At the shop where I bought the XTP's today the owner had some .451 Speer bullets that came in a plastic yellow box of 100 that looks exactly like the box TC round balls come in. It didn't say Deep Curl or Gold Dot or anything but Speer on the box. The bullets looked similar to the XTP. Does anyone know what kind of Speer bullets they are? He said they don't sell so I might be able to get them at a reduced price.
Sounds like old stock pluckit and may be the pre-Gold Dot bonded bullets. What weight were they? Is there a four digit product number on the box?
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The old .451 Speers were called Jacketed Hollow Points. They are constructed basically the same as an XTP. You did not say what weight they were but this link might be what they are...
I think even Speer used numbers to designate there model of Bullet. If you could have gotten this number of the box someone would be able to look it up for you.
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I think even Speer used numbers to designate there model of Bullet. If you could have gotten this number of the box someone would be able to look it up for you.
Ken
The number on the box is 4479 and the grain weight is 225 while the description says only hollow point bullets but they are jacketed. Any ideas as to what exactly they are? They come in a box of 100 and he is asking $20.55 per box. He's just a small shop and charges pretty high for everything so what do you think of the price or what aould a good price be. At $20.55 that's a little over twenty and a half cents per bullet. That seems good to me. He sells sabots for 8.95 per 50 which would come to about 18 cents per sabot totaling no more than 40 cents per round. That's high right?
To me that is a little too much for those bullets. I have some old Speer Gold Dots and I think (don't quote me) that I was paying $13.00 for a yellow box.
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4469 is a 225 gr bullet. can't find a 4479. Check the number on that box when you go back.I don't know what that type of bullet cost where anyone else lives,but, that sounds like a fair price to me.I give 20 to 25 dollars for a box of 100 of that type bullet in 230gr.
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4469 is a 225 gr bullet. can't find a 4479. Check the number on that box when you go back.I don't know what that type of bullet cost where anyone else lives,but, that sounds like a fair price to me.I give 20 to 25 dollars for a box of 100 of that type bullet in 230gr.
I am positive it was 4479. Do you know the name of the 4469 bullet? I just asked Speer Bullets what the name of the 4479 bullet is and they say a response should be made within the next few days. And since it wasn't listed I asked if they even made it anymore.
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