Any success with the long solid copper bullets?
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I haven’t really tried the long ones, but in my 7mm-08 and 221 Fireball I found that I had to step down in weight to bring my groups back for hunting. IE the 7 went from sub minute using 140gr Cup and core, and now is giving 1/2 minute with the 120gr Barnes TTSX using RL 15 and H4895.
They seem to be very twist dependent for accuracy in my rifles (factory).
They seem to be very twist dependent for accuracy in my rifles (factory).
yea cutting edge we tried a few of them and while they did work well enough and hit the targets it was like paying tripple and getting results like a 22lr . my 6.5 130gr traveling at 2900 and I am positive the 140 was hitting 2800 something fps . The steel and made a dink sound almost as hard to hear as a 22lr and a tiny little mark not a splatter at 600 without cams or constantly traveling down range we could not see the impacts . I guess we could have used those target hit indicators we just did not own them at that time for the cost it's just not a thing for me maybe in a larger caliber just not worth it in 6.5 to me . You will have to decide for your self they are expensive compared to lead bullets .
I’m still pulling my hair with the PVA 151s in 7mm. I thought I had found a good seating depth but as I started shooting more the accuracy was all over the place. I might increase my neck tension and do another ladder for seating depth but it looks like I’ll be using the proven Hornady 162s this fall.
Ive worked up some Seneca's for 6.5 creedmoor and ended having to load them at 2.932" to shot .5 MOA groups, and they wont feed from a standard aics mag. i found the lands by painting the pilot band of the projectile and using a hornady comparator to measure the overall length, i added the length of the mark and called that case ogive length if it were touching the lands, I worked back from there in .005" increments for 10 groups of 5 rounds. first target is the charge weight test and the second is the seating depth test (left column bottom paster 2.932" .51MOA).
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I’ve tried everything from 2.945 to 2.875 in 10 thou increments and they all shot like shit. Tons of vertical, weird cold bore. I thought my barrel was coppered out so I gave it a strong clean and still they don’t shoot. Yet the 162 ELD-Ms are giving me better than 1/2 moa and I can hit a 6in plate at 500 yards cold bore every time.
The 151 are suppose to be the easy ones to load. They said the 170 could be touchy. I had great success with the 151 2 years ago hunting great performance. I ran roughly .002 neck tension and. 020 off the lands. They shot pretty good I never had one hole groups. If they give you fits try the 170 or hammer bullets
