Author Topic: .311 bullet with two crimp grooves (Read 308 times)

sgtt · « **on:** March 16, 2004, 08:07:10 PM »

Does anyone know which co. made a 180 grn. .311 bullet with two crimp grooves? Is it still in production? Thanks in advance.

Rick Teal · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2004, 03:22:00 AM »

This probably won't help you much, but Imperial, here in Canada, used to make their sabre tip bullet with two cannelures. This was a bullet designed much like the ballistic silver-tip.

Many companies used to put a second groove on their bullets in the belief that it would help to prevent jacket separation on impact. I'm not certain this was effective, but I'm sure that the modern bonded-core bullets do a much better job of retaining their cores than bullets of this type would.

Robert357 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2004, 09:38:20 AM »

I am not sure why you want a 180 grain bullet with two crimp groves. If this is very very important to you, CH4D makes a tool that allows you to add a channelure to a bullet anywhere you want.

There are all kinds of 180 gr bullets in the marketplace for the 303 Brit. I like the Remington CoreLokt that comes in .308, .310 (MidSouth), and .311 (Graf & Sons).

I know that some bullet manufacturers would be horrified to find that their bullets are being "mangled" by handloaders, but hey, you are the one that really wants that kind of bullet, so I assume you will be very careful.

sgtt · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2004, 07:38:45 PM »

Many yrs. ago I "inherited" a bunch from a defunct renter. They have proved to be very accurate bullets. I am now in short supply and was hoping some old horse would remember them. The individual from whom they were obtained would not of gone any more custom than Hornady, etc.