Help me with bullet ID (44 cal)

They look like an older version of rmr HP plated

I thought rose Distributors.

I also think that they may be zero bullets. Going from memory though as I remember seeing them in stock on the store shelves and passing them up for the less expensive lead bullets. Also may have been Herters branded bullets but unsure who actually made them.

Definitely jacketed bullets. I've not seen those before. I doubt they expand well but that may depend on how hard the lead core is.

NWcityguy2 said:

Have you seen these bullets before? They were part of an estate that involved about 20k reloads, mostly revolver cartridges. They were loaded into full power 44 magnum loads and weigh 240 grains.


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Those are Sierra Tournament Masters, they were made for Silhouette shooting and hunting where penetration was more important than expansion. I don't believe they make that particular bullet any more though they do offer a 250 gr version. They use to make a 220 gr, 240 gr, and 250 gr versions.

https://www.sierrabullets.com/product/44-mag-250-gr-fpj/

NWcityguy2 said:

Thank you for the ID. Seems like those would be best loaded into a rifle.

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I have used them with good accuracy in both my revolver and carbine. They were designed for silhouette shooters that tend to use relatively long barrel revolvers (8-10 typically). But that enclosed front end makes them reliable feeders in a lever gun.

I shot shot those Speer bullets years ago---load them up---light loads sometimes leave the jackets in the barrel while spitting the lead out.

mcb said:

Those are Sierra Tournament Masters, they were made for Silhouette shooting and hunting where penetration was more important than expansion.

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mcb has it. Back in the early '80s, in our IHMSA days, my wife ran thousands of those things through her 2 Ruger "Super Silhouette" ( 10.5" Super Blackhawk) 44 Mag revolvers. If memory serves me correctly, we put 22grs of 2400 behind each bullet. As you can see though, the Sierra "Silhouette" my wife was using only weighed 220grs.
Nevertheless, my wife slammed down a good many steel silhouettes (including the 200 meter steel rams) with that load. She has a shelf lined with trophies in the spare basement bedroom to prove it.
Unfortunately, my wife now struggles with arthritis in her right thumb joint that is most likely the result of those thousands of full-house 44 Magnum loads fired in her Super Silhouette revolvers. Not that she wouldn't do it again - it's just that nowadays she carries a .380 because even the recoil of a 9mm in a small, easily concealed handgun hurts her.

Recent purchase, PMC Bromze same bullet. The list it as TCSP, Truncated Cone Soft Point? Not sure about their performance other than shooting nicely!

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That was exactly what I thought soon as I saw them. I shot a BUNCH of them in the .41 version.

The Speer were one of my favorite bullets for 357, and 41. I still have some of both and hate to use them up. Don't know why just nostalgic I guess. I took my first deer with a revolver with the 146gr in a Ruger GP100.

NWcityguy2 said:

Have you seen these bullets before? They were part of an estate that involved about 20k reloads, mostly revolver cartridges. They were loaded into full power 44 magnum loads and weigh 240 grains.


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Looks like Deep Curl:

41 Mag said:

That was exactly what I thought soon as I saw them. I shot a BUNCH of them in the .41 version.

The Speer were one of my favorite bullets for 357, and 41. I still have some of both and hate to use them up. Don't know why just nostalgic I guess. I took my first deer with a revolver with the 146gr in a Ruger GP100.

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