Caliber: 50 Caliber Bullet Tip: Hollow Point Bullet Type: Jacketed Cannelure: No Diameter: .500 Grains: 300 Lead Free: No MFG Max FPS: Load Data Packaging: Factory Quantity: 50 MFG: Speer 4493 | Formerly known as the Gold Dot Hunting lineup these bullets are designed for deep pentation. Preformed pedals and an electro-chemically bonded jacket to core, gives reliable performance when every shot counts. These bullets perform well under the toughest conditions and provide the accuracy you can depend on. Load Data Use published jacketed bullet load data when loading. A starting powder charge between the listed minimum and maximum load found in various published reloading manuals is recommended.Speer Bullets is owned by Visa Outdoor, a global designer and manufacturer of consumer products for outdoor sports. Besides Speer, Vista Outdoor also is the parent company of other reloading brands such as Alliant Powder, Savage Arms, Bushnell, Blazer, CCI, Hoppes, Outers, RCBS Tasco, Uncle Mikes, Weaver and other brands.
Speer has been in business since 1943, when Vernon Speer started building bullets when reloaders couldn’t get components they needed from the ammunition companies. Speer also built the first mass produced jacketed handgun bullets for law enforcement and hunting in the 1960’s. Over 50 years later, Speer is still based out of Lewiston, Idaho. Speer is also one of the first manufactures to achieve the ISO 9001 certification. |