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Gunner wrote:
Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
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