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Berger bullets blocked hollow point hole
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1225975" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p><strong>Re: Berger bullets blocked hollow point hole</strong></p><p></p><p>I hear ya, but here's the story...</p><p></p><p>There is no internal dimension manufacturing specification for the Berger bullets that ensures the jacket tips will have a hole in them. The exterior of the bullets are the only surface required to meet a manufacturing specification. Remember, these bullets started life as, and evolved from, target bullets. They've only evolved into hunting bullets in the past 8-10 years. Doesn't make much difference if a target bullet has a closed tip or not. </p><p></p><p>So if a bullet tip is closed solid with jacket material, as long as the exterior surface of the bullet is the correct shape, the bullet passes the factory QA/QC inspection. Simply the way it is. I know one member that tried to send a butt-load of bullets back for replacement, and the answer was a very polite explanation, and a polite no. </p><p></p><p>Most of the Berger bullets I've handled, by far and away, do have an open tip. Somewhere between 1 and 7% have had the jacket tips pinched closed during manufacture in the bullet forming dies. Maybe an average of 2-3% with closed tips, all in all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1225975, member: 4191"] [b]Re: Berger bullets blocked hollow point hole[/b] I hear ya, but here's the story... There is no internal dimension manufacturing specification for the Berger bullets that ensures the jacket tips will have a hole in them. The exterior of the bullets are the only surface required to meet a manufacturing specification. Remember, these bullets started life as, and evolved from, target bullets. They've only evolved into hunting bullets in the past 8-10 years. Doesn't make much difference if a target bullet has a closed tip or not. So if a bullet tip is closed solid with jacket material, as long as the exterior surface of the bullet is the correct shape, the bullet passes the factory QA/QC inspection. Simply the way it is. I know one member that tried to send a butt-load of bullets back for replacement, and the answer was a very polite explanation, and a polite no. Most of the Berger bullets I've handled, by far and away, do have an open tip. Somewhere between 1 and 7% have had the jacket tips pinched closed during manufacture in the bullet forming dies. Maybe an average of 2-3% with closed tips, all in all. [/QUOTE]
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