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Old February 14, 2005, 02:56 AM   #8
Guy B. Meredith
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Join Date: August 29, 1999
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West Coast Bullets, Rainier bullets and one other are total copper plate.

WCB and Rainier claim theirs are double struck--I guess this means the lead core is struck to shape before plating and then plated bullet is struck (shaped) again. Maybe someone can confirm/correct that.

One forum member once sectioned all three brands and claimed WCB to have the heaviest plating. I have used them in .357 magnum loads up to about 1300 fps but haven't retrieved them for examination.

Plated bullets are neither fish nor fowl; neither lead nor jacketed. There are very few load charts for them so you need to start off with a high end lead load and progress as normal from there.

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