johnl
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Post by johnl on May 20, 2017 17:45:18 GMT -5
Was it more popular and got all shot up back in the day? I've been looking at .401 caliber factory boxes of late - part of my recent (until now) secret craving for a 1910 - and they have all been 200 grain. I'm guessing I've looked at a dozen of so old ammo boxes on sites like Gunbroker, etc. None were 250 grain. Does anyone own an original box of .401s that are 250gr? Thanks!
John
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Post by Hardrada55 on May 21, 2017 8:43:21 GMT -5
Much more 200 grain ammo was produced than 250 grain. I've seen pictures of original boxes of 250 grain ammo, but they seem scarce and I've never owned one. The American companies quit making the 250 grain loading about 1927, much earlier than the 200 grain loading which was loaded until about 1957. Plus the 200 load was always considered the "standard" loading and it was the weight of bullet loaded by the British (Kynoch) and the French in WW1. Have you seen any boxes of 200 grain metal covered FMJ ammo? How about a box of .35 Remington with the 170 grain pointed bullet? I haven't even seen one round of that stuff.
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Post by johnl on May 21, 2017 18:11:50 GMT -5
Interesting info. My small sample of .351 boxes gives a slight edge to soft points (12 out of 22 boxes) but there are metal cased bullets. I don't believe I have seen metal cased .401 in 200 grain but I'll have to do another search and destroy mission on the Internet and I just don't have it in me right now. I do have several boxes of 35 rem ammo along with 30 Remington and 25 Remington ammo around here somewhere but again I would need to motivate myself and that ain't happening today. Sorry, maybe next weekend.
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