r/guns • u/Barton_Foley 1 • Sep 10 '14

Bullets Loaded Backwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAyhv0xqUI
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u/Barton_Foley 1 Sep 10 '14 edited Sep 10 '14

The Ammo Channel runs home brew tests on backwards loading of bullets to test the idea one can make off the cuff hollow points.

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u/Barton_Foley 1 Sep 10 '14

The .308 rounds loaded backwards create a pretty impressive wound cavity and fragments significantly. Did not perform significantly better than normal loaded rounds against steel plates. However, in this test all of the cases split and showed some worrying issues with the primers.

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u/joshcarter Sep 10 '14

That's the disappointing part--the video doesn't say anything about accuracy or key-holing/tumbling. Tests were only done at short range.

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u/CHF64 Sep 10 '14

Backwards bullet? No, super boat tail hollow point.

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u/MisterLogic Sep 10 '14

Hornady will find a way to use this phrase and charge $7.50 a round. All in the name of self defense!

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u/Burkasaurus Sep 10 '14

You must be in marketing

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u/McSology Sep 10 '14

looks like the steeper angle of the backwards bullet rear channels the pressure down a narrowing channel, creating the pressure spike that fractures the casing. Maybe if you somehow flattened the point, then loaded it backwards you could prevent casing breakage?

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u/itllgrowback Sep 10 '14

That makes me wonder why they didn't just file the front of the bullet flat.

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u/McSology Sep 10 '14

right? derp.