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so i did this the other day, i was impressed my first time doing it since i have started reloading, and i have reloaded about 15,000 rounds since last summer
i took a picture for kicks, pulled the bullet and fixed it.

but i was thinking the other day , i wonder if any one has shot a round loaded like this? it would chamber. but would it tumble in flight? go off mark? do something funny to steel tagets? what do you think??
heard some where that they use to do this in the early wars with rifle rounds because it was more effective against armor but i couldnt find anything about it. and it was just hearsay.
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I was just watching a WW I documentary on the battleground around Ypres. They showed some rounds that they had found with reversed bullets. Apparently German snipers fired through small protective, metal doors which they closed after firing a shot. Apparently the Brits discovered that if you shot a reversed .303 bullet at the door, shards of metal came off on the inside of the door killing, blinding or wounding the sniper. So, yes, they actually did that. Apparently the rounds were not approved munitions and the soldiers did it themselves.
 
I used to pull the military bullets form 7.62 and stick in the 150 05 155 match bullets, making "Mexican match".

As a result I had buckets of FMJ 30 cal bullets. I discovered i could load them upside down in 30-30 to make good plinkers that would be safe to load in the tubular mag. they worked quite well out to 100 yards. Puched real good holes in the paper, like wad cutters.
 
I did the same thing, I pressed a bullet in backwards when loading some 9mm.

I keep it on the shelf in front of my reloading station..... Just to remind me "haste makes waste"... I am sure its safe to shoot, but I figure the object lesson is worth it!

Cheers!
 
I haven't shot any PPC for years but the guys used to load 38 special backwards. The theory was they flew like a boat-tail and were more accurate. I used to practice with an RCMP Canadian champion and I can tell you it worked for him. I still have a couple boxes kicking around. Try it if you want you're not going to hurt anything.
 
The only thing you'd lose, is your ballistic coefficent, would really suck. Unless you're shooting past 100y, that doesn't even start to matter though. If it chambers, it'll shoot, but depending on the gun, it might not. My Glock loves round noses and hollow points, but is really finnicky about funny shaped ammo.
 
It wasn't uncommon in Vietnam, either, to findinstances of reversed bullets.....:yingyang:

Rugerman said:
I was just watching a WW I documentary on the battleground around Ypres. They showed some rounds that they had found with reversed bullets. Apparently German snipers fired through small protective, metal doors which they closed after firing a shot. Apparently the Brits discovered that if you shot a reversed .303 bullet at the door, shards of metal came off on the inside of the door killing, blinding or wounding the sniper. So, yes, they actually did that. Apparently the rounds were not approved munitions and the soldiers did it themselves.
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Sounds like 'lil .303 HESH rounds....:p
 
Rugerman said:
Hmmm, tell us more about HESH. Not familiar with that term.
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HESH: High Explosive Squash Head.
Much like HEP: High Explosive Plastic

Both are similar, and are anti-armour rounds that aren't really designed to penetrate, but to scab off bits on the other side of the plate with deadly results for anyone or anything in it's way.

These are big rounds fired out of artillery pieces or tank cannon,, not for small arms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_explosive_squash_head
 
I believe that the reversed .303 bullet of WWI, is the great grandaddy of the armour piercing shaped charge. But as said earlier it didn't really pierce the protective "sniper plates" rather it produced a "spawl" I think they call it. That came off the other side, and was a chunk of flying shrapnel hitting whoever was on the other side.
 
i heard something that reversing the bullet in war is against the Geneva Conventions or some kind of international agreement of war. but i did a search couldnt find anything about it.
 
pats said:
i heard something that reversing the bullet in war is against the Geneva Conventions or some kind of international agreement of war. but i did a search couldnt find anything about it.
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Maybe that is why it was never officially approved (reversing the bullets in the .303) and the soldiers did it themselves. Apparently at the battle of Ypres the trenches were not more than 100 yards apart and that is nothing for a sniper. They were hated (by both sides, obviously) and you did what you had to do, I guess, to deal with it.
 
hmm. so a little more serching and i found this web site, kinda cool http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot32_4.htm

Also found a little more info

A reversed bullet was a German anti-tank method for penetrating the armor of the British Mark I tank during the World War I.

At their inception in 1915, the British Mark I tank proved nearly impregnable to standard rifle fire. The first attempt at boosting the power of German infantry rifles was the "reversed bullet". This utilized the same case and bullet as a normal round, except with the bullet seated backwards and more propellant added to the cartridge. When fired, the blunt end of the bullet hits the target first. The bullet does not break apart against armor plating like a normal bullet would[1]. When used against WWI tanks, it sometimes penetrated into the tank compartment, but often it severely distorted the plate armor of the tank. This caused a spray of metal shrapnel (spall) that hurt or killed the crew of the tank, making it just as effective as full penetration of the compartment[2]. At short range, armor required a minimum thickness of one-half inch in order to stop a reversed bullet[1]. The Germans also used reversed bullets at short ranges against French infantry[3].

The reversed bullet sometimes damaged German rifles, often injuring its users. This made it unpopular with German infantry[1]. Later in WWI, the Germans developed the armor piercing K bullet for use against heavier British tanks.
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found that from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversed_bullet
 
pats said:
hmm. so a little more serching and i found this web site, kinda cool http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot32_4.htm

Also found a little more info


found that from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversed_bullet
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There was a show on the History channel that decided to take German ammunition and turn it backwards to see what it would do. They fired one normal bullet at a piece of metal plate that was the same size and make of tank armor during WWI and it made a dent.

Then they shot the reversed round at another metal plate just like the first and it went clean through! :eek:
 
Any lead handgun bullet seated backwards is said to be a fine "home defense load"...from Guns and Ammo magazine. Don't think they would run thorough a semi auto very well though!
 
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