Tens of thousands of bullets easily from the 6 cavity molds in my experience. Poor lubrication and abuse will easily shorten that to less than a thousand. It depends a lot on the user; IMHO if Lee...
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Tens of thousands of bullets easily from the 6 cavity molds in my experience. Poor lubrication and abuse will easily shorten that to less than a thousand. It depends a lot on the user; IMHO if Lee...
Unless you're using a mill (guessing from the question you're not), you don't want carbide, you want HSS. Most drill presses dont have the rigidity to make carbide work well here, and you don't need...
The Mihec 401-200 is exactly what you describe, 200gr as a wide flat nose, and either 180 or 190gr depending which hollow point pin you use, deep or shallow. The shallow pin is for 10mm and minimal...
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I've used this one with WSF to reach ~1180 fps out of a G19. That may be a hot load, I don't really remember, so use at your own risk but 5.5gr was the most accurate for me although i did go up to...
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No, whoever told you that doesn't know what they're talking about. The Glock .45 barrels are still polygonal rifling; the difference is they use 8 lands instead of 6 like the smaller bores. None of...
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Hold on a sec, you don't really have the problem solved yet. The part I highlighted bold should be a clue that you don't have enough neck tension; fix that first, before trying to band-aid it with...
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I didn't like it for a long time either, but then started shooting subsonic loads through a suppressor. That's when I realized this bullet is great for that, because the reduced case capacity makes...
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Negative.
OEM G21 barrels in my experience are better quality and more accurate than any of the aftermarket options, and handle lead as well as anything else. Really soft alloys don't grip the...
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You fellers save your sprews? Shoot, I allus figgerd them sprews was junk. Hate to waste nothin though, so I been planting them out back and waterin em regular, should have a nice row of spruce trees...
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I can comment in more detail later if you want, but will offer a few points here about what works well in my experience, and what doesn't.
Hollow point shape:
- small hollow point openings...
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That cup point is a little better than the skinny deep hollow point pin NOE sold with the mold; at least you get a little expansion although it doesn't open up very far.
Most commercial hollow...
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The hollow point NOE provides with that mold is too small for subsonic expansion, you are right to be concerned about penciling through. (I believe they've redesigned it in the latest run, but I'm...
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No, and no.
It's not difficult at all to have an expanding subsonic rifle bullet fully penetrate deer. I believe I have posted some of my thoughts and experiences with that in several of your...
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Also re. Glock bore diameters - some are .355", some are .357". My Austrian G19 factory barrel slugged at .357", while my US made G19 barrel is .355", both OEM barrels. My understanding is .357" is...
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I can promise you those are not quench hardened now that you powder coated them.
I personally dislike really soft alloy for 9mm; it does not provide any advantage I can find over standard clip-on...
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I've done a lot of testing with this bullet, and used it on critters as well. What level of loads are you wanting to use it for? (mild/subsonic, FMJ equivalent, or hot loads?)
I use the standard...
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Yes, correct, once the outside of the bullet reaches temp, the inside is right there too or not far behind. Same thing happens when quenched; lead conducts heat fairly well like most metals, it's not...
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It's not a matter of thinking, or having a degree, although my degree included metallurgy too. Actual hardness tests tell the truth. I've tested mine; powder coating after water dropping negated the...
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Gotta disagree with you again on that one. The powder coating process absolutely will negate the effect of water dropping for hardness. Run a hardness test to compare, the evidence is plain. Someone...
goodsteel, you make this bullet sound very appealing. I'm not sure why I've never tried it, despite owning and loving several 35 caliber rifles. Any interest in a bullet swap, maybe 100 or so? If you...
How are you going to drill a bullet perfectly straight without a lathe?
Seems that if you have the capability to drill a bullet straight, you could use that same capability to drill the mold.
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Powder coating does not affect bullet expansion, unless you use so much powder that you fill the hollow point cavities. Otherwise, you won't see any difference in expansion between coated and not.
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Try loosening your sprue plate to help base fillout. If that works, you can also stone a small bevel on the top inside edge of each block to vent the bases better.
In my experience a little...
I used a fold crimp with these loads in 3" shells, but used slightly different components. Remington 3" "Nitro Mag" hulls, and BPI "multi metal" wads over 28.0gr Blue Dot and three hardened .600 WW...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |