Bullets you'd like to have

RUGER44FAN · Rookie Member Joined: Jul 14, 2007 Posts: 1

but either can no longer find or there no longer made.

What I'm looking for is a list from everyone of a bullet caliber/weight and style you'd be interested in using in your hunting / target or self defense firearms that aren't available now.

Thanks for your input
Joe

Joe Boleo · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:44 am Post subject: Welcome to the Forum

Glad to see you here. I cannot think of any bullet that I want and am unable to get. I reload with jacketed and cast bullets and have everything I need. Take care...
Joe

fireball 3 · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

hi ya jb, same here .I got all I need all the ones I use are still available. Dave Hiding

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Herters Banana Peels .. Is what got me started reloading many years ago ..

Also the original Kynoch Steel Jacketed Solids , I'm pretty sure that the current ones are the same profile as the originals , but they look and feel different ..

con10der · Rookie Member Joined: Oct 17, 2007 Posts: 15

i would like a 180-200 gr nosler ballistic tip for my 375jdj pistol.i think this would be a nice deer bullet with a high ballistic coefficient unlike most other .375 cal bullets

Vince · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

Winchester used to load a 150 gn (or was it 130 gn) Round Nose FMJ Hollow Point in their factory loadings but never offered it as a component.

I reckon that it was a brilliant pig bullet and would also be great on deer. Apart from that I am pretty much like Joe and Dave....I have everything I am happy with.

Cheers, Vince

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

I'd like to see a solid bullet suitable for the Marlin .45-70s. The bullets out there are too long for that action. I think that it could be useful for Alaskan or African hunting. If I can get some will somepne take me to Alaska or Africa?? Very Happy

Vince · Last edited by Vince on Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:11 am; edited 1 time in total

Pumpkinslinger wrote:

I'd like to see a solid bullet suitable for the Marlin .45-70s. The bullets out there are too long for that action. I think that it could be useful for Alaskan or African hunting. If I can get some will somepne take me to Alaska or Africa?? Very Happy

Have a look at this link mate....good Aussie made bullets.

Woodleigh Big Game Bullets

Cat # - 30B
Calibre - 45/70 .458" 405gr Flat Nose
# in Box - 50
SD - .276
BC - .204
Recommended Impact Velocity - 1700-2000 fps
Bullet Length - 1.020"

Pumpkinslinger wrote:

If I can get some will somepne take me to Alaska or Africa??

Nice try...FAIL...I was gonna ask you to take me mate.

Haha

Cheers, Vince

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

Thanks Vince! I'm aware of Woodleigh but never looked for a .45-70 bullet there. The IT nazis here at work have that sight blocked so I'll check it when I get home.

SwampFox · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

Vince,
Thanks for the site. I was off reading about the new bullets and found the 160 protected point 6.5 bullet and the 240 PP bullet for the 30-06 very interesting. Both bullets should be real penetrators.

Most bullets I use are ones I have in fair quanity or I cast, so right now I do not know of a need to bring back a bullet.
Ed

roklok · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

Speaking of 45-70 bullets, I wish Randy Garretts excellent bullets were available to handloaders. I love his ammunition, but it is pretty pricey. I like the Garrett 330 grain 44 magnum bullets and the 540 grain 45-70 bullets. Top notch stuff but only available as loaded ammunition. I carry my Redhawk loaded with his 330 grain Hammerhead ammunition for a bear gun. Very accurate load in spite of the recoil, which is on par with the .454 Casull.

Rick_Teal · Member Joined: Apr 02, 2005 Posts: 29

Dominion/Imperial CPEs. If these were still available I would never have started swaging my own bullets in an attempt to duplicate their performance.

d_hoffman · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

I would like to find some .357, Speer 160gr JSP/SWC. For some strange reason they discontinued it for .357, however they still make it for .41, 220gr and .44, 240gr. Does anybody have any of these bullets

g45_70 · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: Bullets you'd like to have

I too think the bases are fairly well covered. However it would be nice if Hornaday would sell there new lever action bullets to reloaders.
I plan on giving Bear Tooths 425gr. 45/70 bullet a try, when I get my new rifle.
That 450 grainer dosen't look bad either.

www.beartoothbullets.c.../index.htm

Deleted_User_2665 · Super Member Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 380

I don't miss outdated offerings and revel in current bullet building technology dosed with common sense.............

Outside the aspirations of a few limited special interest groups, the advent of the TSX leaves little need for another hunting bullet....

With the exception of a lesser expensive play bullet like matched in profile and BC....tho' that's easily done on all three levels.