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Reload suggestions for a 338 Lapua Improved Lehigh bullets&Retumbo
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<blockquote data-quote="30-338" data-source="post: 251333" data-attributes="member: 10349"><p>I received a prompt response from Dave Fricke at Lehigh bullets. He seems like a very approachable person and knowledgable. I wish he were a member or a sponsor! Here is what he wrote...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>"Here is part of the response that Dave sent me... </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>thanks for the inquiry. Let's take a shot at your questions. You can start the load from a Lehigh banded solid at the equivalent weight jacketed bullet weight. The critical variable is to keep the bullet 0.070" off the lands. These bullets will develop less chamber pressure than the same weight jacketed bullet so you will ultimately be able to load them hotter and achieve a higher velocity. They must be seated 0.070" off the lands. The bullet design is a hybrid borerider so the engraving force is low.</strong></p><p><strong>There is no need for a special bore or groove diameter with any of the Lehigh bullets...Jacketed bullets stretch to conform to barrel diameter variation... A solid is incompressible so...either the bullet has to be undersized or the bore oversized as the bullet will not compress or the barrel will expand and stretch (it will!)... upon the bullets passing ultimately destroying the barrel over a period of time. The driving bands on our bullets do create a slight loss in bc, but that it is far better than destroying barrels.</strong></p><p><strong>Our bullets will function in the standard or 0.001" oversize barrels."</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Gives me a place to start and some good info! Thanks Dave 30-338</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="30-338, post: 251333, member: 10349"] I received a prompt response from Dave Fricke at Lehigh bullets. He seems like a very approachable person and knowledgable. I wish he were a member or a sponsor! Here is what he wrote... [B]"Here is part of the response that Dave sent me... [/B] [B]thanks for the inquiry. Let's take a shot at your questions. You can start the load from a Lehigh banded solid at the equivalent weight jacketed bullet weight. The critical variable is to keep the bullet 0.070" off the lands. These bullets will develop less chamber pressure than the same weight jacketed bullet so you will ultimately be able to load them hotter and achieve a higher velocity. They must be seated 0.070" off the lands. The bullet design is a hybrid borerider so the engraving force is low.[/B] [B]There is no need for a special bore or groove diameter with any of the Lehigh bullets...Jacketed bullets stretch to conform to barrel diameter variation... A solid is incompressible so...either the bullet has to be undersized or the bore oversized as the bullet will not compress or the barrel will expand and stretch (it will!)... upon the bullets passing ultimately destroying the barrel over a period of time. The driving bands on our bullets do create a slight loss in bc, but that it is far better than destroying barrels.[/B] [B]Our bullets will function in the standard or 0.001" oversize barrels."[/B] [B][FONT=Arial Black]Gives me a place to start and some good info! Thanks Dave 30-338[/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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