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Old 09-19-2014, 07:28 PM
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I have some old, mid 80's ,357 Winchester high velocity, they look like hollow points with a primer in the end of the bullet. Any ideas what they are.? Some my dad had years ago.
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Old 09-19-2014, 07:31 PM
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That was called EXPLODER

The primer was supposed to fragment the projectile upon impact with a hard surface
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Old 09-19-2014, 07:38 PM
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Thanks a bundle. They were still in a speed loader for one of his service revolvers from all those years ago.
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There's been several brands of "exploder" type rounds sold in the past including Velex, Velet, and Bingham Exploder to name a few.
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I remember reading about this many years back. Some one made these up with 1 Gr, Bullseye in the cavity over a small pistol primer in the nose. Never tried it myself.
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