Loading a bullet backwards??

cjg_beef

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Probably a dumb question but i was told the only dumb question is one not asked. So here it goes...I don't want to incourage dangerous loading habits but I was just wondering if it was possible to load a bullet with the tail pointed forward. I'm guessing it would probably work like a wadcutter. Anyone have thoughts or experiences...
 
Many years ago one of the gun mag writers did just that with a collection of SP and BTSPs. If I recall they perform like a FMJ and have a poor BC for obvious reasons. There were no ill effects using standard loading procedures. Sure make it easy to seat bullets.
 
as of late I have been doing alot of reading on slugs for my .410 and many use bullets loaded backwards with very good success. how that relates to a rifle/handgun I dont know since the pressure is higher.

good luck

Dave
 
I knew a man that loaded his 38 lead roundnose bullets backwards, for a home defense round. They had a nice heavy cup on the bottom side, and from what I saw of them they sure did expand well. But he was only looking to shot them across the room.
 
Years ago, when fox pelts were really valuable, a friend told me of his secret recipe: bullets loaded backward, so they didn't expand and blow the foxes up. Well, you never know if you don't try, so I loaded up 25 rounds for my 22-250. Being a bit skeptical, I wanted to try them on jackrabbits first. Only problem, I couldn't hit them. After a dozen or so attempts, I shoved the remainder under the truck seat and forgot about them. Come spring, I noticed a large rock out on an open plowed hillside, about 300 yds. away, and decided to see just where those bullets were hitting. My buddy, watching, said he could see the bullets...yah, sure. Ok, I'll shoot, you watch. Sure enough. And they were tumbling!! Some went left of the rock, some right, but none straight. With the last round, I still wanted to see how they performed, traveling backwards, so I shot at an old wood fence post, across the ditch.. and missed.
 
I would think it would tumble. Bullets are designed to fly a ceratin way. If it starts out backwards it may start to spin to try to "correct itself." If it has enough tumble power in it it may keep spinning, like some sort of high-speed buzz saw. It's just a guess though.
 
sounds to me like you are trying to cut a tree down with the blunt side of the ax when you have a perfectly good sharp blade on the other side....But, if you like being different...Go for it!
 
I remember hearing about that a while back. Some anti-gunners caught wind of it and thought it was for a more explosive impact.
 
It's and old trick they used in the trenches of WWI to pick off snipers that were hiding behind thin armor. The backward bullet would knock shrapnel out of the opposite side of the armor plate and dis-able or kill the sniper. That's about the only good reason to do it I can think of.
 


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