ORIGINAL: sabotloader
liquidorange
i wonder if powder and velocity have something to do with the xtp-s shedding its lead. arent those bullets designed for pistol calibers?
Velocity is the problem when it happens - it doesn't always strip though. If you shoot soft tissue - no big bones the work great.... If you shoot big bones - they still work but just not as well..
They are pistol bullets designed for pistol velocity, but in most cases they work fine...
An example would be the 200 grain 10mm XTP - shooting it from a muzzle loader @ 2400 feet per second is WAY over it designed rate but it works great and I have not heard of any reports that it is stripping the lead from the copper - so go figure????
Mike, I am asking myself why a 200g bullet wouldn't shed it's jacket but a 260 or a 300g would. I can't believe they would have two different manufacturing processes, that would kill productivity and be very expensive. So why does this happen? Do you have a theory?Would the Hornady Bullet designers know?
Chap Gleason