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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
trimming the bullet meplay for better BC
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<blockquote data-quote="a.JR" data-source="post: 29632" data-attributes="member: 1391"><p>The reason i started to modify the point(meplat) was to reduce the amount of batches i end up with...To start i get as many bullets i can (500 to 1000),sort into Aol batchs of 5 thou ie #1 lot 1.325 to 1.330 and lot #2 1.330 to 1.335,i throw the highs and lows in the fire form/fouler bin then cut off the tips until i have 2 only batches of the same length ...I then put each bullet into a device i made that looks like a pencil sharpener with an adjustable stopper on the meplat end ,then u turn the bullet by hand and the cutter makes the meplat dia uniform....This is of coarse after they have been classified into lots for base to ogive length,bearing surface length and weight..Many hours later i hope i got best i can..JR ..Jeff Rogers.. pic of bullet uniformed next to one straight from the box <img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/341566/ogiveuniforming.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="a.JR, post: 29632, member: 1391"] The reason i started to modify the point(meplat) was to reduce the amount of batches i end up with...To start i get as many bullets i can (500 to 1000),sort into Aol batchs of 5 thou ie #1 lot 1.325 to 1.330 and lot #2 1.330 to 1.335,i throw the highs and lows in the fire form/fouler bin then cut off the tips until i have 2 only batches of the same length ...I then put each bullet into a device i made that looks like a pencil sharpener with an adjustable stopper on the meplat end ,then u turn the bullet by hand and the cutter makes the meplat dia uniform....This is of coarse after they have been classified into lots for base to ogive length,bearing surface length and weight..Many hours later i hope i got best i can..JR ..Jeff Rogers.. pic of bullet uniformed next to one straight from the box [img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/341566/ogiveuniforming.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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