9.3 Bullet Identification?

[John P.]

Picked up some 9.3 286 grain softs. Wondering what manufacturer?? The Cannelure is close to the base, never saw this before.

Any ideas?

 

[flatwater bill]

Hawk Precision with custom cannelure? ................good luck.............FWB

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I would have to wonder if they are factory seconds.

 

[John P.]

I would have to wonder if they are factory seconds.

Could be, maybe a Monday morning worker did not set up the cannelure roller properly.

Hawk? Maybe. Yea I think they are a non standard. Especially with that large amount of lead exposed. Looks like they will expand a lot.

Came in a unmarked plastic bag.

Could be a death ray bullet for those wild hogs down in the Southeast U.S.

 

[inkonkoni]

I have had similar bullets from PPU and S&B out of Eastern Europe

 

[OxfordTheCat]

An awful lot of exposed lead up top?

Geco, S&B, and Woodleighs all seem to have that extra lead exposed (I'd also say Norma Alaska, but the Alaska doesn't have any cannelure on it).

Echoing Wyatt, maybe factory second Woodleighs? Or maybe Nosler (both have that really 'tight' cannelure, from memory), though I haven't seen one in the flesh to know how much lead they have exposed.

 

[bowjijohn]

I thought they might have been these

but on reflection ... perhaps not

 

[inkonkoni]

I just checked my reloading supplies and unfortunately do not have any more, but I am almost dead sure they are the same as some S&B that i used for practice. They came in little plastic bags with white print on. They were very accurate in my old Mauser

 

[Professor Mawla]

The 9.3 mm calibre bullets in your photograph are 1960s era Sellier & Bellot soft nosed 286 grain bullets . They open up extremely fast , and are ideal for hunting Asiatic leopards and Axis deer . They are not the best option for frontal heart shots on Royal Bengal tigers , however .

 

[John P.]

Thanks guys. I thought they were vintage, a few are tarnished.

Miniature Lion Loads perhaps.

I will reserve them for my pig shooting.

May also be a dandy bullet for stopping intruders at the front gate when things become a bit spicy after the US Inauguration.