HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - Musings Of A Retired Hunter & Shooter
View Single Post
Old 05-31-2012 | 08:54 AM
  #23  
Semisane's Avatar
Semisane
Boone & Crockett
 
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 10,918
Likes: 1
From: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Default

Trouble is buying store bought they are probably cast too hard.
Bronko, a little while ago I sent an e-mail to Hornady asking for the Brinnel hardness level of the Frontier line of cold swaged lead bullets. I load the Frontier .314/90 grain semi-wadcutters for light plinking loads in a .32 Mag handgun. They seem to be pretty soft and are pin-point accurate in my little revolver.

I often thought of trying .451 bullets out of my GM LRH 45 barrel.
Hornady has .452 and .454 bullets in the Frontier line, but no .451s. I don't know how the .452s would fit. See them here. http://www.hornady.com/store/Lead-Pi...ullets/?page=2

I had thought about going with the .45s for my little project. But the heaviest .452 is 230 grains and has a round nose profile, which is not what I want. The .454/255 grain flat point looks pretty darn good, but I decided to go with the .430 because it would give me the option of both a Semi Wad Cutter or SWC Hollow Point in 240 grain.

Last edited by Semisane; 05-31-2012 at 11:13 AM.
Semisane is offline  
Reply