What the heck is this????

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28 February 2006, 07:13

richj

What the heck is this????

round... Ammo's here but the rifle is late.

28 February 2006, 08:01

vapodog

I'll bite.....it's a accelerator.

A saboted bullet in a .30-06 case.

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28 February 2006, 08:09

foxfire

It looks just like my 7X65R Sellier & Bellot
"Special Cutter Soft Point".

28 February 2006, 08:11

kayaker

I was going to hazard a guess at Sellier and Bellot or RWS...

Cartridge , looks like a .30-06, 7x64?

28 February 2006, 09:05

SDhunter

My first thought was something European or military.

28 February 2006, 09:24

Karl S

kayaker is propably right, its a 7x64 by an European maker, propably S&B or RWS IMO

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28 February 2006, 10:28

ALF

28 February 2006, 17:48

foxfire

28 February 2006, 18:41

manhasset

page 3 Cheaper than Dirt flyer- March '06 the Sellier & Bellot ad.

28 February 2006, 20:37

willmckee

they tried to make the bullet look like a TUG or some such. i've got 5 boxes of the 7x57 stuff w/ that bullet. was curious so i pulled one and sectioned it. completely conventional in every respect. in fact, the jacket fell off before i got completely thru. my recollection is it was very thin.

28 February 2006, 22:39

manhasset

Hey will,

How'd that S&B 7x57 shoot? Cheeper than Dirt sells it for $10.00 a box of 20. Seems better than some of the mil-surp.
Bob

01 March 2006, 00:40

willmckee

i won't buy any more. same syndrome as some 22-250's i bought - their qc is so erratic that case length fan from less than "trim to length" to more than max. all within one box of 20. i think when i got these (they're on my way home so no shipping costs) i bought them for the brass because as i recall, 5 boxes at the time were $40 with tax and i couldn't get 100pcs brass and 100 bullets for that.

i suppose they shot ok for practice ammo but my 7x57 is on a mauser and the bbl seems to have a tight throat. any case near max lgt won't chamber so abt 1/3 of these i have to cull.

01 March 2006, 00:49

foxfire

Manhasset,
I shot about 5 boxes of these threw my 7x65R and my 9.3x74R double rifle. All feed well and exracted well. I don't reload so the brass was trashed when done. But for the price they worked for me. I haven't tried to hunt with them, I'll reserve that for a better bullet.

01 March 2006, 03:28

richj

That was easy.. 7x64mm S&B.. I never saw this one before.

Rich

01 March 2006, 06:57

sierra2

Yep. looks like a 7x64mm S&B SPCE round. I discovered them in late 2003, and my rifle loves them! Worked perfectly on an Oryx and a Impala in the RSA in 2004!
LLS