Interestng bullet from Remington

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:03 am

Was loading some 45-70s last night and set this bullet in the case and thought it looked kinda funny.

First thought was the folks at Midway dropped a .458 solid in my box of 405 SPs.

After looking at it figured it must have gone through the MFG process upside down!

Kinda neat. A 405 FMJ

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:05 am

Awsome. Now all you need is a buffalo to wonder into your yard.

Mike-in-WV · Post by **Mike-in-WV** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:12 am

Now that's a collectors item!. I would send the pictures toM midway and Remington. Mike

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:29 am

That is neat. Bet you never see another one like it.

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:18 am

A 458 jacketed wadctter.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:32 am

I see a possible trend here.

A week or so ago I posted a thread about the defective 150gr PP Winchester Bullets I got for my 30-06. Different cannelure positions and different nose profiles in the same bag.

Now your defective Remington bullet.

I'm thinking the major bullet makers are so stressed because of the Iraqi situation that we the commercial users are getting the dregs.

Their quality control is sure slipping.

I agree about telling Midway. They need to know, even if they can't really do anything about it.

Joe

Jayhawker · Post by **Jayhawker** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:32 am

I've come across the same thing with their 44 cal semi-jacketed stuff before. Jacket in front or in back, they both shoot the same on paper.

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:53 am

J Miller wrote:I see a possible trend here.

A week or so ago I posted a thread about the defective 150gr PP Winchester Bullets I got for my 30-06. Different cannelure positions and different nose profiles in the same bag.

Now your defective Remington bullet.

I'm thinking the major bullet makers are so stressed because of the Iraqi situation that we the commercial users are getting the dregs.

Their quality control is sure slipping.

I agree about telling Midway. They need to know, even if they can't really do anything about it.

Joe

Ya got that right about the quality control Joe. I just got 40 Remington .444 Marlin cases from MidwayUSA and just about half of them have very faint head stamps (brand, caliber markings) on them. I also got some 180gr Remington Core Lokt bullets from MidwayUSA not long ago and some of the bullet tips (7 to be exact) were misfigured and mashed flat. That wasn't the fault of MidwayUSA as they get the bullets in bulk and fill their own boxes by weight -- no visuals on the bullets.

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:43 pm

Hey, look, a TCJ SP.

I remember getting a box of Winchester 44mag one time with 3 of the bullets installed upside down.

I only noticed it when I tried to cycle them through the lever. They wouldn't chamber, thank goodness.

Now unless it's something I roll, I always check out the bullets prior to loading them.

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:18 pm

Thats a real oddity. Keep it mounted on the loading bench!!! Art

Dewight · Post by **Dewight** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:44 pm

Strange... Last week I was reloading Remingington 357 158 gr.semi jacketed hollow points. One of them was a 9mm (.355). Instead of having a flat base it was half round.

Killer Kanuck · Post by **Killer Kanuck** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:45 pm

meanc wrote: I remember getting a box of Winchester 44mag one time with 3 of the bullets installed upside down.

I only noticed it when I tried to cycle them through the lever. They wouldn't chamber, thank goodness.

That happened to me with Winchester Cowboy 45LC loads. Was feeding rounds into my Vaquero and was wondering why one wouldn't chamber fully - with the bullet in upside down, it looked like a tube of lead lipstick.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:58 pm

A friend complained to me about getting 45-70 bullets from Remington with the cannelures in different places but this is beyond that.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:33 pm

I have 19 loaded Remington 255 gr. .38-55 FMJ bullets. They were made by simply reversing the jacket in the forming die so that the base is lead and the nose is covered.

I've seen a lot of interesting things in reloading but only something like that once or twice. The thing is with such concentration of reloaders here, we're more likely to discover and report such production anomalies.