by Hoot » Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:19 am
The worst part about them is they're so soft, it's near impossible to get a reliable crimp on them. Any inward pressure on the bullet does not provide a biasing spring-back. It just squashes and stays squashed while the case springs back a little yielding a loose fit. Then they lose small shards of jacket as they exit the bore. Lord help you if you have a chrony down-range. I've been mining spent bullets out of the range and when I smelt those plated types, once the lead runs out, there is this amazingly thin, bullet shaped foil that remains. It's so thin, trying to pick it up is like trying to pick up one of those puff-balls full of spores you see on the ground.
Hoot
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