Bullets........

as stated range is one of the factors here, at shorter doesnt make a lick of differance...

another is stability, alot of people seem to think that bullet weight is what determines what twist is required, but its actually more bullet length (think throwing a foot ball) a 180gn BT is longer then a 180FB, the shorter bullet is easier to stabilize so FB tend to work better in more riffles

kamlooky said:
Oley chit.........there in lies the mystery to finding flat noze bullets for tubular magazine levers............. boattail and spin'im round........

Zuke, yer a jeanyuss...............whoooooooooooooooot....................:runaway:......:dancingbanana:.........:cool:
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not quite :p sure it works, but the long design of a BT means there would be alot of bullet poking into that case.. = reduced capacity not to mention poor on game performance

now a plinking load with pistol powder.....
 
I used flat based and boat tail's in my screwing around. Full load's and reduced load's.I used mostly 150,165 and 180gr bullet's.
For a plinking load with pistol powder, I was out Friday with 95gr cast boolit's I made out of WW in a LEE mold and was pushed with 5 grain's of 700X. No tumbling or leading. They were double tumbled in 45/45/10 lube.
 
Deerdr said:
I have been back and forth over the years with BT and flat base....I'm not a long range shooter...However I do like some of Noslers Bullets, not because they BTs though. Are Plastic coloured tips considered BLING?
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Especially the red tipped ones. ###y as all get out.
 
I don't know about Boattails, but one of my buddies says shooting round nose bullets, is like a girl wearing grannie panties....I never understood that, I'm 70....
 
I use both the boat-tail and flat base, in particular, the Nosler BT, AB and Partition. I have a 240 weatherby and 308 Winchester that prefers the partition over the ballistic tip, for accuracy that is; therefore only that style of bullet is utilized in that firearm. For the most part, the boat-tail proved more accurate over the flat base during my years (33) of reloading. For the purpose of hunting I believe that it makes no difference in killing an animal within a range of 300 yards or less. As for long range target shooting or killing, I believe that the boat-tail would shine over the flat base.
 
I used to scoff at anyting other than boat tails when I was younger, as I was a "numbers" guy, and the numbers were always on the side of long-nosed boat tails.

Experience has taught me respect for flat based bullets, along with round nosed and cast.

I still prefer a slippery BT, but gone are the days when that's all I would buy.

And I have, personally, experienced rifles that would shoot cup-and-core BT's into 4 MOA, but flat based cup-and-core's into 1 MOA. That's a major waker-upper, I can tell you!
 
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