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mattri
05-25-2020, 08:46 PM
Anyone seen these before?

.452 plain base, 400gr with a meplat of around .285??

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mattri
05-25-2020, 08:47 PM
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mattri
05-25-2020, 08:49 PM
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mattri
05-25-2020, 08:52 PM
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beagle
05-25-2020, 09:33 PM
Resembles a #018 Saeco. From the looks of the wide bands, it may have been downsized to .452"./beagle
mattri
05-25-2020, 10:30 PM
Good call, hadn't thought about it being sized down.
beagle
05-26-2020, 09:47 PM
My #018 Saeco weighed 412 grains when lubed. Pretty close weight wise./beagle
Dinny
05-27-2020, 10:56 PM
I would say the same, a downsized 458 bullet. Years ago I got some similar bullets from a man who shot them in his 50cal muzzleloader with sabots. I loaded them into my 45 Colt rifle with Trail Boss. IIRC, I got 650-700fps but 25yd accuracy was surprisingly good. If the sun was shining I could see the bullet impact the targets.

Thanks, Dinny