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Well, I decided to experiment. Cutting the tips off with a knife was easy. Seating them without a special seating die is a nightmare. Lost 1 case - bullet not straight, and 3 bullet tips crushed in offcenter trials. All this to get 6 loaded rounds.
I changed to a slower powder for this test. Visually 46gr of 3031 is about to the bottom of the 256gr bullet with no crushing. Hornady says this should be about 1900 fps. Ken Waters says 49gr of 3031 with Hornadys 265gr bullet tested 29000 PSI.
100 yds gave 3 shot groups of about 2". This is the same as I was getting with a Hornady 240-XTP load. 43gr of H4198 is Hornady tested at 2100 fps.
The 265gr bullets shot about 6" below the 240gr loads.
The cases were all standard length for these loading. If I can get a seating die for these new bullets I will bump up the powder & try them on something with hair.
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