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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Bullet tips melt! Now what?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buttermilk" data-source="post: 1166433" data-attributes="member: 5262"><p>Correct...</p><p></p><p>I confused the new tip melting point with the older tip melting point. Pure lead melts at 621.5 F but some of the lead in some bullets is likely to a lead alloy and thus have a higher melting point. </p><p></p><p>I recall Hornady's technician stating in one of their videos that the tip degradation was less than one pixel on their camera they were using to try to actually photo the tip deformation due to melting. So essentially, even Hornady can't produce video/photo proof of the tip melting in flight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buttermilk, post: 1166433, member: 5262"] Correct... I confused the new tip melting point with the older tip melting point. Pure lead melts at 621.5 F but some of the lead in some bullets is likely to a lead alloy and thus have a higher melting point. I recall Hornady's technician stating in one of their videos that the tip degradation was less than one pixel on their camera they were using to try to actually photo the tip deformation due to melting. So essentially, even Hornady can't produce video/photo proof of the tip melting in flight. [/QUOTE]
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