modifying FMJ bullets

[rondog]

Has anyone pulled a GP11 bullet from Swiss ammo? Is it open based?

No, FMJBT. Got one in my collection.

[Larry Gibson]

I have pulled 5.56 M193 bullets, dumped the powder and replaced it with the powder charge from issue 9mm and 45 ACP ammo. I then seated the M193 bullet backwards to the canalure groove and crimped with blasting cap crimpers. Velocity out of an M16A1 runs right at 1600 fps. of course it would not function the M16A1 but it fed from a 20 round magazine making it basically a manual repeater. Accuracy was just fine out to the 50 - 60 yards I used it in the jungle of Panama. I called it my "Panama Load" in deference to the reduced cast loads Whelen used there in his M1903. Worked just fine on the parrots, other birds and the nutria like critter that the Indians liked to eat.


However, that load is not a high pressure load to begin with so I ran into no problems with it.


Larry Gibson