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Michael S. E.

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I have some bullets my father-in-law had in a box unmarked. They are 155 gr and .355 diam. They have a jacket on lower portion with round nose lead hallow point. Can't seem to find any info on them.
 
Off hand and based on your description, they sound like a revolver bullet, but not quite certain what that would be with a .355 diameter and 155g weight combo. They could be a heavy for caliber 9mm or .38 Super too, though I have never seen any in those weights with that type of profile.

My best guess is that they are just undersized .38 Special/.357 Magnum rounds in a non common weight. I have loaded many .355 diameter bullets for those calibers.

I am sure some others will have better possibilities.

What guns did your father-in-law own?
 
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My guess is they were for reloading. No one reloads 38sp or 9mm (well, typically they don't). So, .357 or possibly 38 super.
 
My guess is they were for reloading. No one reloads 38sp or 9mm (well, typically they don't). So, .357 or possibly 38 super.
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:confused::confused::confused:
ummmm... not even sure how to respond to this.

Edit to ask:
how can anyone have 9,302 post on this forum and make a post like you did? :rolleyes:
 
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Welcome to the forum. Guessing you have Speer half-jacket bullets similar to the ones in this thread - 2nd post:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235734

Skans....My guess is they were for reloading. No one reloads 38sp or 9mm (well, typically they don't). So, .357 or possibly 38 super
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What???? Yes the bullets are for reloading, that's why they are bullets, but to declare that no one reloads for 38 sp or 9mm is completely incorrect.
 
I admit, it was a dumb post. It happens!
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I admit it made me laugh, than I read and re-read, just in case I was reading incorrectly. I then though you might be a troll, just trying to start something, but looked at your post count and figured that probably was not the case. Still am not quite sure why, unless you happened to be in an altered state while typing. :D

I'm still laughing. No worries, we all post dumb things time to time. Usually its just because we can't get exactly what is in our head into print and sounding and understood the way we want or meant it when someone else reads its.
 
I admit, it was a dumb post. It happens!
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Color me relieved. I was all set to contact the staff to say 'Skans' had been hijacked or maybe he sold his id to some newbie.

Glad things are okay.

(Also glad I don't make misteaks.)
 
0.355" - 155 grain JHPs

I can find no reference to 0.355" - 155 grain JHPs in my reloading manuals; mine go back as far as 1967.

A pic might help.
 
Don't forget that the specs for the bullets are measured specs and while I don't make misteaks the new user posting here might be a little off on there measurements.

So might be .357 and 158 grain...but I admit it's kind of a cruddy assumption to make.
 
Sounds like an odd one. .355 would usually mean 9x19 or .38 super or 9x23 or 9x21.

Usually .38 special and. 357 would measure .357-.358

But semi jacketed hollow point sounds like a revolver bullet or just really old style of hollow point.

155gr seems a tad bit heavy for automatic, but some think 200gr is heavy for .40 and 260+ is heavy for .45

I personally like heavy for caliber, it means dense and high momentum

It would be neat to push them to about 1000 fps in a 9x19 and see if they expand or even work in gel. Might make a decent deer bullet for a auto 9mm
 
He has had more guns than I could even imagine. When he passed I inherited the reloading equipment. Has dies from 223 to 45-70. I checked weight of bullet on two scales and both showed 155 gr. I haven't found anything in my search for it.

Thanks to everyone for their help.
 
Sounds like a jacketed soft point to me. The weight is about right for the Remington ones I ordered for my 357.
Now the .355 could be a long heavy 9mm bullet, not necessarily for 9mm parabellum or a mistake in measuring the diameter. .002 is easy too get wrong; I have seen a couple jacketed bullets for 357 mag in .356 for guns with tight barrels.
 
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