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Hey all- I have a question about swapping bullets on loaded ammunition. I have on hand some M80 ball 147 gr with the bi-metal jacket that attracts a magnet. I also have some Sierra I hear "There are no stupid questions". I guess we will see  BruceThis message has been edited. Last edited by: RNshooter, "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | ||
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If they're soft point hunting bullets, are you sure you don't mean Sierra Game King? I used quite a bit "Portuguese Match" ammo in my M1As for 200 yard service rifle events: Pull the 147 grain bullet and seat a 155 grain Sierra Palma over the original powder charge. Cases were discarded as they were Berdan primed. I wasn't the only one doing it. | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
Game King, yes. I'm glad to know it's not out of the question. Any special precautions? Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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Or “Mexican match” was the term I always heard: “Back in the late 1970s the Mexican Match was made by pulling the bullet from the M118 cartridge and replacing it with the Sierra 168 g match bullet. After pulling the bullet and neck sizing die with the decapper removed and the neck resized. This was a process brought to us from members of the AMTU.” https://www.m14forum.com/threa...h-ammunition.403498/ “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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I can remember the term Mexican match from years ago but never heard how well it shot? | |||
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It can be done,kinetic hammer will wear you out though with mil spec. Stuff has sealant in bullet.mil crimp could give you fits also. You should also do neck size on those cases. If you plan to use same powder you will have to know grains charged with to load back. | |||
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I think he's planning on a one for one deal. Pull the bullet and replace it with no loss of powder. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
Yes, this would be a straight, individual swap, not a mass pulling with a pile of bullets and a bucket of powder, at the end. One out, one in. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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