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Norma BondStrike, TipStrike, and J&A Abram bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="Petey308" data-source="post: 2631802" data-attributes="member: 106845"><p>That was a concern of mine as well, and his earlier prototype did have a smaller opening and experienced reliability issues with expansion. He increased the size of the opening and so far it's been very reliable. The bullet is still young though and I'm not ready just yet to say it's FULLY reliable. I definitely share your concerns and logic. </p><p></p><p>Once upon a time I did a lot of hunting with OTM style bullets like Sierra MatchKings, Hornady OTM, Berger VLDs, Nosler CC, etc, etc and I experimented with ways to increase reliability with expansion. I found the best tool was a meplat trimmer. I'd widen the opening and clean up the edges at the same time. It worked very well and was much less tedious than things like drilling, jewel filing, annealing, etc. </p><p></p><p>Fast forward to current times and I sold my meplat trimmer because I stopped using it. I stopped using it because better bullets became available. Tipped bullets like the TMK, AMAX/ ELDM, etc and the hybrid ogive Bergers. So now I just use those types and don't bother with the tedious stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petey308, post: 2631802, member: 106845"] That was a concern of mine as well, and his earlier prototype did have a smaller opening and experienced reliability issues with expansion. He increased the size of the opening and so far it’s been very reliable. The bullet is still young though and I’m not ready just yet to say it’s FULLY reliable. I definitely share your concerns and logic. Once upon a time I did a lot of hunting with OTM style bullets like Sierra MatchKings, Hornady OTM, Berger VLDs, Nosler CC, etc, etc and I experimented with ways to increase reliability with expansion. I found the best tool was a meplat trimmer. I’d widen the opening and clean up the edges at the same time. It worked very well and was much less tedious than things like drilling, jewel filing, annealing, etc. Fast forward to current times and I sold my meplat trimmer because I stopped using it. I stopped using it because better bullets became available. Tipped bullets like the TMK, AMAX/ ELDM, etc and the hybrid ogive Bergers. So now I just use those types and don’t bother with the tedious stuff. [/QUOTE]
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