Several weeks ago I talked to Lehigh Dave about the possibility of producing a sabotless bullet. He had already thought about the process and I guess I just spurred it on a bit. I indicated that I might like a 45 cal sabotless bullet.
We are now in the experimental phase of this project. I recieved in the mail today a box with a group of Copper sabotless bullets and to my surprise a group of Brass sabotless.
I did some weighing and measuring and these are the results... Please remember I am an ameture at working a micrometer so just consider the measurment close.
As you can see the base of the bullets does have a cup and as you move up the bullet you get to what I call the engraving rings. These rings should be engraved by the lands on the bore as you push the bullet down.
The one measurment that I failed to put in the pictures is the mic'ed measurement just above the rings. For me it read 449/50".
They really are awesome looking bullets and I really hope to get some fourther information out as soon as I can. I really wanted to remove a breech plug tonight and push them down, but just have to many other things I am suppose to be doing.... 2 more weeks and I get to go back to semi-retirement and will be able to get back to the more fun stuff...
First Report - 45 Cal Lehigh Sabotless
