Legal ammo question

[Chefcook]

In Tn. I used to buy explosive tipped ammo manufactured by National Ammunition. Basically its was a WW silver tipped hollow point with a primer seated in the hollow point and painted red on the end. It was very expensive $15 for 10 rounds. I made some of this years ago for 9mm by using a 90grain hollow point (that was actually for reloading.380 auto) and seating a large rifle primer into it making the weight right around 120 grains. Then I just followed the Sierra loading guide to work up the powder charge. I tested this ammo alongside the factory made stuff and it worked the same. My question is would this ammo be illegal here in Indiana? Incidentally I don't currently have any of this ammo but I couldn't find any online so I was considering making some more and wanted to make sure it was legal first...JC

 

[Crystalship1]

In Tn. I used to buy explosive tipped ammo manufactured by National Ammunition. Basically its was a WW silver tipped hollow point with a primer seated in the hollow point and painted red on the end. It was very expensive $15 for 10 rounds. I made some of this years ago for 9mm by using a 90grain hollow point (that was actually for reloading.380 auto) and seating a large rifle primer into it making the weight right around 120 grains. Then I just followed the Sierra loading guide to work up the powder charge. I tested this ammo alongside the factory made stuff and it worked the same. My question is would this ammo be illegal here in Indiana? Indecently I don't currently have any of this ammo but I couldn't find any online so I was considering making some more and wanted to make sure it was legal first...JC

CLICK HERE ---> Devastator Ammunition

 

[Chefcook]

CLICK HERE ---> Devastator Ammunition

They have some cool stuff.^5 .. Kinda pricey though lol...JC

 

[AFA1CY]

I do not believe I have seen anything in the IC regarding ammo.

 

[Bill of Rights]

They have some cool stuff.^5 .. Kinda pricey though lol...JC

"kinda"??? You, sir, have a gift for understatement if you call almost $2.00/round for .22LR "kinda pricey".

What did it cost you to make this stuff yourself, and how did you keep the large rifle primer in place in the HP?

(I don't have a reloading setup, but it sounds interesting even just from an academic standpoint)

TIA for the info!

Blessings,
B

 

[Scutter01]

Maybe I'll just stick to shooting tannerite.

 

[Crystalship1]

TRIVIA

Bit 'o trivia for 'ya...... It was the .22LR Devastator that Hinckley shot President Regan and Jim Brady with. The round that hit Ronnie did not explode, but the one that hit Brady in the head... did.

 

[Chefcook]

"kinda"??? You, sir, have a gift for understatement if you call almost $2.00/round for .22LR "kinda pricey".

What did it cost you to make this stuff yourself, and how did you keep the large rifle primer in place in the HP?

(I don't have a reloading setup, but it sounds interesting even just from an academic standpoint)

TIA for the info!

Blessings,
B

The large rifle primer was just a little bit larger than the hollow point cavity. I set the bullet on the edge of my shell holder and pressed it into the cavity with my rock chucker press. Then loaded it like 124 gn ball ammo. It shot and functioned well. I conducted tests firing into wood, phone books,water jugs and dug them out of the backstop. In all cases it out performed regular hollow points. The 90 gn hollow points by the way were nasty on their own. Fired into a milk jug full of water at 30 feet they exploded the jug but didn't go the whole way threw. I found what looked like a dime inside the jug. The round flattened completely....The cost is the same as any reloaded cartridge + an extra primer...