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Years ago I bought a box (500) of these and have no idea whether if they are target or hunting bullet and would like to start using them The box is labeled either L5 or LZ then 30452A 30 caliber 165 grain Boat Tail, Gold polymer tip, Bullet has cannelure. Most likely purchased from someone here. Does anyone remember any 30 Cal factory 165 grainers with gold polymer tip? I never see any factory ammo except 380 and 9mm so would not have any idea of what is out there. Maybe one shot for a water jug testhere at the house will not rile the neighbors. Anyone with any ideas? Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | ||
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30452 is 165gr Hornady SST, but it has red tip But never heard about 30452A - maybe just same bullet, custom made for some ammo maker with different tip color (Hornady make or made some bullets for Sellier Bellot, blue or green tipped for example). Or can be some bulk product, or second quality, don't know. Jiri | |||
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I see it as a simple problem. Shoot them at paper its a target bullet shoot them at game it is a hunting bullet. | |||
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I was doing something else and a thought popped in my mind (I know scary isn't it), if that bullet has a cannelure it must be a hunting bullet, right? That is my main concern to be sure it is up to the task of taking a deer. Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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Don't know if this helps, but I was given a few (20-no box) .270 Hornady 130 gr, GMX bullets with a gold? polymer tip. Hip | |||
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Pretty sure they are not GMX because I don't think Hornady had started making GMX bullets way back then and they have only cannelure, no groves Guess I will grind one open tomorrow to see what I have inside the jacket. Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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I believe the Remington Accutips are kind of a gold color. I've read somewhere they are a Hornady SST with a different colored tip. | |||
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Yes. That number "30452" is code of 165gr Hornady SST. And it is well known that Hornady make bullets for other manufacturers with different tip color. "A" is maybe "Accutip", but it is just my guess. Jiri | |||
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There is no such thing as a .30/165 bullet that is not "up to the task of taking deer". Deer are very light-framed animals (even the big, fat, northern ones) and will succumb to almost any centerfire round placed in the thorax. | |||
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I bought some of those from Midway as seconds.The cannelure was so deep it squashed the bullet a little.I tried them in a rifle I had sighted in a 100yds.I couldn't get them to hit anywhere on the target at a 100yds.I trashed them.I'm sure they were Remington Accutips. | |||
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I have some 45 and 70 things to work through, before taking on testing of this bullet. I hope they shoot well as I have a BUNCH of them. Of course for most of my hunting 100 yards is a long shot so preciseness in not the prerequisite it is for some. And of course I have other projies if need be to shoot at any distance. 165 grain 30 caliber bullet kill a deer . . . I have no doubt, a target bullet effectively and ethically killing a deer may be another matter. I have not the experience from which to judge. Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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Make up some cheap test medium and see. Bucket of sand, cardboard box full of wet newspaper. Use your imagination and improvise. Fire some into it at 100 yards and see how they hold up. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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