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jglsprings · October 7, 2012, 11:07 AM

One of the lesson's that I learned reloading was that the plated bullets I was using could not stand up to velocities over 1200 fps. They would shed the plating and key hole. Under that they were okay for practice and "easy" targets.

October 7, 2012, 11:07 AM	#14
jglsprings Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2009 Posts: 1,827	One of the lesson's that I learned reloading was that the plated bullets I was using could not stand up to velocities over 1200 fps. They would shed the plating and key hole. Under that they were okay for practice and "easy" targets. __________________ Let's eat Grandma. Let's eat, Grandma. Commas save lives...