleman's name is Nigel Theison. Not early 20th century but still 20th century.

Well you never can tell what some people might do. This photo is from Lyman's Guide to Big Game Cartridges and Rifles by Edward Matunas, published December 1993, page 34. It's an impressive (at least to me and the author) crocodile the caption says was bagged with a .25-06 Remington. Doesn't...

Of the two options given in the OP my choice would be the traditional cup & core 120 grain bullet. Fortunately here in the USA we have plenty more optionsin .257 hunting projectiles. I've been particularly impressed with the .257 110 grain Nosler Accubond from my .25-06 in both flight (G1 BC =...

FWIW there's no real reason to believe the action was salvaged from a military service M48 instead of using a brand new action that was never stamped with the military service marks (which in military furniture would be a M48BO) installed in a civilian use pig back stock, either at the factory...

Eh, the edit feature isn't being cooperative for me ATM. The only real M48 stock I know of is the military issue M48 rifle. I think the key words to look for from aftermarket stock vendors is "Intermediate" and "Yugoslavian". For example, Boyd's has multiple choices under "Yugoslavia" but I...

I honestly don't know but it's the same basic bolt design, so I don't see why it wouldn't work. A good question for NECG or similar vendor of Winchester M70 style aftermarket safeties to confirm yea / nay I reckon.

Maybe a peculiarity to that specific revolver that I'm guessing was a less than renowned Glisenti Bodeo M1889 with the lack of more specifics in that article. Perhaps he had a significant life insurance policy as well and paid the askaris better than he did as another possibility. Since the...

It's a Zastava M98, which is a civilian rifle built using the M48 action. This is an intermediate length action specifically for the 8X57mm JS cartridge. It will accommodate cartridges of ?X57mm (8X57mm, .257 Roberts, and so on) or shorter (including ?X51mm such as .243 Winchester and so on)...