Ever see anything like this?

If they're yours I think I'd be concerned.

Did you shoot them when there was snow? Snow will do that..

Cold loads at low charges.

Up your settings a bit: most commercial powders have a select operating temperature, and while it may be ACCURATE at that load, it damn sure aint working.

Honestly: your bases arent even obturated. This is a "weak" load.

It gets colder, youll get a squib.

Long story short: they bounced. Off cardboard... or paper.

Dont use this load.

Ya....

Up that load.

Walk it up through your normal progression, but aim for about 10-15% higher charge volume.

Actually happens a ton...

" i swore i hit that deer, i teed up on this rifle in october! *shoots in december* "

I stand up firewood and shoot it down all the time.

It's very common to find 45's on the ground in perfect shape when I do that.

Zerodefect said:

I stand up firewood and shoot it down all the time.

It's very common to find 45's on the ground in perfect shape when I do that.

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My ex wife hit me in the head with a 45acp 230 FMJ ricochet.

Velocity matters, especially above 150 grains.

Big round bullets will bounce.

Not over 900 fps they wont. #guaranteed

The real question is?

Can I reload them? lol.

Zerodefect said:

The real question is?

Can I reload them? lol.

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Ya, just load em to ball spec:

230 fmj, 5.5 grs of unique or equivalent. Honestly: this is standard military "ball" 45acpFMJ- ive loaded and shot thousands of rounds of it.

Work your load up using whatever powder you have on hand in magazine increments(7-10rds per charge)

Fire, check for function. Then check for penetration.

Tbh: the 5.0 red dot barely functions most 1911 platforms, and is more suitenin the 4.5-5 range for cold loaded bolt action rifles.

Dial it up.


If your choice of powder is this temp sensitive, check again in june.

Jim Bowie said:

Did you shoot them when there was snow? Snow will do that..

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This is correct. At the local range there were bullets all over the ground last week from the numerous layers of snow finally melting. The lead ones all basically look like the pictured ones.

Walkalong said:

That surprises me.

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It did me too

Try it at 4.2 for cold weather proximation. This is a guess, but as close to a cold weather downgrade as I can imagine.

The ex was fanatical about 1911 FMJ function.

blarby said:

My ex wife hit me in the head with a 45acp 230 FMJ ricochet.

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Are you sure she didn't plan that?

Will someone please tell me what we’re looking at/for?

CQB45ACP said:

Will someone please tell me what we’re looking at/for?

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Bullets picked up off the ground with no deformation, I think. I pick up bullets out on a 100 yard range and berm occasionally. they’re usually smeared on one side from hitting the ground or have a deformed nose from hitting the dirt backstop. It’s kind of odd to find a bullet that looks as good as the ones pictured.

Walkalong said:

That surprises me.

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I read that again: in cold conditions, my apologies

I’ve loaded 5.3grn RedDot under a 230grn plated, it barely cycles the pistol. Chrono says 730fps, and it’s pretty accurate... but it’s not reliable.

Jim Bowie said:

Did you shoot them when there was snow? Snow will do that..

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Yep....snow will do that.

I have found a lot of bullets on the ground where I shoot. The ones with the least damage are usually 45's, especially if there is snow

Did you shoot any of those on previous trips when there was snow on the ground there? That might be your answer as to why the look like that. You do have to bump up the charge some though. Was the outside of ypur brass scorched any. This is another indication of lowef power as well.

reddog81 said:

Bullets picked up off the ground with no deformation, I think. I pick up bullets out on a 100 yard range and berm occasionally. they’re usually smeared on one side from hitting the ground or have a deformed nose from hitting the dirt backstop. It’s kind of odd to find a bullet that looks as good as the ones pictured.

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Got it, thanks.