wildcatter wrote:I'd say so, I've been trying to get the guys to experiment is this fashion for some time now. Of course, for you new guys, this experimenting is not for the faint of heart and can be dangerous. Note: that Hoot here and the Dawg and Gunny had far different results. Gunny was shooting that 45gr loading for about two years now. I recommended it to him and he did the safety verification and the results are stunning. Now you've got the Dawg-Man, killing all manor of evil steel targets with it.
Fun Video, Dawg, keep up the great work..
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Problem with those 230s is they have no hollow point to reduce the weight for a given length and as such, they're just plain short to start with, barely longer than they are wide. The truncated FMJs have a little more bearing surface, so perhaps that's something worth considering also. I really do like to hold to the tenet that you should have a
minimum of 1/2 the diameter of seating depth. Hollow point designs are naturally longer for the same weight and and can naturally be loaded longer while maintaining the minimum 1/2 Dia, seating depth. While I acknowledge the attributes of them, It truly pains me to scar up my costly and limited inventory of decent brass with stab crimps, especially deep ones that never seem to iron out no matter what.
It's a tough call for me.
Hoot