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What about testing the pistol versions....I think they used to call them "Gold Dots"?
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I'd love to, but the gold dots are no longer available. Most suppliers have them listed, but no backorders. Now the handgun deep curls are taking a long time to get to the distributors. None available that I could find. The rifle bullets are trickling out some, just the most popular calibers first, then the rest will fill in.
I do have a few gold dots in 40 S&W. Got them several years ago, kind of hung onto them in case WI could some day get CCW. Well, in Nov. we will have it!
I could test one, but it would just show what they could do. Since they're being fazed out, I'll wait until the deep curls become available.
I have to be very selective which bullet I test because it takes so long to recycle the test tube. The big ones take 4 hours to melt, then they take 24 hours to cool.
Apparently ballistic technology, the people who sold/invented the test tubes are belly up. So I had to find a source for mailing tubes with the correct wall thickness and inside diameter to be able to re-use the test medium. 150 bucks later, I have enough of the 6" and 3" tubes to last awhile.