Bullet deformation and accuracy

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I was given 95 220gr .308 bullets, they are RN and flat base. On each and every bullet there is a pair of marks that looks like it was held by a pliers and pulled. They are not deep but they are there, it is not on the ogive or on the nose, how bad would this be on the accuracy?

I assume they will be heavy plinkers but just asking.

They also are a weird bullet, they have what looks like a crimp half way between the cannelure and the base, it is 5 marks, all evenly spaced around the bullet and look to be factory, I have never seen this before.

Thanks
 
Factory crimp die most likely made the five marks... a failed/poor reload that someone abandoned..? A picture would help determine if they will be useful for something more than heavy plinkers. The heavy core (despite being nearer to axis of rotation) inconsistencies including those imposed by jacket thickness variations at production would influence accuracy more than shallow puller marks.
 
Fox said:
They also are a weird bullet, they have what looks like a crimp half way between the cannelure and the base, it is 5 marks, all evenly spaced around the bullet and look to be factory, I have never seen this before.
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That sounds like the old CIL Kling Core. I've seen them in 180gr, didn't know they made 220's. As far as accuracy goes, the only way to know is load some up and shoot them. They'd still be ok for plinking if nothing else.
 
9.3mauser said:
That sounds like the old CIL Kling Core. I've seen them in 180gr, didn't know they made 220's. As far as accuracy goes, the only way to know is load some up and shoot them. They'd still be ok for plinking if nothing else.
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Agree. They did make them in 220's as well.
Without a picture it is a guessing game.
 
Fox said:
They also are a weird bullet, they have what looks like a crimp half way between the cannelure and the base, it is 5 marks, all evenly spaced around the bullet and look to be factory, I have never seen this before.
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As mentioned the jacked is stacked to the core with those 5 indents.
Those bullets will probably shoot just fine.
 
I had photobucket for these sorts of pictures and now all that is gone, what is a good one to use now?

Anyway, I searched Kling Kor and cannot find a picture, I will get a picture up when I work out a different host.

There are 5 uniform holes in the jacket, it does look like it is crimping the jacket to the core, kling kor as you said makes sense. The other marks are not from a crimp die, unless the guy was crimping really high and with different pressure on every round, the marks are between the cannelure and the tip.

I figured the difference would be minimal in this case, they are not BR bullets.
 
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