Several bullets were too heavy to have been Eley .22 LR hollow point bullets?

[mike tesko]

Several bullets were too heavy to have been Eley .22 LR hollow point bullets?

The seven heavy bullets:-

(1) should read (DRH/35), not DRH/15...
(2) DRH/35
(3) PV/2
(13) PV/23
(14) PV/24
(23) DRH/5
(24) DRH/9
(25) DRH/36

[Roch]

How can there be two bullets with the same exhibit no.? DRH35


http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=225.0;attach=546;image

[Hartley]

How can there be two bullets with the same exhibit no.? DRH35


http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=225.0;attach=546;image

Good question. Should one of the DRH/35's actually be DRH/15?

[Hartley]

An Eley .22lr hollow point bullet weighs 2.43 grams, so only one is heavier at 2.44 grams.

http://www.acme-firearms.com.au/Eley%20Products/Eley%20High%20Velocity%20HP.htm

Heavier by 0.01 grams.


Another link showing the 2.43g weight:
http://www.championshooters.com/Eley3.html

[Hartley]

Just spending 30 seconds doing a quick search on google it seems the weights can vary, could that be the reason for the 0.01 gram difference?

Granted this refers to a different Eley bullet type:
http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/guns/195871/Subsonic_22LR_ammunition_review.html

First was the Eley Subs Xtra Plus, which has a newer, lighter wax lubricant covering. The bullet weighs 40.2 grains of hollowpoint design. This is intended to give superior stopping power. Its actual weight was 40.61 grains and it produced a velocity of 1,032fps and 95.1ft/lb.

[Hartley]

An Eley .22lr high velocity solid bullet weighs 2.59 grams.

http://www.championshooters.com/Eley3.html

[paulg]

Just spending 30 seconds doing a quick search on google it seems the weights can vary, could that be the reason for the 0.01 gram difference?

Granted this refers to a different Eley bullet type:
http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/guns/195871/Subsonic_22LR_ammunition_review.html

First was the Eley Subs Xtra Plus, which has a newer, lighter wax lubricant covering. The bullet weighs 40.2 grains of hollowpoint design. This is intended to give superior stopping power. Its actual weight was 40.61 grains and it produced a velocity of 1,032fps and 95.1ft/lb.

Yes i was googleing, and saw a few weights. Some bullets i'm guessing would fragment, and would it be possible for some to gain weight through collecting body matter?

[Reader]

Were the specifications the same in 1985? For whatever reason, bullets recorded as weighing about 2.43g and about 2.1g were described as "whole".

[Hartley]

Were the specifications the same in 1985? For whatever reason, bullets recorded as weighing about 2.43g and about 2.1g were described as "whole".

That's a good point Reader. I don't know.