OK, I'll tell you what I was thinking when I posted. I have a bag of steel-core .308 bullets that had been pulled from some military ammo. When I bought these at a gun show years ago, I was thinking about getting back into reloading - it was more or less an impulse buy. I never did get back into reloading, but still have this bag of bullets stuffed away. So, I was thinking about what someone would think about this bag of bullets when I'm no longer around. I was half-way thinking about the OP's post and half-way thinking about the bullets I have laying around. I just started typing, forgetting that anyone is actually reading this, and it made for a "stupid post"!
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OK, I'll tell you what I was thinking when I posted. I have a bag of steel-core .308 bullets that had been pulled from some military ammo. When I bought these at a gun show years ago, I was thinking about getting back into reloading - it was more or less an impulse buy. I never did get back into reloading, but still have this bag of bullets stuffed away. So, I was thinking about what someone would think about this bag of bullets when I'm no longer around. I was half-way thinking about the OP's post and half-way thinking about the bullets I have laying around. I just started typing, forgetting that anyone is actually reading this, and it made for a "stupid post"!
They are 9mm bullets. 155 gr is not too heavy, lots of guys are running 160's in USPSA because of the softer recoil to make the minor floor (125). In Australia where they shoot IPSC, the guys are running up to 175 gr 9mms. There was a push back in the day for heavy heavier bullets for the 9x21, 9x23, but especially the 9x25 (Dillon 10mm necked down to 9mm). The 9x25 was developed to make the IPSC floor of 175 because it held almost twice as much powder as a .38 Super. It only needed to go a little over 1,100 fps to meet the floor, very soft recoil. But when the floor was lowered to 165, and guys were beating the major 9 guns to pieces, it sorta of died. There few holdouts are for hunting today.
.355" is too small for a 38/.357RemMag, and they are too long for a .357SIG and would seat far too deep. The .357SIG has very little neck to grab the bullet, about the heaviest you can go is 140 gr. Mine are loaded with 125 gr Montana Gold JHP's on top of 8 grains of BE-86 and go about 1,400 fps. These just happened to be nickle cases for the color effect.
.355" is too small for a 38/.357RemMag, and they are too long for a .357SIG and would seat far too deep. The .357SIG has very little neck to grab the bullet, about the heaviest you can go is 140 gr. Mine are loaded with 125 gr Montana Gold JHP's on top of 8 grains of BE-86 and go about 1,400 fps. These just happened to be nickle cases for the color effect.
They could be homemade (swaged) slugs, too.
Reloaders who are into a lot of stuff often (like Skans mentioned) wind up with odds and ends of things, their own projects, or other peoples. You buy stuff at shows, sometimes at yard sales, you always wind up with something you can't use, but your mind says, "can't use YET", so it gets stashed and maybe you never do get back to it.
Reloaders who are into a lot of stuff often (like Skans mentioned) wind up with odds and ends of things, their own projects, or other peoples. You buy stuff at shows, sometimes at yard sales, you always wind up with something you can't use, but your mind says, "can't use YET", so it gets stashed and maybe you never do get back to it.
Mike Irwin
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A look at his loading dies might give you an idea of what he got them for.
And for the record, I figure, since about 1980, I've loaded in the neighborhood of 50,000 rounds of .38 Special.
And for the record, I figure, since about 1980, I've loaded in the neighborhood of 50,000 rounds of .38 Special.
"...misteaks..." That'd be "My Steaks." snicker. Give a guy dispensation for posting when he's supposed to be working. Or is 1:40 PM nap time? HAHAHAHA
I'm thinking one of the 9mm rifle cartridges. 9mm x 56 Mannlicher Schoenauer uses a .356" bullet. Might be for something like that. WHAG though. Far more likely to be an odd 9mm pistol bullet though.
I'm thinking one of the 9mm rifle cartridges. 9mm x 56 Mannlicher Schoenauer uses a .356" bullet. Might be for something like that. WHAG though. Far more likely to be an odd 9mm pistol bullet though.
If I remember correctly, Speer used to market a half jacket semi wad cutter bullet that was kind of what you describe. About half of the bullet had a jacket cup and the top half was lead. They don't make those anymore. I think they only made them for the 38/357 and the 44.
Wreck-n-Crew
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Most semi-jacketed Hp in the 155 gr were used in .38/.357. For self defense rounds. Usually the .38s were a lighter gr but some 158gr were floating around.
Anyhow the 38 super has 158 gr cast bullets and some people loaded their own ammo using 150+gr hp rounds for thier 38 super for self defense as well.
If you ask me its probably from somewhere around the early 1980's. But that is only a guess.
Anyhow the 38 super has 158 gr cast bullets and some people loaded their own ammo using 150+gr hp rounds for thier 38 super for self defense as well.
If you ask me its probably from somewhere around the early 1980's. But that is only a guess.