Good to know. I guess I won't worry about it. That being said, the new Berger HP ammo I just received (although not perfect) is much more uniform than the Norma ones, and they shoot better.
Do all hollow points have ugly tips?
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Good to know. I guess I won't worry about it. That being said, the new Berger HP ammo I just received (although not perfect) is much more uniform than the Norma ones, and they shoot better.
My bullet process is to point without trimming. Seems to me, the only thing less important than pointing is trimming. Why do I point?...it makes me feel like I am doing something that might make a small step towards perfect. How about spending more time reading the wind?....to hard, wish it was as easy as reloading.
Ben
Ben
Several have mentioned that you can trim the tips to make them pretty. This is also done to make them more uniform. The tip gets wider, and that lowers your BC a fraction, but uniforming the tips gives you more consistency at long yardages. And as others have said, this is probably something you don't have to worry about until you are in the upper echelons of the sport.
To quote Lynyrd Skynyrd..."You got that right!!!" Beautiful, consistent measurements/weights....guaranteed to pitch an outer 9 ring in dead calm conditions
. After running about 400 of them in 6.5/140 I sold them off at a very fair price.Mass produced would be difficult to all look pretty and shoot great. I've had very raggedy Bergers shoot just fine. I do use a bullet that comes out of the box with extreme consistency, shoots extremely well, and the tips are VERY uniform....but they are handmade and cost $0.82 a piece! However, I don't need to sort/point...ever. I hate the tedium of bullet sorting/pointing and the time it takes away from other life activities so I consider the price worth it. YMMV and depending upon your use it definitely may be a low gain endeavor.
What is the device? Thanks
No - the Sierra .30 cal. MK 175 sort of has a smoothed down meplat with a tiny opening, I am just guessing that is done to fit inside the constricts of certain extreme use.
I just bought a bunch of Nosler RDF's, they are real pointy and shoot extremely well in my .224's, 6mm's & 6.5mm's.
I just bought a bunch of Nosler RDF's, they are real pointy and shoot extremely well in my .224's, 6mm's & 6.5mm's.
Rube Shooter
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meplat trimmer tool, Sinclair had one that looked like a hand crank school pencil sharpener.
Medic505
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I was very good at this. I could take a box of bullets that shot great and make sling shot fodder with just one stroke of a Whidden bullet pointer. It's still for sale btw.
My experience: For a number of years I swaged my own .224 varmint bullets . I found that a small portion of my bullets would have a jagged point. I had been placing the jacket with the seated core into the point forming die with minimal pressure. This caused the bullet to very slightly tip and form the jagged tip . When I pushed the bullet into the point die as far as it would go by hand the bullets came out with an even tip. pdog2225
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