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Tipped bullets

What Evan said. ^^^^

Another thing to consider is how accurate is accurate? Maybe in your rifle 3/8 - 1/2 - 3/4 in groups are considered really good groups. If your satisfied with this go for it.
And the folks shooting in the 1s and 2s would consider that really good accuracy.:rolleyes:
 
In 2018 , I spent over a month working up a comp load for the Sierra 175gr TMK . Felt like I was , "Good to Go" for the SWN . No issues through over 300 test rounds , and my scores came up into the 190's . Decent for a then new F-class Marksman . The one thing I had never done was test-fire as though shooting a full string plus sighters in comp time limit . I should have !
Sighters ...10 , X , 10 , 9 , X , .. Going for record !
#1 10
#2 X
#3 -:eek:
#4 -:eek:
#5 -:eek:
#6 -:eek:
Two more 9's in the string , and I shot a 158 - 11x .
My scorer , and the scorer in the next position both told me they watched the bullets go poof about halfway to the target . It was very apparent ; that had I tested for shooting a string on time-frame , I'd have known that my rifle did not like these bullets with a hot barrel , because under normal firings , this issue never showed up . I don't blame the bullet . I blame Me , for not doing due diligence . Some bullets just don't work in some rifles , under certain conditions .
But the shooter next to me was sitting clean on his 17th shot , and had a blow-up on his 18th and 19th shots , which cost him any chance to win . I know it happened , because I saw it through my scope . You couldn't have missed it . A flash , and a small cloud of puff smoke . And the gentleman is a HM , and was shooting the ELD-M . "F" class is a different animal , so know what you're trying to do with the products you chose . And test for all conditions . For the record , I shoot nothing but Berger Bullets in competition now .
 
I like plastic tipped bullets for my bolt guns, mostly the ones with the red tips. I use hollow points only in my AR (MSR) because the little plastic tips get bashed up upon feeding into the chamber.

Looking at stability, I have found that my rifles will shoot a longer plastic tipped bullet than a hollow point bullet. Doing the Miller Sg stuff sort of indicates this, the plastic tip length is factored into the calculation.

I was not happy when Hornady discontinued almost all of their Amax bullets - melting meplats? I shoot the 75 .224 ELD but now shoot 87 Vmax bullets & various 6mm 105 hollow points & some green tip bullets vs. Hornady 100 grain or so ELDM & ELDX bullets. Logically, I fail to see how differences in a small chunk of plastic can boost the price of a box of bullets about 30%.
 
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