What kind of bullet is this?

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I found a box of these when I was cleaning out the last of my old reloading boxes and I have no idea what I have here. They we're in a Gold dot box but I know they aren't gold dots. They are 124 gr. Looks like they might be a lead or cast hollow point?

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There is a company now offering something very similar but I can't seem to find it now. The only reason I remember it is because the bullet style is so unusual for the caliber.
 
Definitely not Gold Dot. Could be Speer. Could also be Hornady. I don't think RemingChester or Sierra (Sierras come with their characteristic skiving on the upper jacket/lower lead, as far as I can recall) make anything quite like that, but could be mistaken. I'm not sure it matters, though. Any data for jacketed 124 grain should be fine.
 
Yep, like EMC I'd say 9mm half jacket hollow points. A few decades ago I used a lot of Sierra half jacket bullets in my 44 Magnums, worked great...
 
Hornady HP.JPG If it's .357" and 125 gr., I have some old Hornadys that are identical. I once loaded some for 38 Super. They shot fine, but the exposed lead was so soft they would mash into the feed ramp and often not feed.
 
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Sounds like they would be good for my Wife's Taurus 605 revolver then. I can do some up in .38 and some .357. Been wanting to get her more hollow points but we know what the situation on that is.

Thanks for all the information guys. Greatly appreciated.

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The shape of your bullet matches this Winchester SJHP better than the Hornady, but the Winchester seems to have pronounced jacket reliefs that your bullet doesn't have. This bullet is from factory Winchester ammunition from the 90s, in a .357 mag cartridge. I fired the one on the right in a water tank at a ballistics lab in South Africa back in 2002:

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Looks like a Zero SJHP. I've loaded boxes and boxes of them in the past, but don't have any on hand at this particular moment. Could be 38/.357 or 9mm. I've found the Zero .357 sold as .357 125gr SJHP to have a variance of from .356 to .358 or so, and weight from 124 to 126. The 9MM SJHP sold as 124gr vary from .355 to .357, and weigh from 123 to 125ish, but have a slightly different profile.
 
The bottom is flat. Here are some hopefully more informative pictures.
 

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Well knowing is nice. But you have all the info you need to safely load them. Bullet diameter and weight. 9mm by diameter.
 
A 124gr bullet with a .356" diameter is usually meant for the 9mm. That is a SJHP bullet probably from Hornandy or Zero bullets. IMO the maker isn't really all that important. Just use 124gr JHP load data and you will be fine. Start low and work up to the published max if you feel it's necessary. I have found the most accurate loads are just below max so no reason to push the load any higher.
 
I thought it may be from Federal... somewhere I have some 125 gr .357 Mag loads with a bullet that’s similar in shape and style. When I get back home next week I’ll try to remember to find them.

Stay safe.
 
I haven't seen a lot of 9mm Semi-jacketed bullets in the same "format" as the OP's bullets. I had these two 9mm Norma cartridges back in the day:

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One was a semi-jacketed HP and the other was a semi-jacketed flat nose, or truncated ogive.
The SJHP had very hard lead and did not open as expected when fired into water. Fired bullet is on the right:

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