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Anyone ever use a Meplat Trimmer?
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<blockquote data-quote="SteveBurton" data-source="post: 2705122" data-attributes="member: 59541"><p>I have been looking into this a lot lately. I purchased the MCR tool for 6.5mm and did some 156 EOL bullets. I did not see much difference in accuracy out to 300 yards and have yet to go further to test a drop in BC. My main concern is to make the Berger bullets more uniform with the hollow point to hopefully improve terminal performance. They don't need much improving but you still hear that story of some penciling through. Even if the trimming drops the BC by 2%, I can accommodate for that in my dope. A quick calculation shows a 3/4" drop at 600 yards. That isn't enough to worry about IMO. When you look at a Hammer bullet, they have large meplats and hollow points. I don't see that many people complaining about them.</p><p></p><p>This picture shows the meplats trimmed, deburred and then drilled out with a 0.050 drill bit. I've been drilling the tips for years but there's always that 1 or 2 that go off center and get screwed up. This keeps things centered.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424498[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here is a before and after picture. Honestly not a big difference but will have to see how they perform on game.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424519[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I haven't trimmed a hybrid or OTM yet. Those have a smaller tip so the change would be greater. I know drilling out the 144 Hybrids was a pain due to the closed tip.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424520[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveBurton, post: 2705122, member: 59541"] I have been looking into this a lot lately. I purchased the MCR tool for 6.5mm and did some 156 EOL bullets. I did not see much difference in accuracy out to 300 yards and have yet to go further to test a drop in BC. My main concern is to make the Berger bullets more uniform with the hollow point to hopefully improve terminal performance. They don't need much improving but you still hear that story of some penciling through. Even if the trimming drops the BC by 2%, I can accommodate for that in my dope. A quick calculation shows a 3/4" drop at 600 yards. That isn't enough to worry about IMO. When you look at a Hammer bullet, they have large meplats and hollow points. I don't see that many people complaining about them. This picture shows the meplats trimmed, deburred and then drilled out with a 0.050 drill bit. I've been drilling the tips for years but there's always that 1 or 2 that go off center and get screwed up. This keeps things centered. [ATTACH type="full" width="359px"]424498[/ATTACH] Here is a before and after picture. Honestly not a big difference but will have to see how they perform on game. [ATTACH type="full" width="359px"]424519[/ATTACH] I haven't trimmed a hybrid or OTM yet. Those have a smaller tip so the change would be greater. I know drilling out the 144 Hybrids was a pain due to the closed tip. [ATTACH type="full" width="425px"]424520[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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