Cartridge ID

[watchamacallit]

Can anybody identify this cartridge as being from a brand name or a reloader? It's 38 special +P in Starline brass. I traded for a bag of this stuff at least 15 years ago but I can't remember a dang thing about it. Pics at this link: Bullet ID - Google Photos
Thanks.
Addendum: Sorry I didn't realize that posting an external link would lead the viewer to a Forum security warning. But if you click through that warning you'll see the pics.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

They look like someone's custom loads to me. Starline is very popular reloading brass.

 

[colt_saa]

Since there is no proprietary head stamp it is almost impossible to identify the ammunition manufacturer. Even if you get lucky enough for someone to identify the projectile, there is still noway to tell who loaded it.

Many folks are reluctant to click on unknown links.

Since you put the images out on a photo server, you can post each image into your thread by using the Image location in place of the URL of the library where it is stored.

There are several threads on the Forum that can teach you how to do it.

Why (15 years later) are you concerned who the manufacturer was? If you have doubts about the ammunition either break it down for components or dispose of it

How much ammunition are we talking about?

 

[LoboGunLeather]

There are a couple of commercial ammunition makers that use Starline brass (Underwood Ammunition comes to mind), but this brand is usually seen as components sold to individuals for personal use.

The bullet shown in the OP's photos is not familiar to me. Jacketed soft-point with a round-nose profile. Not many people swaging their own jacketed bullets, so likely to be commercial production. Source? Unknown.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I think Double Tap Ammo is made with Starline brass too.

 

[watchamacallit]

Thanks to all who replied. I'll know better next time how to post images. I have a bag of 50 of these things and with the price of ammo was reluctant to dispose of it. But I'm not crazy about shooting +P from an individual or commercial reloader without knowing something about the source. So I'll probably follow one suggestion and just break it down.

 

[Alk8944]

If you have either a Ruger .357 or N-Frame S&W .357 Just shoot it in that and don't give it another thought!

 

[Llance]

If you have either a Ruger .357 or N-Frame S&W .357 Just shoot it in that and don't give it another thought!

My thought exactly.

 

[2152hq]

The headstamp says '+P'
What the actual load is is anyones guess.
The headstamp on the brass doesn't confirm what's necessarily inside the casing as far as powder goes.

Treat it like like you would any other reloaded ammo from an unkn source as far as I'm concerned.

To me it'd be knock them down to salvage the bullet & case w/primer.
Any 38spcl/357 I have is worth more to me than the thrill of another shot not knowing what I'm shooting.

JMO.

 

[kraynky]

I have some of those exact bullets in 9mm, but I don't recall where I got them either. I know I didn't load them because I've never seen a jacketed soft round nose, until then.

I'm down to what's in my Beretta CX4 magazine, so no box. But I will try to remember to check the headstamp on them.

 

[Nevada Ed]

At my old age, are my eyes deceiving me or does it look like the back end
of that bullet look like is it is getting smaller vs the top of the bullet just below the lead, where the copper starts ?

 

[Alk8944]

Since there is no proprietary head stamp it is almost impossible to identify the ammunition manufacturer. Even if you get lucky enough for someone to identify the projectile, there is still noway to tell who loaded it.

Many folks are reluctant to click on unknown links.

Since you put the images out on a photo server, you can post each image into your thread by using the Image location in place of the URL of the library where it is stored.

Speer used to make a 9mm bullet, 125 grains, that looked very similar. They have not been available for 35-40 years as I recall

 

[cmj8591]

It's close but that ogive looks a little rounded to me. It might be someone with a swaging machine or a small ammo company that had a batch of bullets made for them. Or it could be that it was the Speer, 125 grain 9mm bullet that was passed through a 358 sizer.

 

[Buford57]

S&W had a similar 125 gr RNSP +P load in the mid-80s. Tended to shed the jacket with no expansion in real world use. It was our issue ammo very briefly.

 

[Captain]

It looks like either a Glaser Safety Slug or PowRball round. Corbon makes them both

 

[s&wchad]

It looks like either a Glaser Safety Slug or PowRball round. Corbon makes them both

Good call, they do like older Glaser safety slugs.

I found this photo online. These are .38 Super, but the projectile looks almost identical.

The OP hasn't been back since the 6th, but it would be easy enough to verify. Just cut one open.