This one has me stumped, guys.
Was sorting/cleaning/culling a bag of MK-318 pulls that I hadn't had a chance to get around to since buying them five years ago, and was a bit surprised to find three projectiles that were definitely NOT MK-318 Mod 0 pulls. I at first thought they were either Barnes 70gr TSX or Hornady GMX 70, but quickly ruled both out. Barnes coppers have three cuts in the shank, while these have two. So I figured GMX, since they had the same look/feel as the GMX 70gr (two rather shallow relief bands/cuts in the shank, more "gilding metal" feel).
But throwing them on a digital caliper nixed that as well, since these average at around .950" length (.945, .947, .955"), and the 70gr Hornady is 1.050" nominal length.
Due to act of Dog, my digital scale is down hard, so I was not able to weigh these, but based on the posted length of the Hornady 55gr GMX (around .850") and the fact that these have a substantial boat tail, I am estimating they are right around 62gr. It would explain why they got mixed in with the MK-318 if an automated counter was being used.
(And no, these are not MK-318 Mod 0 bullets that are out of spec. MK-318 Mod 0 pills are .865" nominal length).
Have included a picture of the three pills next to a MK-318. Hoping the hive mind has some sort of idea, this is driving me crazy. My wild guess is MK-318 Mod 1 (the "Silver Bullet")?
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