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The Basics, Starting Out
My thoughts on solid copper bullets and in comparison to other bullet types.
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<blockquote data-quote="Petey308" data-source="post: 2329939" data-attributes="member: 106845"><p>One great thing about solids versus jacketed bullets is that they aren't affected by over revving like a jacketed bullet. You can spin a jacketed bullet too fast and cause it to rip apart in flight. You also increase friction in the bore by increasing the rate of twist along with increasing velocity. That too has been known to cause issues with cup and core bullets by allowing too much heat to transfer to the core and melting it, causing the bullets to disintegrate in flight as well. Solids do not have that problem either. So you can push them very fast and to a 2.0 or higher SG and shouldn't see an issue unless the bullet is not perfectly balanced and induces a wobble from too much spin. </p><p></p><p>I have said from the beginning, and will continue, that with solids/homogeneous/monos, they need to be going fast for best terminal performance. I will stick by my 2200fps minimum impact velocity rule of thumb too. You definitely have a lot less risk keeping impacts above that anyways. I know there are other solids out there with advertised lower minimum impact velocity, but in my experience what's considered adequate expansion tends to vary considerably from person to person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petey308, post: 2329939, member: 106845"] One great thing about solids versus jacketed bullets is that they aren’t affected by over revving like a jacketed bullet. You can spin a jacketed bullet too fast and cause it to rip apart in flight. You also increase friction in the bore by increasing the rate of twist along with increasing velocity. That too has been known to cause issues with cup and core bullets by allowing too much heat to transfer to the core and melting it, causing the bullets to disintegrate in flight as well. Solids do not have that problem either. So you can push them very fast and to a 2.0 or higher SG and shouldn’t see an issue unless the bullet is not perfectly balanced and induces a wobble from too much spin. I have said from the beginning, and will continue, that with solids/homogeneous/monos, they need to be going fast for best terminal performance. I will stick by my 2200fps minimum impact velocity rule of thumb too. You definitely have a lot less risk keeping impacts above that anyways. I know there are other solids out there with advertised lower minimum impact velocity, but in my experience what’s considered adequate expansion tends to vary considerably from person to person. [/QUOTE]
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