Like mentioned above, I don't understand the obsession with hard bullets. I mean, I understand why the commercial casters love them and sell them (antimony is cheap, tin ain't), but like gnoahhh, most of my handgun loads use bullets with a BHN of 8 - 9. Think about it, Elmer Keith built the .44 Magnum around bullets with a BHN of 11.
Don
Don,
Its not an obsession, its just another tool in the tool kit.
For semi-autos, harder means less deformation during feeding or less fuss feeding in a progressive.
For rifles, its a means of shooting up to jacketed speeds.
For most posting in this forum, many times we arent getting a custom mould and tailoring sizing to slip fit a throat to use an alloy that obturates.
Many from the old silhouette game went to hardened bullets to keep stuff toppled over.
The list goes on, but just as many reasons are there for using plain old wheelweights; no harm there, either. Just another tool.
