.44 cal, 240 grain truncated flatpoint?????

bamaranger · December 29, 2017, 11:37 PM

I was in a gun shop today and saw loose packed .44 cal, 240 grain truncated flatpoints, apparently FMJ with a cannelure. They were in zip locked bags, no maker, possibly bulk purchase, repackaged for small lot sale.

Can anyone say who makes this slug?

Could they have been plated bullets instead of a true FMJ?

**44 AMP** · December 30, 2017, 02:23 AM

I had some bullets like that a while back, I think they were Sierra, maybe their silhouette line.

Loose pack bulk, repacked for small lot sale can mean the bullets are "factory seconds".

bamaranger · January 2, 2018, 04:57 AM

Disclaimer(s):
-my eyes aren't what they used to be
-the packets did indeed say" .44 cal. 240gr truncated"

BUT......... I returned to the store and there were some loose slugs in the bin. The clerk let me have one. It sure looked big, but those labels said .44/240.
I weighed one....350 grains! Then I miked one my cheap digital caliper and it went .459. Sure as shootin' NOT a .44 slug. I ran a file across the nose, it sure did seem to be a true full metal jacket, base fully enclosed, not plated, but it ain't for a .44 mag.

Thanks to all who pondered this......

Wyosmith · January 2, 2018, 05:48 AM

350 grain 459"

Made for 45-70 and 458 SOCOM.

December 29, 2017, 11:37 PM	#1
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,799	.44 cal, 240 grain truncated flatpoint????? I was in a gun shop today and saw loose packed .44 cal, 240 grain truncated flatpoints, apparently FMJ with a cannelure. They were in zip locked bags, no maker, possibly bulk purchase, repackaged for small lot sale. Can anyone say who makes this slug? Could they have been plated bullets instead of a true FMJ?

December 30, 2017, 02:23 AM	#2
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 30,466	I had some bullets like that a while back, I think they were Sierra, maybe their silhouette line. Loose pack bulk, repacked for small lot sale can mean the bullets are "factory seconds". __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

January 2, 2018, 04:57 AM	#3
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,799	mystery solved Disclaimer(s): -my eyes aren't what they used to be -the packets did indeed say" .44 cal. 240gr truncated" BUT......... I returned to the store and there were some loose slugs in the bin. The clerk let me have one. It sure looked big, but those labels said .44/240. I weighed one....350 grains! Then I miked one my cheap digital caliper and it went .459. Sure as shootin' NOT a .44 slug. I ran a file across the nose, it sure did seem to be a true full metal jacket, base fully enclosed, not plated, but it ain't for a .44 mag. Thanks to all who pondered this......

January 2, 2018, 05:48 AM	#4
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	350 grain 459" Made for 45-70 and 458 SOCOM.