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boat tail and flat bottom bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 427097" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>Hubee,</p><p> </p><p>No, according to extensive arsenal testing, there's virtually no difference between boat tails and flat based bullets as far as wear is concerned, all other factors being the same. There are other factors that go ino this, so it's important to compare apples to apples in such questions. Heavier bullets, for example, are much harder on barrels than lighter bullets in the same cartridge. Harder core material, such as AP bullets, would also likely create more wear on a bore than a conventional lead cored-gilding metal jacketed bullet, and so on. Boat tails tend to be a bit more finicky about the bore being correct (uniform dimensions from leade to muzzle, etc.) so you may notice a degradation in accuracy earlier with a boat tail bullet, but it's not that they wear the bore out faster.</p><p> </p><p>Kevin Thomas</p><p>Lapua USA</p><p>(Sedalia, MO, right up 65 from you)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 427097, member: 15748"] Hubee, No, according to extensive arsenal testing, there's virtually no difference between boat tails and flat based bullets as far as wear is concerned, all other factors being the same. There are other factors that go ino this, so it's important to compare apples to apples in such questions. Heavier bullets, for example, are much harder on barrels than lighter bullets in the same cartridge. Harder core material, such as AP bullets, would also likely create more wear on a bore than a conventional lead cored-gilding metal jacketed bullet, and so on. Boat tails tend to be a bit more finicky about the bore being correct (uniform dimensions from leade to muzzle, etc.) so you may notice a degradation in accuracy earlier with a boat tail bullet, but it's not that they wear the bore out faster. Kevin Thomas Lapua USA (Sedalia, MO, right up 65 from you) [/QUOTE]
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