Can you identify this 45 acp ammo?

[GF]

RP stamped but could be reloaded ammo. Truncated Cone (?) Teflon (?)

Bought this as you see it on a moon clip in a coffee can full of 45 ammo. This was the only ammo of it's kind in the can. I've never seen green bullets before.

Thanks for your help.

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[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Wait for the real answers from the guys who know what they're talking about, but it looks a bit like KTW to me, although I never heard that they produced it in .45ACP.

???

 

[SWAT Lt.]

Model520Fan is correct, it is KTW ammunition. Teflon coated, AP.

 

[GF]

KTW?

"Googled it."

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[Maximumbob54]

Teflon coated brass bullets made to penetrate but reduce ricochets and became known as armor piercing cop killer bullets. (despite the fact that I'm reading they never killed a single cop and the Teflon actually reduces the penetration through Kevlar...) But clearly once again the media knew better than the bullet's creators. I Googled KTW ammo and all sorts of interesting reading popped up. I bet a collector will pay you good money for those.

 

[sheriffoconee]

I have 6 38 KTW rounds I bought wayyy back in the day to keep as a "speedload" in my Model 66....of course I still have them..
Evil cop killing bullets...I 'spect Sarah Brady will be kicking my door in anytime now that I confessed....

 

[TLflag]

KTW

I have the same KTW stuff in the factory box in.38 super from way back.

 

[CTG_COLLECTOR]

Congrats. You have some highly collectable cartridges there.

 

[steveno]

the original KTW bullets were made from carbide or hardened steel and the teflon was to protect the barrel. they could only be purchased on department letterhead if I remember right.

 

[mkk41]

Original KTW bullets were machine turned from bronze with a tungsten core for weight as well as penetrator. Later ones were plain free-machining brass. The teflon coating (DuPont Emrilon) is to lubricate it in the bore. Oddly enough , a bronze plug sticks when driven into a tight hole.

 

[CTG_COLLECTOR]

Original KTW bullets were machine turned from bronze with a tungsten core for weight as well as penetrator. Later ones were plain free-machining brass. The teflon coating (DuPont Emrilon) is to lubricate it in the bore. Oddly enough , a bronze plug sticks when driven into a tight hole.

Early KTWs were made from steel and tungsten. Later bullets were made from Kennertium W-10 which consisted of 90% tungsten powder sintered with a nother type of metal. When tungsten became to expensive they went back to steel and then brass. I have not found any evidence that bronze was ever used in making KTW bullets.

the KTWs also used a copper cup at the base of the bullet to prevent the bullet from contacting the barrel's rifling.

The Teflon coating was used to create more friction in order to "grab" onto the surface of glass and metal when shot at angles. It wasn't used to make the bullets "slip" through barriers like many people believe it was designed to do.