ORIGINAL: salukipv1
I don't reload, but I have noticed, how much variance a hunting bullet has from another simply by looking closely at the bullet, usually the tips of them.
Lead cores etc...are all different usually, similar, but different.
Shouldn't all bullets be identical? maybe some variance doesn't make much of a different on flight, but I would think a little variance on a bullet would make a HUGE difference on bullet flight and accuracy.
I've shot everything from noslers, a frames, core lokts, all sorts, never any match grade target ammo, but I assume thats just what match great is, much more identical bullets, in shape, and weight.
So my question, who makes idential hunting bullets?
Certainly all bullets should be as alike as one can make them. I have found thatSierra hunting bullets are pretty uniform, as are the Nosler Ballistic Tip and Accubond types. In addition, although there may be more variation between bullets, the Nosler Partition Jacket bullets have always shot quite well for me, although I have heardthat these don't work as well for some people as they have for me.....
Now, to address one of your ideas: Differences in bullets don't make as large a diffference in accuracy as you might imagine. For example, at least one writer I know of experimented with this idea by deforming the lead tips of a bunch of bullets (such as happens to sharp lead-tipped bullets in rifle magazines). He then loaded and fired them, along with "undamaged" bullets from the same box. Contrary to his expectations, there was no statistically significantdifference in the accuracy of the two batches. However,when the BASES of bullets are altered, such as by a dent, etc., the accuracy is very noticeably less!
So,point variationsare not too significant, but deformation of the base of a bullet can have a very detrimental effect on how it flies.