ID this bullet?

[bullseye]

Need some help to ID these bullets. Bought a bag of 50 and think they might be Black Talon, but not sure. The store i found them in has lots of lost stuff in nooks and crannies all over the place. These will be loaded in the Ruger GP-100 with a 6" barrel, so I might load them a little hot. :)

[turbothis]

got any calipers?

[Seattlefungus]

How about he Winchester Black Talon... Good bullet, consistant uniform expansion.

[A.D.A.]

How about he Winchester Black Talon... Good bullet, consistant uniform expansion.


I agree, great bullet. If I am wrong and that is not it, then it is really close.

[drhall762]

Yep. I'd call it Black Talon as well.

Dave :sniper:

[bullseye]

they mic out to 9.00mm at the base and 16.70 long. random sample of 5 pulled out of the bag. This guy has apparently lost all kinds of stuff in his shop and I keep digging around and finding it. Every time I go in there I come out with stuff he didn't know he still had. Next time I go I will be spending a while and looking everywhere to see what he has lost.

[XO3319]

what is the grain weight and caliber?

[bullseye]

The bullet diameter is 9mm at the base(.354"). Don't have access to the scale at the moment but it is just a hair longer that a 145 silvertip 357.

[g3shooter1]

Black Talons!


Not armor piercing contrary to popular belief


Although they are good for Self Defense. The "petals" are especially jagged, and create a lot of internal damage.

[drine]

I've got 49 of them left fom when they were being sold. Looks exactly like what you are showing.

[cimmaronkid]

Yep, their Talons. Nice find!

[SteelCore]

A forumite on the old site, a LEO called "Sheriff" said in his experiments the stuff would go thru a IIA duty vest, because jags would clip the layers of kevlar.

Still, that's thrid party info, so YMMV.