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260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby gunner1 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:45 pm

Has anyone here ever loaded any of them for the 450 Bushmaster? Would you recommend H110 or LIL' GUN? Rifle is an AR platform using the Hornady 4 die set with new Starline brass and Winchester small rifle primers. Thanks!
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby Al in Mi » Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:42 am

Where did you find those??

Personal pick would be H110/296.
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby gunner1 » Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:40 am

Al in Mi wrote:Where did you find those??

Personal pick would be H110/296.


Found a guy online selling them. Should I order more? Are they hard to find, or just really good bullets?
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby Al in Mi » Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:44 am

I have only used the 400gr .500 bullets in one of my bolt gun creations. Accurate and devastating on the deer shot with them.

Never seen the 45cal version available and if you don't mind sharing where you found them, I might give them a whirl in my 16" Bushey or #1, possibly the 45 Raptor.
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby Hoot » Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:45 am

Here's a Link to a technical review, albeit from a muzzle loading point of view.

Good read.

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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby gunner1 » Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:51 am

Al in Mi wrote:I have only used the 400gr .500 bullets in one of my bolt gun creations. Accurate and devastating on the deer shot with them.

Never seen the 45cal version available and if you don't mind sharing where you found them, I might give them a whirl in my 16" Bushey or #1, possibly the 45 Raptor.


Sure bud, here you go:

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/879974100
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby gunner1 » Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:05 am

Hoot wrote:Here's a Link to a technical review, albeit from a muzzle loading point of view.

Good read.

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That WAS a good read. Thanks!
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby MOOSE EARS » Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:48 pm

At 64 cents each, they are expensive as for plated bullets. They are available from the seller in larger quantities according to the gunbroker link.
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby Al in Mi » Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:14 pm

They are a heavy jacketed bullet, not the thin plated pistol bullets.

The plating is silver, not sure what it really is. I have a cut away of a one someplace I'll look for.
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Re: 260 gr. Winchester Platinum Tip Bullets...

Postby Al in Mi » Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:17 pm

This is a 400gr .500 Winchester Platinum. They loaded it in the 500S&W and I'm pretty sure they had it in a 12ga sabot slug. I'm also pretty sure that 260gr was loaded in their 20ga sabot slug.

The jacket is copper or gliding metal and very thick. The way the jacket reverses towards the bottom will keep the core locked to the jacket almost eliminating the chance for core jacket separation.



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