Test of skills: Identify the 6.5mm bullet

[azar]

Here is a test of the sharpness of your eye. Look closely, it might be difficult if you don't keep a close scrutinizing eye on what you are looking at. Here is a picture of two bullets, side-by-side. One of them is a 6.5mm one of them is not? Before reading further, take a look at the picture and test your skills...

Can you identify which one is the 6.5mm bullet? If you can, you're better than Speer!!

I was picking out random bullets out of my box of .264 caliber 140g HotCor's and measuring them base to tip to get an average for the box. So I could use this "average length bullet" as my basis for measuring an OAL. And at one point I reached in and pulled out a heavy feeling bullet. I looked at it stunned and started to laugh. That's no .264 caliber, but a .358!

 

[rcmodel]

Well, in this lead shortage world we live in, they have to box up the floor sweepings and sell them to make ends meet!

Any possibality the box was opened on the store shelf and got played with?


rcmodel

 

[azar]

Nope. This box was still sealed when I brought it home. Someone at the factory must have made a simple mix up.

 

[Mike Kerr]

Hey! What's a few hundreths here or there. I mean a bullet is a bullet just shave it down. Yuk! Yuk!

 

[The Bushmaster]

Isn't the first time and won't be the last time...So load on.....Geeezz (mumble mutter)

 

[taliv]

has happened to me with sierra bullets. most recently, i got what i think was a 30 cal in my box of 6mm 107s

 

[azar]

It just caught me by surprise and I got a kick out of it. It made me appreciate how big a .358 is! That would punch a nice sized hole in most things.