Gold colored Rifle Bullet?

[fatboyz]

I recovered a couple Gold colered lead core rifle bullets at the range. Appear to be 270, (.277). I never seen a brassy gold colered bullet before. Anybody know what they might be?

 

[SuperCub]

I never seen a brassy gold colered bullet before.

Copper maybe?

 

[fatboyz]

No definately not copper, a real gold color just like the gold tip pistol bullets but it is mushroomed out, about a 140 grainer and is a flat base?

 

[Waynetheman]

Like brass jacketed ammo?

 

[looch]

Doesn't Hornady offer a dangerous game bullet like that?

 

[Waynetheman]

Would be hard to say what ammo it is from just a recovered bullet but there's a fair amount of brass jacket ammo around in rifle and pistol cartridges.

 

[Calum]

Bronze tip perhaps?

 

[rjg333]

Pictures?

 

[Eagleye]

Norma Ammo was often loaded with a bullet that looks more brass than copper.

I have some of these as components in 6.5mm, 7mm, and 30 cal.

Oh yes, I also have some SAKO bullets that look similar. [30 cal]

Regards, Dave

 

[chevys_only]

I think federal has a copper tipped bullet in 30cal!!!

 

[Gatehouse]

I was going to say Norma , like Eagleye did. I had some that were brassy in color and had some soft steel in them.

 

[clifford13]

Remington makes brass jacketed hollow point ammo in pistol calibers

 

[Hotwheels81]

Copper jackets can tarnish to brass given a bit of time... Our range has a lot of peat on the ground and it turns all the projectiles laying in it brass and all the brass black very shortly...

 

[fatboyz]

These looked just like that Remington pistol ammo, but definitely a rifle bullet.

 

[fugawi]

Zombie killer bullet - better watch out!

 

[Dogleg]

Doesn't Hornady offer a dangerous game bullet like that?

They used to, it was such a POS that it didn't last more than a year or so. The matching solid was just as bad. The DGX that replaced it is also a POS, but not as shiney.