Mystery Meat Bullet Solved

[Hoot]

Being a man of modest means, I frequently bought factory seconds, blems and overruns from Midway back when they were actually affordable. I was rooting around, putting together a "Care Package" for a new reloader and came upon this box of 165gr .308 Bullets:



They look similar to Hornady SST's except for the bronze colored ballistic tips. Having exhausted my patience Googling images of different brands of bullets, I hoped someone here could ID them. I just want to give him some make & model to look up load data by.

Thanks,

Hoot

 

[Park ranger]

The ojive says Hornady to me.

 

[std7mag]

The only one i know of with that color tip are Nosler E-Tips.
And those are monos.

 

[TIMO]

I would guess Nosler based on tip color.
Tim

 

[std7mag]

The only one i know of with that color tip are Nosler E-Tips.
And those are monos.

Did you actually weigh them, or going by "advertized"?

 

[Hoot]

The only one i know of with that color tip are Nosler E-Tips.
And those are monos.

Did you actually weigh them, or going by "advertized"?

Yes, they weigh 165gr. The Nosler 30 cal stuff i saw was either white tipped or green. Years ago, I bought some Remington 17HMR ammo that had bronze tips, but that's it.

 

[darkangel_r2]

JBM - Bullet Length List

www.jbmballistics.com

Look for 165 grain tipped bullets and match to length listed above.

 

[Jdne5b]

I've bought blem bullets that were certainly Hornady, and yet the tips were gray. I wonder if they are dyed or bleached once they become blems?

 

[Hoot]

I've bought blem bullets that were certainly Hornady, and yet the tips were gray. I wonder if they are dyed or bleached once they become blems?

They're metalic bronze the whole way through. I thought of looking through the JBM database, then forgot about doing it. Off to the man cave with a caliper...

 

[dfrosch]

Shooters Pro Shop is the only place to buy Nosler blems. If you got them at Midway, they're Hornadys.

 

[Mauser06]

Hornady "zombie " bullets had a different colored tip I believe. Not sure if they made them in .308" though. Zmax maybe they were called?

 

[KMart]

With the Hornady ogive and metallic bronze tip sez a run of Remington Bronze tips made by Hornady for loading into Remington factory ammo.

 

[Paul Hilgedick]

If the tip is solid bronze my thought is they are Remington Bronze Points. I have a 300 Savage load with 30 cal 150 gr Remington Bronze Points that shoots very well.

Paul H

 

[ChesterS]

This is a pic of some 168 Noslers I had laying around. The tips are bright green.

 

[darkangel_r2]

Being a man of modest means, I frequently bought factory seconds, blems and overruns from Midway back when they were actually affordable. I was rooting around, putting together a "Care Package" for a new reloader and came upon this box of 165gr .308 Bullets:

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They look similar to Hornady SST's except for the bronze colored ballistic tips. Having exhausted my patience Googling images of different brands of bullets, I hoped someone here could ID them. I just want to give him some make & model to look up load data by.

Thanks,

Hoot

btw my factory second 208 amax bullets had grey tips. That cannelure and boat tail length screams sst to me. If those lengths are close to the jbm list I'd call it.

 

[Hoot]

Hornady "zombie " bullets had a different colored tip I believe. Not sure if they made them in .308" though. Zmax maybe they were called?

I actually have a box of those as well. 168gr with weird lime green tips. I believe they're an analog to Amax.

The Mystery Meats are SST, no doubt, made for some ammo manufacturer like Remington.

 

[madmixerman]

Remington bronze points

 

[acloco]

Those were made by Hornady for another brand.

 

[Ringostar]

Remington premier accutips ran that color tip. But as others have said, possibly made by someone else for Remington.

 

[Just Say Moe]

Remington premier accutips ran that color tip. But as others have said, possibly made by someone else for Remington.

I bought some just like them in 180 grain. I was told they were Remington Accutips made by Hornady.