Plated bullets how fast ?

joneb · June 11, 2006, 01:30 PM

I have some 125 grn swc copper plated lead, .357 dia. the brand is "Accura Bullets" I could not access they're web sight . Are there velocity limits for plated bullets ?

rnovi · June 12, 2006, 01:24 PM

I've heard 1400 is the upper limit for copper plated. That was from the Ranier Plated Bullet website (when you could get the data for free). Apparantly the plating just isn't think enough to handle velocities over 1400.

But if you are going to push a bullet that hard you may as well use a factory jacketed bullet. No sense going cheap if you are going to push hard.

WESHOOT2 · June 13, 2006, 05:34 AM

I've pushed Rainier far beyond 1400........

"......sounds of insane laughter still echoing......"

.499 BigBore · June 16, 2006, 08:11 AM

i chrono'd some .50 cal. Ranier loads yesterday at 1700- 1900 fps they still made some neat half inch holes in the paper !

MADISON · June 17, 2006, 08:10 AM

BERRY says 1,300 feet per second.
RAINARE says 1,200 feet per second.

impact · June 17, 2006, 03:29 PM

Also be carefull how much crimp you put on a plated bullet. To much crimp can tear the plating. Had this problem with 45 ACPs. I had a nice hole in a target with copper stuck in the paper around the hole. I went ahead and shot all 1000 rounds without an issue. I'm sure accuracy suffered. I didn't notice sence I was just playing around with IDPA drills.

joneb · June 17, 2006, 10:36 PM

Kinda like " rock, paper, scissors " brass cuts copper. Roger that impact

PinnedAndRecessed · June 18, 2006, 01:04 PM

FWIW, I called Ranier since they no longer publish loading data.

I asked, and they affirmed, to simply use data for loading lead bullets.

June 11, 2006, 01:30 PM	#1
joneb Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Location: Central , OR Posts: 1,888	Plated bullets how fast ? I have some 125 grn swc copper plated lead, .357 dia. the brand is "Accura Bullets" I could not access they're web sight . Are there velocity limits for plated bullets ?

June 12, 2006, 01:24 PM	#2
rnovi Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2005 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 401	I've heard 1400 is the upper limit for copper plated. That was from the Ranier Plated Bullet website (when you could get the data for free). Apparantly the plating just isn't think enough to handle velocities over 1400. But if you are going to push a bullet that hard you may as well use a factory jacketed bullet. No sense going cheap if you are going to push hard. __________________ Robert N. "Remember, Eagles may soar but Weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!"

June 13, 2006, 05:34 AM	#3
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	uh-oh I've pushed Rainier far beyond 1400........ "......sounds of insane laughter still echoing......" __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

June 17, 2006, 08:10 AM	#5
MADISON Senior Member Join Date: January 1, 2000 Location: Roanoke, Virginia Posts: 2,678	How fast to push plated bullets? BERRY says 1,300 feet per second. RAINARE says 1,200 feet per second.

June 16, 2006, 08:11 AM	#4
.499 BigBore Junior member Join Date: March 12, 2006 Posts: 50	i chrono'd some .50 cal. Ranier loads yesterday at 1700- 1900 fps they still made some neat half inch holes in the paper !

June 17, 2006, 03:29 PM	#6
impact Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2005 Location: the great state of Texas Posts: 854	Also be carefull how much crimp you put on a plated bullet. To much crimp can tear the plating. Had this problem with 45 ACPs. I had a nice hole in a target with copper stuck in the paper around the hole. I went ahead and shot all 1000 rounds without an issue. I'm sure accuracy suffered. I didn't notice sence I was just playing around with IDPA drills.

June 17, 2006, 10:36 PM	#7
joneb Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Location: Central , OR Posts: 1,888	Kinda like " rock, paper, scissors " brass cuts copper. Roger that impact

June 18, 2006, 01:04 PM	#8
PinnedAndRecessed Junior member Join Date: November 12, 2004 Posts: 449	FWIW, I called Ranier since they no longer publish loading data. I asked, and they affirmed, to simply use data for loading lead bullets.