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Sierra Gamechanger bullets.
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<blockquote data-quote="louis f" data-source="post: 1495776" data-attributes="member: 105931"><p>Long before plastic tipped bullets, I called and asked the tech at Hornady about their spire point bullets. My question was if the lead tips are bent or pushed off of center would that effect the flight of the bullet. They said the lead tip melted shortly after being fired and not a problem. Lead melts at around 600 degs. I took one of their heat shield tips and put it in a pan and heated it on the stove on low heat. The temp. came up slowly checking it with a heat gun, at 400 degs. the tip became soft and started to melt. Total time was maybe 3mins. start until it melted. That's 200 degs. less then the melting point of lead. Just raises more questions for me. Also on their you tube video they show the tip temp. over 700 degs.?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louis f, post: 1495776, member: 105931"] Long before plastic tipped bullets, I called and asked the tech at Hornady about their spire point bullets. My question was if the lead tips are bent or pushed off of center would that effect the flight of the bullet. They said the lead tip melted shortly after being fired and not a problem. Lead melts at around 600 degs. I took one of their heat shield tips and put it in a pan and heated it on the stove on low heat. The temp. came up slowly checking it with a heat gun, at 400 degs. the tip became soft and started to melt. Total time was maybe 3mins. start until it melted. That's 200 degs. less then the melting point of lead. Just raises more questions for me. Also on their you tube video they show the tip temp. over 700 degs.? [/QUOTE]
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