From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm still not convinced that propellant gasses are
responsible for melting any significant quantity of lead
from the base of a bullet. I used to think that this was a
major cause of leading but now I'm not so sure.
It seems far more likely to be down to bullet
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If the base of the bullet does
not melt then why does everyone use HPBT bullets for
the best accuracy?
Because it's easier to make a jacketed boat tail if you
design it so the jacket ends at the top rather than the
bottom, and also the propellant gasses can't try
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I don't think that propellant gasses actually melt bullets, if
they did I think it would be a problem with military guns
that do use boat tails with exposed cores.
Jonathan Laws.
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But not with the flatbase bullets that Berger makes, as
