Is round nose ammo safe

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Re: Is round nose ammo safe

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hayabusa wrote:earlmck, when you experimented with the epoxied pin in the round was the cartridges in front loaded with powder, sand or anything to give a full regular weight to the cartridges in the magazine tube? Like primer, powder, bullet. I was not understanding from my reading of your post. It seemed like a great test to me. hayabusa
Yes, I used filler to duplicate the weight of a regular loaded round.
mikld wrote:Personally, I don't bother as I have a good mold for a RNFP bullet for my .44 Puma...
If you want a warm fuzzy feeling you should chase down the post by muskeg13 showing the damage from his magazine detonation. 44mag flat point was the bullet involved in that nasty incident....
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Y'all realize this is a 2 year old thread, right :wink:
Absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it might explain why he hasn't answered recent questions. :D
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vancelw wrote:Y'all realize this is a 2 year old thread, right :wink:
Absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it might explain why he hasn't answered recent questions. :D
Yeah, I opened it thinkin' "...I'll have to dig up that thread to reference my reply..." when there was my reply! And, my opinion hasn't changed.
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Griff wrote:Yeah, I opened it thinkin' "...I'll have to dig up that thread to reference my reply..." when there was my reply! And, my opinion hasn't changed.
Hopefully that's a good sign :D You're keeping the Oldtimer's at bay! Or....you're just stubborn.
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