Hunting with Imperial Sabre-Tip bullets?
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M12shooter
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I believe they had a white or clear plastic tip on them did they not? Ammo stored properly will suffer little or no ill effects from age. Run a few 3 shot groups through you rifle and see how they perform.
madtrapper143
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They were as good as Nosler's ballistic tip. I was lucky enough to find a box of component bullets CIL 150gr Sabre Tips in .311 for my .303. They have black tips and they feed really well in the Lee Enfield. Enjoy them and the once great Canadian firearms industry they represent.
Darryl
Darryl
Before the Sabre tip came the CIL Dominion Copper Point Expanding. I shot moose with them and I think they were better than Nosler partition.
There was a copper brad, pointed from both directions, in the bullet tip, which drove into the quite hard bullet and opened it up on impact.
The Sabre Tip was cheaper to make and was supposed to do the same thing as the copper brad did.
I came across two new boxes of 50 bullets each at a gun show recently, of the Copper Point Expanding.
There was a copper brad, pointed from both directions, in the bullet tip, which drove into the quite hard bullet and opened it up on impact.
The Sabre Tip was cheaper to make and was supposed to do the same thing as the copper brad did.
I came across two new boxes of 50 bullets each at a gun show recently, of the Copper Point Expanding.
that's only cause you didn't know they were too quick opening to use. a lot of bullets used back then people would now say were crap and couldn't kill a coyote never mind large game.. good thing we didn't know any better. saw my brother in law flatten a large bull moose with 165 saber tips in his 30 06. I was using speer hotcore spritzers in my 300 mag. some how they all worked.
blasted_saber
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- A blue part of Ontario
Ive got some in 3030, 303, and 308. Still fairly common at Gun Shows.
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I've got a box of .303 CIL sabre tips that came with my dads No1 mk3, I've been meaning to see how they shoot.
I shot a few hundred rounds of the various offerings from C.I.L. in the early days of my shooting/hunting career. Dominion ammo was top notch in
the accuracy department. Once IVI took over, the quality seemed to wane noticeably.
I had a lot of respect for the "Kling-Kor" softpoints, they always seemed to provide a nice looking mushroom when recovered.
While H4831 and I agree on most points, I do not agree with his assessment of the Copper point expanding bullet. I found them erratic,
particularly in slower cartridges like the 303 British, or lighter game like deer. Sometimes they expanded rather violently, sometimes they penciled through.
Not even close to a Partition for overall performance. [Of course, all here know how I feel about Partitions,
]
The SabreTip was a bit fragile, but was a shadow of things to come. The idea was sound, just needed to be refined a bit, which has obviously happened
in our times.
I have a couple of boxes of bullets still in my possession, and will load them one day for old times sake. Dave.
the accuracy department. Once IVI took over, the quality seemed to wane noticeably.
I had a lot of respect for the "Kling-Kor" softpoints, they always seemed to provide a nice looking mushroom when recovered.
While H4831 and I agree on most points, I do not agree with his assessment of the Copper point expanding bullet. I found them erratic,
particularly in slower cartridges like the 303 British, or lighter game like deer. Sometimes they expanded rather violently, sometimes they penciled through.
Not even close to a Partition for overall performance. [Of course, all here know how I feel about Partitions,
]The SabreTip was a bit fragile, but was a shadow of things to come. The idea was sound, just needed to be refined a bit, which has obviously happened
in our times.
I have a couple of boxes of bullets still in my possession, and will load them one day for old times sake. Dave.
All my experience with copper point expanding was in the 30-06.
Then years later Jack Boudreau, who has likely shot more grizzly than anyone on CGN, stated that he used the 30-06 exclusively with CIL factory 180 grain copper point expanding bullets and swore by them.
Then years later Jack Boudreau, who has likely shot more grizzly than anyone on CGN, stated that he used the 30-06 exclusively with CIL factory 180 grain copper point expanding bullets and swore by them.
