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Zombie Steve · October 25, 2008, 03:27 PM

For a general purpose round, I'm putting a Hornady 55gr. fmjbt with cannelure over Varget. These bullets are very consistent and you can find them in bulk pretty easily.

I wanted to have a cannelure to crimp into to prevent setback, and I had to have a boattail bullet... less for drag, more for my sanity in balancing the tiny bullet on the case before seating. I'm still on a single stage press...

They have a fairly thin jacket, and my accuracy load was around 3,050 - 3,100 fps... should fragment well inside your stated ranges should you decide to zap a varmint or two...

Here's where I got them, and some more reviews in there...

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...907&t=11082005

October 25, 2008, 03:27 PM	#10
Zombie Steve Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2007 Location: Old Colorado City Posts: 527	For a general purpose round, I'm putting a Hornady 55gr. fmjbt with cannelure over Varget. These bullets are very consistent and you can find them in bulk pretty easily. I wanted to have a cannelure to crimp into to prevent setback, and I had to have a boattail bullet... less for drag, more for my sanity in balancing the tiny bullet on the case before seating. I'm still on a single stage press... They have a fairly thin jacket, and my accuracy load was around 3,050 - 3,100 fps... should fragment well inside your stated ranges should you decide to zap a varmint or two... Here's where I got them, and some more reviews in there... http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...907&t=11082005