[castnblast]

Here's the deal w/ those rounds. They have a thin walled jacket. The fear of the thin wall is that it may explode and is not designed for penetration. Match bullets have thin jackets in order to make them more consistant in overall weight. The thicker jackets of hunting bullets are designed to stay intact, and provide deeper penetration, but they sometimes tend to not be as consistant in weight, which tends to effect long range accuracy from a bench rest standpoint. Sounds like the load worked just fine for you. At lower velocities, the round is less likely to explode... What caliber are you shooting? Sounds like a 284 ish or so...