Is this a trick question?


Had no ignition problems with this bullet. Have never had ignition problems with easy loading bullets. This bullet wasn't as easy to load as others have been. Me, i have long thought it a myth, that bullets needed to be hard to load, to have reliable ignition, when one is using Blackhorn. Am betting you knew that too.

Umm, i followed a link you provided, on Chet's thread about his new Omega, to the 225g 45 caliber FTX. The photo on Hornady website shows one cannelure on the bullet. The bullets you sent me that are 225g, and 45 caliber have two cannelure. Am i looking at the right bullet?

I was just checking about ignition. I keep hearing horror stories. My sabotless bullets load with finger pressure and little more than the weight of the Ultimate Range rod to seat them on the powder.

Yes, they made them both ways. I sent both the 200gr and 225gr FTX. The more "pointy" ogive is the 200gr FTX.

I lost one of the 200g bullet i think. Which bullet would you prefer to be tested? Two is enough if things go good.

Hmmmm i dont remember testing the 200gr but i prefer the cost of the 225gr. Oddly the 200gr is more expensive....Hmmmmm

I guess the 225gr since it shoots so good in my ULA.

Yes your right Mike!! I remember one getting shot four times with a no excuse conical. It wasnot good at all. I won't mention any names, but I've seen posters still try to defend those conicals even after having to shoot multiple shots to kill a hog.

Seems others I have talked to that were on that same hunt recall things differently. Maybe their keyboard isn't so slanted.

What?? Super91 hitting one four times with a lead conical out of a Super91 ML?? I was there for every shot. Key board might be slanted the truth isn't.

Sabotloader,
In 2005 big6x6 took his 45cal white ML and used a conical bullet. His kill also took two shots. I went and found a magazine article about that. Brought back some good memories. That year I used a Savage and a 300grn XTP.

I should also mention as bad as Barnes bullets are on Deer size game. They always performed great on Russian Boar. The thick skin and armor plating they called it was tough to penetrate.

Ron, that what us Southern boys call a hair under 7/8".

I remember Big6x6 talking about the hunt and the fact that the conicals were not doing what they thought they should do. But it was such a long time ago... I think RW was even there and he wrote a piece about it - I do not remember much about it so then again maybe it wasn't RW.