Soft Nose/Spitzer bullets in quick twist

[jpretle]

Considering using my match rifle for some long range hunting, so I am wondering if anyone has run into difficulties using Horn/Sierra/Nosler soft nose bullets in quick twist bbls. Are the bullets holding up and doing the job?? Are there any accuracy problems?? Are these hunting type bullets compatible w/ quick twist bbls??

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

They work fine. The issue is with the super-explosive varmint bullets having a dead soft core and thin jackets. A fast twist will rip the hides off of them.

 

[jpretle]

I'm hoping some one w/ hands-on chimes in on this, w/ just exactly that kind of stuff.

 

[ShootDots]

I used to shoot a 6mmRem A.I. with a 27" (I believe >> can't remember exactly) barrel.. It had a 1-8twist and I tried to shoot the 105 A-Max's... They held together, however, accuracy was so-so.. I changed to a 95gr Combined Technology Ballistic Silver-Tip. It was going 3400f.p.s. It was SUPER accurate and held together as far as flight goes. I shot a few whitetail in the rib-cage with it and dropped'em like lightening! However, I shot a HUGE Axis in the shoulder knuckle and it blew up on it.. After that episode I decided that a better bullet would do better. I switched to Barnes "X" bullet (there were no TSX bullets back then)... It was less than accurate... I turned that rifle into a 7mm-08... However, looking back, I should have tried the Nosler Partition. I believed it would have worked just fine!!

 

[broncman]

My 10 twist 308 LOVES sierra 125 spitzers! They group reaaallll well at 100 yards and are pretty explosive at over 3000 fps. Not had a jacket blow up yet. I keep these on hand as I shoot them in 308 and my 300 Blackout.

 

[effendude]

My Cooper 1-8" barreled 6.5-284 shoots the 140 Berger VLD's, Nosler Accubonds and Nosler Partitions to with about .75 MOA of each other at 100 yards. I zero for the VLD's and have a drop chart for them, but if a shorter shot presents itself, I use the Nosler bullets. Also works great for a mixed bag hunt such as Africa or out West when a deer/elk hunt is possible. I simply use the best bullet for each animal.

Scott

 

[johnmyers]

I've run Sierra 80gr Blitz at over 3600 in 6-284 and over 3500 in 6 Remington both 1:8 twists and never had a problem. These are varmint bullets with thinner jackets than than Game King or Pro Hunter bullets

 

[XTR]

Considering using my match rifle for some long range hunting, so I am wondering if anyone has run into difficulties using Horn/Sierra/Nosler soft nose bullets in quick twist bbls. Are the bullets holding up and doing the job?? Are there any accuracy problems?? Are these hunting type bullets compatible w/ quick twist bbls??

What caliber are you shooting. The only time I've ever heard of people having bullets come apart are usually light 223s in high twist (like 1:7 or 1:8) barrels and driven to very fast velocities. Unless you are trying to shoot a 40gr 223 varmint bullet in a 1:7 at 3800 you are probably ok.