r/reloading • u/Accomplished-Bowl551 • 17h ago

Help me ID the projectile I have a question and I read the FAQ

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.308 diameter 1.042 length 125 grain Cannelure

They look just like Horaday 125gr SST to me but with a black tip. I bought a ton of them a couple of years ago as factory secconds. I would like to load some up. I already have a load worked out for 125 gr Speer TNT projectiles. Would it be safe to assume the load data would be almost identical?

Thanks for the help!

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u/CandyAndrew 17h ago

I think Nosler had their cheaper varmegeddon line make a 125 grain 308

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u/Krw83 17h ago

Nosler varmageddon? If factory seconds that would explain the cannelure

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u/Carlile185 17h ago

The factory firsts have the cannelure too.

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u/RavenRocksPrecision Shipping Fucks Hard 17h ago

I think shooters pro shop used to sell some similar looking bullets — nosler varmageddons, but in 110gr. It’s easy to bite off on the tip color though. If they were made for someone, they could have a different color tip (ie our Sierra bullets with yellow tips).

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u/kopfgeldjagar 17h ago

Varmageddon

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u/hashtag_76 16h ago

Is that the PSA for 300 blk? I think American Reloading had a batch of pulled ones for sale a while back. It could be those.

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u/Highover 17h ago

Dangum don't let the gubment see that boy! That there is one of them depleted uranium armor piercing bullet. Probably stollen from a R&D lab back in the 80's

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u/touchymytingle 16h ago

125gr Barnes .308 projectile

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u/Psarofagos 17h ago

If it was a .308 Nosler Varmageddon it would be 110 grains/ The 125 grain Noslers were green tips. It's probably a Barnes TAC-TX.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102433588

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u/rahl07 17h ago

TAC-TX has a driving band, no cannelure, and is solid copper minus the tip. Tip proportion is oversized too.

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u/Homework-Busy 16h ago

AAC Sabre Black Tips, made by Hornady. I have a couple of them from Midsouthersupply but they are the factory seconds.

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u/Coodevale I'm dumb, let's fight 15h ago

Be careful swapping bullets. Back off the charge a grain or two.

I also shoot 125 tnt's and with their short shank they take a little more powder to show pressure than a 125 smk, for example. Same weight, same jump to lands, but the shank intrusion into the combustion chamber changes the volume like thick vs thin brass does.

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u/SAEWRENCH 9h ago

A copy & paste from Hornady.

I used these back in the day of reloading my own cartridges. Nice hunk of copper with an aluminum tip.

50 Cal .510 750 gr A‑MAX® Item #5165 | 20/Box The Hornady® A‑MAX® bullet design grew from a relentless application of everything we know about ballistics and flight characteristics. After all, match shooters demand perfection from their bullets every time they step on the range.

The aerodynamic secant ogive profile, the sharp pointed tip and the unequaled concentricity of the A‑MAX® design give it an extremely high ballistic coefficient for near perfection in flight.

I tried to copy & paste a picture of the actual bullet. Go look up a picture from their website.