Anyone remembering using Kling Kor bullets?
- Thread starter Canuck Bob
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deadeyes40
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i believe imperial ammo used it in their centerfire ammo.if it was kling kore stuff in the 303 ammo i started out with ,it worked really well.it was good stuff.
I was just helping a buddy clean up his reloading room and we came across a serious stash of 180 grain .308 Kling Kor bullets. He gave a 100 to try in my dad's Winchester 88, but I haven't had time to load them yet. He used them years ago in his 300 Savage with great success on deer, bear, and moose. I hope to try them this year and get a good load for this fall. Always nice to hunt with a classic!
KKSP were good bullets for shorter range shooting. Perfect for 30-30 class hunting but in say, 30-06, one wouldn't choose them for mountain hunting because being blunt, they cutdown the practical range of the rifle.
It's not right to refer to them as "Imperial." Canadian Industries Ltd. made the amunition in Canada, with various further name designation. They called it Dominion ammunition, then further classified it, or at different times used different names for basically the same ammo. In their later years they used the name Imperial for some of their ammunition, both rim fire and centre fire. KKSP were not associated with the name Imperial.
I have said on here quite often how I thought the Dominion CPE, copper point expanding, was a great hunting bullet. In my opinion it was as good as a Nosler partition, and may have even retained more weight, than does a Nosler. They were also perfect for longer range shooting, because of their shape, which was just like a military fmj.
It's not right to refer to them as "Imperial." Canadian Industries Ltd. made the amunition in Canada, with various further name designation. They called it Dominion ammunition, then further classified it, or at different times used different names for basically the same ammo. In their later years they used the name Imperial for some of their ammunition, both rim fire and centre fire. KKSP were not associated with the name Imperial.
I have said on here quite often how I thought the Dominion CPE, copper point expanding, was a great hunting bullet. In my opinion it was as good as a Nosler partition, and may have even retained more weight, than does a Nosler. They were also perfect for longer range shooting, because of their shape, which was just like a military fmj.
The Kling Kor had four indents that were designed to hold the core in the jacket after impact. There was also the Pneumatic Point Expanding which was a little "dish" in the point to work like a hollow point in .30-30
I still have a couple boxes of Imperial brand .308 using 200 grain KKSP bullets. I was planning to use them hunting this year, with my Remington 7600 Carbine. This didn't happen because I bashed up my knee in early November and was out of the game for the rest of the month.
Those round sure feed slickly into that Carbine...
Those round sure feed slickly into that Carbine...
x2 especially in 215 grain RN
I am not familiar with the Copper Point Expanding - when did they stop making it? I know of the Bronze Point by Remington, it is similar? I also had a bag of the KKSP for the .30-30, but sold it. I remember they had the Sabre Tip too - kind of a fore-runner to modern polymer tipped bullets. Dominion seemed to be quite an innovative company - too bad they didn't stick with it.
CIL was making CPE in the 1950s and at least until the mid 1960s, but I don't know when they quit making them.
I think Remington Bronze Point was a copy of the CIL, probably with just enough change to stop up libel action.
Here is a picture of two boxes of the CPE bullets I recently picked up at a gun show.
Kling Kor. That brought back a rush of memories! I went to a storage bin way back in the reloading room and here is what I found. I didn't realize that they also sold components. I only ever had the loaded stuff which seemed to do the job. Notice the price on the .303 KKSoft Points.
Like these ones?
160 gr KKSP. There have been a few big moose put in the freezer up here with these ahead of 58 gr of the old H4831.
Ted
Yes, they were actually punched through the jacket, toward the base, and acted like little claws to keep the core from sliding ahead and out of the jacket.
They really worked. I have seen the jacket metal actually extruded out of the punched holes in little curls on recovered, expanded bullets.
Ted
Like these ones?
160 gr KKSP. There have been a few big moose put in the freezer up here with these ahead of 58 gr of the old H4831.
Ted
Ted... I don't believe it !! Thats absolutely amazing... my exact load that I've been using for many years, and yes its an awesome Moose / Bear stopper.
Goes to show great minds think alike....
