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Speer has always said boat tail bullets are not needed for under 300 yds. They make their boat tail bullets with a thinner jacket to get expansion beyond 300. Up close they can be failures with violent expansion at high velocities.
I used to never shoot the boat tails, but since leaving Speer and moving to Nosler, they have come into play. The right Nosler bullets are not thin jacketed. Back when I started hand loading in the early 60s, Sierra bullets were very thin jacketed. They were not good hunting bullets at that time. I got rid of them and haven't used any since the mid 70s. I all fairness, I understand Sierra has made some important changes to their hunting bullets, but I still hear bad experiences with them. Sierra does make good target bullets. |
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