Imperial 303 ammo,what is name of bullet?

[big bear]

Shoot or save for a cartridge collector? I have 10 of them.

 

[kamlooky]

I've gartzs ne'er a bawx awf im.
Gonna be awn me table.
Shewt'im Clint.

 

[oldrodder]

I believe they were called "Saber tip" ???????

 

[HeadDamage]

Imperial did make a bullet called the saber tip though I think it was a plastic tip.

 

[250 sav]

Imperial did make a bullet called the saber tip though I think it was a plastic tip.

Sabertips were plastic tips. I believe that is bronze point expanding. IIRC

 

[cooey43]

Shoot or save for a cartridge collector? I have 10 of them.

It is a Saber Tip ,,,,,,,,,,, for sure.

 

[wannabe]

copper point expanding CPE on the box

 

[big bear]

So, of any interest to cartridge collectors or can I just shoot it for brass?Or is it super duper hunting ammo to be saved for real use?

 

[AlbertaJohn]

copper point expanding CPE on the box

^^ This

 

[Butcherbill]

CPE, sabre tips were a whitish plastic tip.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Imperial did make a bullet called the saber tip though I think it was a plastic tip.

I was going to say the very same thing.
Shoot it at deer and keep the brass.
Rob

 

[catnip]

CPE for certain. Sabre tips were white plastic tips, or black plastic, depending on the bullet weight I believe. (It could also possibly be related to date of mfg). The ones I had were different weights, but the boxes were also a few years apart in age ,so it might go either way..... catnip.

 

[Johnny G1]

Shoot it and hope you get some meat, lots of then around.

 

[HeadDamage]

I thought I might have some, found this box in my crate of misc 303 ammo, white plastic tips on these ones.

 

[big bear]

Thanks for the info!

CPE, sabre tips were a whitish plastic tip.

Big thanks. I assume they only came in 180gr?

 

[Butcherbill]

Big thanks. I assume they only came in 180gr?

Not sure, wouldn’t surprise me if they made a 150gr variety but I haven’t seen any. All the old commercial .303 I have or have seen has been 180gr or 200gr, I’ve got a half box of 180gr sabre tips that were my dads.

 

[kamlooky]

I'll play along.............

Dint know Sako made ammo?

 

[catnip]

Not sure, wouldn’t surprise me if they made a 150gr variety but I haven’t seen any. All the old commercial .303 I have or have seen has been 180gr or 200gr, I’ve got a half box of 180gr sabre tips that were my dads.

The ones I had, 150's were black tips and the 180's were white. For sure made in both weights. .....catnip

 

[DaveGP]

Copper Point Expanding - I worked with a pair of old guides some 30 years back and they absolutely detested those bullets - unreliable expansion and they just got tired of chasing game down ..... So thankfully the CPE have not been made for years.

 

[howard2]

"KKSP" (Kling Kor Soft Point) bullet