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johnwilliamson062 · March 12, 2009, 12:56 PM

Well, I think the end solution to this is I am going to pull one bullet and dremel it to see what is inside. If it is ss109 I am just shooting them in my CMP shoots this summer(out of my untuned 580 series mini-14

.) If it is tungsten I will just sit on them unless I someday find myself in that good ol' SHTF situation, in which case pulling the bullets and loading them in my 22-250 will have to be put on the to do list if there is time.

I did not pay over market price for SS109 for them, so maybe that is all they are.
I was under the impression they were not and I was getting one heck of a deal on some surplus LE ammo, but maybe I am a sucker.

March 12, 2009, 12:56 PM	#16
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	Well, I think the end solution to this is I am going to pull one bullet and dremel it to see what is inside. If it is ss109 I am just shooting them in my CMP shoots this summer(out of my untuned 580 series mini-14 .) If it is tungsten I will just sit on them unless I someday find myself in that good ol' SHTF situation, in which case pulling the bullets and loading them in my 22-250 will have to be put on the to do list if there is time. I did not pay over market price for SS109 for them, so maybe that is all they are. I was under the impression they were not and I was getting one heck of a deal on some surplus LE ammo, but maybe I am a sucker. Last edited by johnwilliamson062; March 12, 2009 at 01:09 PM.