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Bullet ID...
« on: December 10, 2010, 10:40:20 PM »
...all lead with cross hatch marks around the diameter and a hollow base.  Any ideas? 
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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 10:51:21 PM »
Kind of sounds like a Buffalo bullet. I might be able to get a picture of one tomorrow if I get a chance. I don't think the Buffalo Bullet company is in business anymore.

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 11:07:12 PM »
It was called the Ballett by Buffalo, I liked them in my .54 Hawken.

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2010, 09:28:54 AM »
I found some pics online of the Ball-et. Looks similar but this bullet has 2 bands of cross hatching. 
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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 10:14:25 AM »
Yeah they had a regular conical bullet that looks similar to the ball-et, but basically it's just longer. I did a search for pictures of the ones I have but I only found pictures of the ball-et.

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2010, 07:11:37 PM »
Finally got around to taking a picture of that bullet...

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2010, 07:13:25 PM »
That looks just like the Buffalo bullets I have. Sorry I haven't gotten around to taking a picture yet. I will one of  these days. I haven't forgotten.

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2010, 07:16:59 PM »
The weight on this bullet in the condition it is in is 340grs.

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2010, 07:17:33 PM »
That looks just like the Buffalo bullets I have. Sorry I haven't gotten around to taking a picture yet. I will one of  these days. I haven't forgotten.

x2 on the Buffalo bullets. If i remember correctly came in a yellow plastic container

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2010, 07:26:24 PM »
I found that Buffalo Bullet Co has been out of business for a few years I think.  I'm sure there is some people still using these.  This one was healed over in the hide of the bull elk I killed a couple weeks ago.  The most interesting thing to me is wondering how long he carried that bullet around.  Definitely appears to have struck bone when you look at the other side of it.

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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2010, 07:27:32 PM »
The "Powerbelt" bullets I tried in my .54 had a hole in the base like that where the plastic base plugged in.  Looked to see if I had any in my kit, but I didn't like them, so I guess I shot them up to get rid of them.  Seemed to be accurate enough, but they didn't seal very well in the bore, and when I went hunting on a wet day, moisture soaked the powder.
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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2010, 09:12:05 PM »
Yeah, as I recall, they were pretty smooth except for the hole in the base where the plastic plugged in.
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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2010, 10:04:38 AM »
What part of the hide was it under?

Man, to take a wallop from a bullet like that, go through enough of you to stop it under the hide, and live to have it healed over... that's a tough critter, right there.
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Re: Bullet ID...
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2010, 10:14:37 AM »
It was resting near the spine about even with the last rib.  It may have traveled along the hide a bit before it came to where it healed over.  It definitely looks to have hit bone.  When butchering it we didn't get real CSI on it but there was a spot high and back between some ribs that looked like scar tissue.
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