Help identifying .45 ACP round

[MTMilitiaman]

I friend of mine was given a single .45 ACP round of some interest to him. It is a round nose projectile with no hollow point or exposed lead. The bullet is coated in blue. My friend just started casting and powder coating his own bullets and initially thought the round was powder coated, hence his interest in it, but on closer examination, the blue coating does not appear to be powder coating. The case is aluminum and the head is marked "N CCI R" and then "45 AUTO"

We can not find this ammo on Blazer's website so it appears curiously that someone went through the trouble to possibly moly coat an el cheapo aluminum cased Blazer plinking round?

 

[kBob]

what is the complete round weight?

-kBob

 

[MTMilitiaman]

He said he will check when he gets the opportunity but is pretty sure the projectile is 230 grains.

 

[FL-NC]

Reminds me of the blue plastic bullet rounds (short range training ammo) for the M4 we used in shoothouses that weren't rated for 5.56 ball.

 

[jakk280rem]

http://www.cabelas.com/product/CCI-BLAZER-HERTERS-TNJ-PISTOL-AMMO/1267079.uts

 

[MTMilitiaman]

http://www.cabelas.com/product/CCI-BLAZER-HERTERS-TNJ-PISTOL-AMMO/1267079.uts

Knew I could count on you guys...

 

[243winxb]

Vista Outdoor controls CCI and Federal. Federal has "Syntech" coated ammo.

We have a winner above. Good googling.

 

[Float Pilot]

Some years back ( the 1980s and early 90s) there was a very similar type of ammo marketed as NYCLAD. It was a blue nylon coating over lead bullets back then. It was very good stuff. The 9mm hollow point versions really worked well. UNFORTUNATELY that was also about the same time that some semi-armor piercing ammo , that was never released to public sale, came to the attention of the left wing media. They labeled that ammo as COP KILLER bullets. That stuff was solid bronze bullets with a Teflon coating. The teflon only protected the weapons bore and had nothing to do with going through kevlar vests. ANYWAY, some morons, including some very stupid cops started to think that the NYCLAD stuff was the dreaded Cop Killer ammo. Thus it disappeared.

 

[bannockburn]

jakk280rem

Good job with the ID. I was thinking that the blue bullet reminded me a lot of Federal's Nyclad offerings years ago. Still have a box of it somewhere in my ammo cans.

 

[BobWright]

The blue is indeed a nylon coating of the bullet. The "N R" h/s indicates the case is not reloadable.

Bare bones ammunition for economy, eliminating brass in both the case and bullet jacket.

Bob Wright

 

[kBob]

The KTW AP ammo I saw in the way back was green, The Arcane had a clear coat so the bullets looked like turned brass, and the Nyclad seemed black or such a dark green as to appear black. The NYCLAD that most interested me was loaded specifically for 2 inch .38 Specials and supposedly gave excellent expansion.

-kBob

 

[PO2Hammer]

neat, nylon is back.
What this Country needs now is a good nylon coated 158 grain .358" soft LSWC-HP, like the old Nyclad round. Or at least a coated version of the same.

 

[gotboostvr]

neat, nylon is back.
What this Country needs now is a good nylon coated 158 grain .358" soft LSWC-HP, like the old Nyclad round. Or at least a coated version of the same.

With as many places doing powder coating that have been popping up, I'm surprised no one is doing a coated LSWCHP. I'd be interested in a few hundred at least for testing. Might make a handy boolit.