The Remington Bronze point had a tip of I guess bronze in the same manner as the current tipped cartridges like Noslers Ballistic tips and other current tipped bullets.
The Silver tip was just a thin cap over a normal lead point in place and said to protect the point. It always worked for me and killed deer just fine. Never used the Remington bullet (Bronze Point) but IIRC it was Jack O'Connor who said they either penciled though or blew up like a bomb. Never used them that I can recall so can't say if Jack was right.
Paul B.
I may be able to add some to this discussion.
As a boy being raised on an Adirondack farm I saw the Rem Bronze points. My Dad hunted with a 300 Savage and there were four 300Sav Bronze Points laying in the "Cartridge Drawer" in the kitchen where Dad kept his ammo. I used to hold these mysterious things and imagine what they could do. They had, as you said, a Ballistic Tip type pointed bronze insert. It protruded about a quarter inch from the front of the bullet - Ballistic Tip like.
My dad wasn't particularly impressed with them for deer ammo. He said that the tip would separate from the lead and pass on through the deer and sometimes you could hear them ricocheting through the brush beyond. I'm attempting to recall them and his stories from the mid to late 1940's. His stories always proved to be accurate and I have a clear visual memory of the Bronze Points.
Dad's stories about shooting deer with them tend to support the Jack O'Connor accounts about them blowing up and/or penciling through. I remember his disfavor for them emanated from the meat destruction, separation, and the bronze point "penciling through."
Jim
