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Soft Point vs Ballistic tip
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<blockquote data-quote="skyfish25" data-source="post: 880950" data-attributes="member: 27125"><p>I believe the plastic tip help BC, slightly. At least over a SP pointed bullet. And very slightly over a well designed HP bullet.</p><p></p><p>But the plastic tips seem to be like hood scoops on a performance car, most people want them.</p><p></p><p>Accuracy, depends on rifle, should not matter if tipped or not. May matter in particular rifle, but not because of the tip. Most likly a different bullet profile. Look at Hornady's 140gr BTSP and compare to 140gr SST in 270. Totally different profile.</p><p></p><p>Also, the base of your bullet is MUCH more critical than the tip. Many match shoots use Flat base bullets for shorter range work.</p><p></p><p>If you want to test, reload some bullets that you mare up the bases. Then do some that you mare up the tip. I would make an educated guess that the messed up tip would be hard to tell a difference from "normal" bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skyfish25, post: 880950, member: 27125"] I believe the plastic tip help BC, slightly. At least over a SP pointed bullet. And very slightly over a well designed HP bullet. But the plastic tips seem to be like hood scoops on a performance car, most people want them. Accuracy, depends on rifle, should not matter if tipped or not. May matter in particular rifle, but not because of the tip. Most likly a different bullet profile. Look at Hornady's 140gr BTSP and compare to 140gr SST in 270. Totally different profile. Also, the base of your bullet is MUCH more critical than the tip. Many match shoots use Flat base bullets for shorter range work. If you want to test, reload some bullets that you mare up the bases. Then do some that you mare up the tip. I would make an educated guess that the messed up tip would be hard to tell a difference from "normal" bullets. [/QUOTE]
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