Help with ID of this ammo?

[Gardner]

Probably not the right place to ask, but I think the reloaders on the forum will have a broader knowledge base and be able to answer my questions.

This is 30-06 Winchester with a silver tip. It's fairly old, I may have had it for 12-15 years. The silver tip isn't paint, it looks like aluminum but isn't soft and it does NOT attract a magnet.

I'd like to know the bullet weight and bottom line is it safe to shoot in a Garand or 1903.

A couple of crappy pics

 

[ronn47]

Probably not the right place to ask, but I think the reloaders on the forum will have a broader knowledge base and be able to answer my questions.

This is 30-06 Winchester with a silver tip. It's fairly old, I may have had it for 12-15 years. The silver tip isn't paint, it looks like aluminum but isn't soft and it does NOT attract a magnet.

I'd like to know the bullet weight and bottom line is it safe to shoot in a Garand or 1903.

A couple of crappy pics

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1903 would be no problem.
I would not shoot it in a Garand just to be on the safe side.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Probably either 150 or 180 gr. It’s an old version of a soft tip. Actually called Winchester Silver Tip

 

[Gardner]

Probably either 150 or 180 gr. It’s an old version of a soft tip. Actually called Winchester Silver Tip

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That's what I think but I wanted to be sure. I have no idea how/where I got it, it's in a baggie now. I don't have tons so I could burn through it in a 1903 or A3 and save the other stuff for the Garand.

Thanks

 

[beamernc]

I have quite a few in .308, 150 gr and 180 gr. For a number of years it was my preferred hunting round.

 

[Snoopz]

Bingo "SilverTip" ammo ... would have no problem shooting it out of the "03", the Garand I wouldn’t.

Winchester was "SilverTip"
Remington was "Bronze Point"

-Snoopz

 

[Gardner]

👍 For the info

 

[CountrySide Gunsmithing]

It's all fine in a properly lubricated and functional garand.