Bullet ID help

[shakey jake]

Has the op even got any left?

 

[akaShag]

 

[akaShag]

Norma 140 grain 6.5 mm Silverblixt bullet on left. No "staking" on it. CIL 170 grain .321 calibre KKSP (Kling Kore Soft Point) bullet on right (for .32 Special). Note the staking and cannelure as in the OP's bullet. This is NOT one of the nylon tip bullets CIL made, of which I no longer have any, so it does not have the yellow tip. So my wager remains that the OP's bullet is a CIL bullet intended for the .30-30.

Doug

 

[akaShag]

Here’s the correct answer

Anyone know what kind of 30-30 bullet this is?

Found two in my Dad's stuff.

forum.nosler.com

Yes indeed, as one reads on that thread, the bullets were correctly identified as CIL bullets, made in Canada.

 

[Donkey Basher]

This is the only .30 cal bullet I’ve shot AND it’s Lapua Naturalis AND it has cannelures just to chuck a spanner in the works

I have just opened a new sealed box of Lapua Naturalis NPL7102 170gn .30” bullets & taken the photo below. Comparing it to the photo from the OP it is VERY CLEARLY not the same bullet.




Even a blind man’s dog can see the differences - flat base vs boat tail, staking vs no staking, dual crimping cannelures vs single cannelure, round nose vs non round nose, yellow tip vs green tip. The Naturalis is also a lot longer bullet based on the proportionality of the two images - maybe @Defender 130 can measure what he's got & I’ll measure a Naturalis this evening to compare.

As for the photos you’ve posted of the recovered ‘Naturalis’ bullets, they do not conform to Lapua’s own publicity photos ( Naturalis ) of their bullets which do not petal as yours have but instead roll back as below.



Are you sure the bullets you’re using are not TTSX which have the four pressure relieving groves that the bullets in your photos have?

 

[Smellydog]

Just send them to me and I will test them free of charge in my 3030.
Then we will know