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My buddy and I split a box of 500 270 cal 130 grain bullets back in the day. About the same time as Nosler introduced their Ballistic Tip bullets. We both noticed that the bronze points behaved very similar to the BT's back then.....the "grenade" effect. Side by side shooting at our range showed the new Ballistic Tips out shot the BP's by a large margin. We eventually traded off the remainder at some gun show way back then. Boy they sure were cool looking back in the day though....

The Bronze Points were Ballistic Tips before there was a Ballistic Tip

The bronze tip had a tendency to end up in the middle of a stead where it would have the best chance of breaking my tooth. The CIL copper point expanding was a better performing bullet. GD

Thanks everyone for the info! Think I will polish them up, drill holes in them, and hang them on necklaces for gun jewelry !!

With current phase of few reloading components , I would not waste any bullets.Heck, at least put them in the classified as free, but pay for shipping.

Don't do that, I would take em before you ruin em. PM me if you wanna sell em.

I always thought they looked nice, yet never used them.

There is a reason they do not make them any more. Think about that.

Just kidding on the jewelry thing, they will go into the "last ditch" stock.

I've killed deer with 90 grain .244 REM and 180 grain 30-06 Remington and Peters BP factory loads. The deer all died promptly when shot into the lungs, about like they are prone to do when shot in the lungs with any expanding bullet.

My Father thought so highly of BPs that when he bought a Remington 660 in 6MM REM for me, he looked around and bought a couple dozen boxes of .244 REM Remington and Peters 90 grain BPs. He thought that the 90 grain BPs were the best factory loaded deer hunting bullet for the 6MM REM in 1968.

Chech _/ ATST I like the jewelry idea.

I may do that with 3 or 4, 30 cal 150 Silvertips.


Jerry

I killed my first buck in 1960 with one. Animal was facing me at 25 yds. Bullet fragments did a lot of damage to both lungs and the heart. Found the base of the core less bullet against the front of the liver. The buck ran 25 yds. and fell dead.
My brother hit a small blacktail too far back at about 60 yds. The buck recovered from the hit and ran off into some super dense brush without leaving a blood trail. I literally crawled into the thicket, and still couldn't find him. The buzzards did however, or at least knew he was there in the days following. That was the last time I used it that bullet in the '06,' or any other round. Since then, I've insisted on a bullet that will leave a blood trail. E

The difference is that the jacket of hunting Ballistic Tips is considerably thicker than the jacket of Bronze Points.

I have an ancient box of 30 caliber 180 grain Bronze Points. I also have a box of 180 grain RNCLs. Save them or shoot them?

I have 3 boxes of 130 gr .277" bp's for use in the 270 win going to work up a load in a sr HVA 270 for them. Should work fine for broadside ribcage antelope shots out at 200-400 yds. Or just cheap shooting. Mb

Overheard at the range. GenX'er:" Whoa dude, that's some gnarly-ass bullets, zombie null schidt right?" Geezer: "Indeed, you are a perceptive young man, what appear to be Bronze Points, are in fact, one of the most lethal bullets ever conceived, armor piercing, explosive tip, incendiary, nite-glo tracers. These are the last of a secret government contract for Space Forces. If you want, I'll sell you these for 2 bucks apiece, but you gotta swear you will never divulge your source"...

Cookie did several elk over the years (270), and none of them complained.

Of this I can say.....they were a lot better than Herters wasp waste sonic bullets.....anyone remember them?

bronze tip bullets were very explosive and I use them for broadside thought the rib shots only

Funny, I remember shooting factory 150's back in the 70's in a Remington 742 30-06 Carbine.

Not sure how much of a role the short barrel played, I don't recall any big messes.

I thought they were too "tough" back then on deer.