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<blockquote data-quote="itchytriggerfinger" data-source="post: 2111760" data-attributes="member: 24854"><p>Jfloyd,</p><p>25 years ago when I built my first suppressed rifle, I had the same problem. There were very few choices of bullets for a subsonic load, everything was designed to expand at 2000+ FPS. I started out using a Sierra 180 gr soft point in a .308 win over 8.5 grains of N310. Bullets just penciled right through.</p><p>There were one or two companies that made projectiles that were supposedly made for subsonic velocities but I never had good performance out of any of them and they were crazy expensive.</p><p>Nowadays, there are several companies that make a solid copper bullet that is designed to work at sub velocity.</p><p>Maker Bullets and Lehigh Defense are two that have a good reputation so far. I have not shot any into ballistic gel or a varmint yet but I will soon. I think they are worth looking at. I would definitely prefer to shoot a copper solid rather than a lead bullet and having to clean lead out of the bore.</p><p>Just my two cents, hope this helps a little,</p><p>Good Luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="itchytriggerfinger, post: 2111760, member: 24854"] Jfloyd, 25 years ago when I built my first suppressed rifle, I had the same problem. There were very few choices of bullets for a subsonic load, everything was designed to expand at 2000+ FPS. I started out using a Sierra 180 gr soft point in a .308 win over 8.5 grains of N310. Bullets just penciled right through. There were one or two companies that made projectiles that were supposedly made for subsonic velocities but I never had good performance out of any of them and they were crazy expensive. Nowadays, there are several companies that make a solid copper bullet that is designed to work at sub velocity. Maker Bullets and Lehigh Defense are two that have a good reputation so far. I have not shot any into ballistic gel or a varmint yet but I will soon. I think they are worth looking at. I would definitely prefer to shoot a copper solid rather than a lead bullet and having to clean lead out of the bore. Just my two cents, hope this helps a little, Good Luck [/QUOTE]
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