I have a box of old, .283 diameter, 170g soft point bullets. They are nickel plated but must be a steel casing as they stick to a magnet....

Anyone have any experience with these? I'm specifically wondering how tough they might be.

Any info would be helpful....

Thanks,

Dan

Dan Not exactly sure what bullets you have but they sound like the "Tri-clad" bullets Norma offered at one time. The jacket was a mild steel jacket with gliding metal on both sides. The gliding metal was a tin colour (silver).Nickel would be too hard. I used some in a 30-06 and they performed very well.Never recovered any bullets as they all passed through but as I recall there was quite a wound channel. If I remember correctly the logic behind the tri-clad jacket is the steel jacket would fold out to approx 90 deg from the bore causing considerable damage.The steel jacket would support the lead core more than a soft gliding metal jacket would ,therefor retaining more weight. Norma components were availible in Canada for a while then disappeared from the market. Never seen any since.

Snowman--

That sounds like what I have....silver jackets with exposed lead round noses. I was hoping they'd be tough enough for a 7mm Rem Mag moose round. Was sort of wondering if they were really intended for the 7x57, in which case they might not be very tough at all....

Thanks for the info!

Dan

they also sound like what they called the oryx bullet.
these were available for a time in the states.
90's airc.
but with the steel jacket the tri-clad might be correct.
the oryx also was a silver jacket and had a reputation as a pretty tough bullet.

No its not oryx they are all cupper/tin jacket.
It may be older Alaska bullet it is a proper moose bullet of cup and core design.
It can also be a simple cup and core bullet of softer design for smaller game.

Norma used to do the same in hunting bullets for the 303 British. Nickel plated over steel jackets.

No accuracy problems!

I've got some old Norma 7X57 ammunition that sounds similar, except mine has a yellow plastic nose on the bullet.

Plastspets rapid expansion.

http://norma.cc/en/Products/Co...Norma-Plastic-Point/

I also have some old Norma 7x57 with 150gr soft pointed nickel/metal jacket bullets. I have shot quite a few whitetail deer and hogs with this ammunition. However, this bullet is NOT bonded. If it strikes bone it will shed the jacket. The bullets preformed well on those animals that were shot behind the shoulder. Complete pass through.