Author Topic: PMC 45 colt FMJ loads (Read 858 times)

captainkirk · « **on:** November 22, 2004, 11:50:29 AM »

My brother in law bought some of PMCs 250 grain FMJ bullets for his trapper winchester. A light went off in my head several hours later that, in general, you should not shoot FMJ bullets in a tubular magazine. The Speer manual has stern warnings in their 444 marlin and 44 mag in rifles section about their 44 fmj bullets. I am almost certain that PMC would not introduce a load like this if it was not safe for leverguns, but you never know. Any thoughts? My emails to the company have gone unanswered so far and my one phone call to them did not fill me with confidence.

Thank you gentlemen in advance.

captainkirk

Castaway · « **Reply #1 on:** November 23, 2004, 02:58:52 AM »

It's not the FMJ that casuses a problem, it's the shape of the nose. Are they flat or pointed?

captainkirk · « **Reply #2 on:** November 23, 2004, 06:05:25 AM »

They are flat but so are the Speer bullets. Seems if you have a harder flat nose (non lead) and a high primer, you could have a greater chance of unintended ignition.

captainkirk

Castaway · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2004, 06:17:41 AM »

I seriously doubt that a plating of copper on lead would make the overall bullet that much harder than without the jacket. Cast bullets themselves can range from putty soft to very hard. Any high primer could cause you trouble in a tubular magazine, with or without a pointed nose, with or without jacketing material. In other words, as long as the bullet from PMC is flat nosed, you run no bigger risk of a catastropic tube detonation with their bullet than any other flat nosed bullet.