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Odd Job · 03-07-2009, 09:54

As others have said it is a Gold Dot with characteristic bonded core and jacket.
However there have been several Gold-Dots over the years. Have a look at these two, fired in a water tank out of my Vektor CP1 (same distance):

Gold Dot Composite 1.jpg

The projectile on the left is a 115gn Gold Dot, old design. The one on the right is a newer 124gn Gold Dot.

Here are X-rays of the two projectiles, I suspect that SS is more used to the appearances of the projectiles labelled '2' than labelled '1.'

Gold Dot Composite 2.jpg

The reason for the difference in expansion behaviour between the two projectiles above is entirely due to the difference in projectile design. Here are the projectiles, unfired:

Gold Dot Composite 3.jpg

Both projectiles have a fully jacketed concave base.
A word of caution about headstamps: these projectiles aren't always discharged from a SPEER case. The 124gn above was indeed in a SPEER +P cartridge, but the 115gn was loaded in an IMI case!

There is also the possibility in some cases that the projectile has been handloaded.

I exchanged some emails with an ATK representative a few years ago, asking about the history of projectile number one and the fact that it was loaded in an IMI case.
I will see if I still have those.

03-07-2009, 09:54	#17
Odd Job Guerrilla Join Date: May 2006 Location: London (ex SA) Posts: 107	As others have said it is a Gold Dot with characteristic bonded core and jacket. However there have been several Gold-Dots over the years. Have a look at these two, fired in a water tank out of my Vektor CP1 (same distance): Gold Dot Composite 1.jpg The projectile on the left is a 115gn Gold Dot, old design. The one on the right is a newer 124gn Gold Dot. Here are X-rays of the two projectiles, I suspect that SS is more used to the appearances of the projectiles labelled '2' than labelled '1.' Gold Dot Composite 2.jpg The reason for the difference in expansion behaviour between the two projectiles above is entirely due to the difference in projectile design. Here are the projectiles, unfired: Gold Dot Composite 3.jpg Both projectiles have a fully jacketed concave base. A word of caution about headstamps: these projectiles aren't always discharged from a SPEER case. The 124gn above was indeed in a SPEER +P cartridge, but the 115gn was loaded in an IMI case! There is also the possibility in some cases that the projectile has been handloaded. I exchanged some emails with an ATK representative a few years ago, asking about the history of projectile number one and the fact that it was loaded in an IMI case. I will see if I still have those. Last edited by Odd Job; 03-07-2009 at 10:06.
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