Smokey Joe
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Bullets, bullets, bullets! We are truly living in the good old days of bullet makingÑSo many excellent ones for the reloader to choose from. And that, my friends, is the problem!
Is there a source which compares all the different bullets, for penetration, accuracy potential, mushrooming characteristics, use or don't use with magnums, etc? I sure can't find one!
Why do I want this info? So that, when shopping for a new bullet to load, I have some idea of its liklihood of being good at what I want it to do, relative to the other bullets available for that purpose. I'm tired of buying bullets based on some guy's reccommendation, or the guesstimate of the guy in the gun store, partly based on what he has on hand, or a rave about a new bullet in a gun magazine.
Most reloading manuals have relative burn tables for all the different smokeless powders, and most go beyond that in comparing different powders. Some of the manuals advise that this or that powder was found to be most accurate in a given load. But is there a source which does a similar number on bullets.
Each bullet manufacturer touts their own bullet(s) as the greatest thing since sliced breadÑof courseÑbut none of them compares their bullets' performance to that of other manufacturersÑof course.
So that's the question, my friends. Any advice will be duly appreciated.
Is there a source which compares all the different bullets, for penetration, accuracy potential, mushrooming characteristics, use or don't use with magnums, etc? I sure can't find one!
Why do I want this info? So that, when shopping for a new bullet to load, I have some idea of its liklihood of being good at what I want it to do, relative to the other bullets available for that purpose. I'm tired of buying bullets based on some guy's reccommendation, or the guesstimate of the guy in the gun store, partly based on what he has on hand, or a rave about a new bullet in a gun magazine.
Most reloading manuals have relative burn tables for all the different smokeless powders, and most go beyond that in comparing different powders. Some of the manuals advise that this or that powder was found to be most accurate in a given load. But is there a source which does a similar number on bullets.
Each bullet manufacturer touts their own bullet(s) as the greatest thing since sliced breadÑof courseÑbut none of them compares their bullets' performance to that of other manufacturersÑof course.
So that's the question, my friends. Any advice will be duly appreciated.