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My hunting partner, who is 25 years my senior, gave me a 99 count box of his old 180g .308 PSPCL, and a box of 67 count 180g .308 Rem. Bronze Points. I'm overgunned as it is w/ my .30-06 where I hunt in East Texas, but this weight would be nice on the huge, nasty hogs that have moved in after disappearing for five years.

These are from late 1960s to early 1970s with a "Palace Price" sticker of $5.80 (5.80 is hand-written)--old school.

I'm going to look at my Hagel, O'Connor, et al for references to the bullet, I know I have read some in my books. What has been your experience?

Many thanks.

i've run some through a .300 mag. they seemed like an decent bullet. my impression of them was that they were a good medium game bullet. kind of explosive to use on really big stuff, at least from the .300 WM

In my exsperience (which is limited....maybe 20 kills....and more than 40 years old) the Bronze-Point bullets were a bit too slow to open on whitetails.

Sometimes they did well....while at other times they tended to not open at all and just bore through. They always seemed to penetrate quite well though and on larger hogs that might be a good thing. A 250-350 pound hog is MUCH tougher than a whitetail particularly if hit in the shoulder "shield" area. The Bronze-Points weren't terrible, just a bit to "tough" for whitetails.....while on a big pig might be just what you want.

I killed my fist elk with one back in 69 or so. Memory isn't good enough to say more

never shot them, but I do recall that Elmer had a particular hardon for bronze points....not that that necessarily means anything.

I bought a bunch many years ago in 130 gr. for my .270 ($7-8 a box!)because they shot so well in my old pre-64 featherweight. They've taken a lot of mulies over the years, usually at 150-250 yards with complete chest pass-throughs and little meat loss. I have been very satisfied myself, but it seems like there are a lot on the 'fire who don't care for them.

Haven't used them since the early 1960's. They acted more like armor piercing rounds. Shot straight thru a 3 or 4 inch pipe at a hundred, didn't expand, didn't slow down. Haven't shot one since. They could be a lot differant now.

John Nosler seemed to be impressed with the design.....

I loved 'em in .270/130, they killed quick and thorough. I think I never had a deer go anywhere but straight down with them, I can't recall any tracking when using them. Maybe I was just shooting better then, maybe............

Considering that DigitalDan has killed more than 5 dozen hogs with 22 CB shorts with one shot each, I would think your bronze points should suffice.

I shot a couple whitetails with the 130gr. 270 bronze point and they were always very quick kills. My best kill with them was on a little buck facing me at 4 feet from the end of the barrel! The bullet passed all the way through the deer length wise and exited it's ah how shall we say "manly parts". I have never been able to shake the nick name nut buster since!

I killed my first buck with one in 1960. Very fast opening in the 150 gr. weight from an '06. I understand the 180 gr. version opened more slowly.
I don't care for them. They kill well, but can't be relied on to exit leaving a blood trail which I insist on. E

I asked a similiar question about a year ago.

The answeres were, when they worked, they worked great, but they were inconsistant. Some would expand like they weer designed to do, but others seemed to penetrate without expanding at all.

Funny this thread popped up. I was organizing my dad's dreadful reloading room yesterday and came upon a box of 100 130gr. .277 caliber Remington Bronze Points that were shipped to him in Jan. '89.

Guess I might load some with 59 gr. 4831 and see how they group in my Mountain Gun and my son's Ultralite.

There was also a box of 100 Rem. 100 gr. .277s. They are definitely getting loaded...think that was the bullet I used in Dad's 1952 Model 70 to drop a couple of crows out of a dead tree way out yonder about 25 years ago or so. Well, it was a 100 grain handload for sure (mighta been a Speer).

Failure to open? Open slowly? My batch of .308 180's acted like a 20mm cannon on the 2 whitetails I shot with them. Loaded to 3000 fps out of my 300 H&H. One 7pt at about 150 yds broadside; 30 cal entrance, 3" exit with a shower spray of blood and a double vent of steam out of each side, DRT. The other was a larger 8pt, middle rib shot with fragments that got the guts, and one leg. Explosive to say the least. I have quite a few left, maybe I'll try them in an '06. Slow them down to 25 or 2600. Anybody else had this experience?

IIRC that is the same bullet that i thought was a little explosive from the .300 Win Mag.

Explosive is the word that comes to mind, especially if you hit any bone at all. I no longer use them for hunting, as I try to save all the meat I possibly can. However, they are a pretty accurate bullet, almost match quality to 300 yds. or so, and good for reduced loads for practice in the .270 or '06.

forepaw

The Bronze point is the granddaddy of all tipped bullets. Reports vary from knifing right through to a virtual grenade going off internally. Heard of amazing devastation on anything from deer to Polar bear.

I haven't used the bronze point and would not unless they were free like yours.I would use them on deer only. The PSPCL are the classic ones and I wouldn't hesitate to use them on deer and over sized hogs both, which I have done with good results.

Work fine in the wife's 270 for elk, and one can still find them for reloading.

I haven't used them, but in Alaska's Wolf Man by Jim Reardon, about Frank Glaser, Glaser relates a story using bronze points out of a .30-06 on a grizzly bear. It took many shots to kill the bear and Frank nearly was killed by that bear.

He vowed to never use that ammunition again.