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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 2820391" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>I know one guy that anneals his bullets to make them softer so they will expand better at long distances. I knew another guy that pulled the plastic tip out of the ballistic tips to get them to expand quicker.</p><p></p><p>Some guys just love to tinker.</p><p></p><p>I made my own bullets for benchrest competition for years. You could control the size of the HP by just screwing the point up die up and down, just like you do a full length sizer. You could also use various hardness of lead core, pure lead, lead with 5% tin in it to help control the boat tail from collapsing during obturation. It was fun to play and see how the HP changed expansion characteristics on Coyotes, p. dogs, and jack rabbits. </p><p></p><p>22 Rim fire jackets added a whole new world on bullet expansion, Sierra jackets seemed to be tougher, and the J4 jackets were tapered where they were very thin toward the HP.''</p><p></p><p>Memtb, if you think that altering factory bullets is wierd, how about the guys that are blending powders? WOW!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 2820391, member: 122164"] I know one guy that anneals his bullets to make them softer so they will expand better at long distances. I knew another guy that pulled the plastic tip out of the ballistic tips to get them to expand quicker. Some guys just love to tinker. I made my own bullets for benchrest competition for years. You could control the size of the HP by just screwing the point up die up and down, just like you do a full length sizer. You could also use various hardness of lead core, pure lead, lead with 5% tin in it to help control the boat tail from collapsing during obturation. It was fun to play and see how the HP changed expansion characteristics on Coyotes, p. dogs, and jack rabbits. 22 Rim fire jackets added a whole new world on bullet expansion, Sierra jackets seemed to be tougher, and the J4 jackets were tapered where they were very thin toward the HP.'' Memtb, if you think that altering factory bullets is wierd, how about the guys that are blending powders? WOW! [/QUOTE]
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