Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Why did Speer discontinue the Deep Curl bullet?

I am resurrecting this old thread because I finally caught a 175-grain Deep Curl. I've been using them on feral pigs for several years now, and I have yet to find a bullet that performs any better. The test medium for this bullet was a feral pig 75-80 yards away (sorry about the poor cellphone picture and granite counter top), shot with my 7x57 at a muzzle velocity of about 2300 fps - a "nostalgia load" for sure.

From the top:


From the bottom (note concave base):


From the side:


Another side shot:


Expanded diameter: .565" or 1.98 times.
Expanded length: .649 or 48% of original length (1.345").
Retained weight: 161.0 grains or 92% of original weight (175-gr).

As has been noted, the Deep Curl was discontinued as a reloading component, and replaced by the Federal Fusion as a factory loading only. I am happy that I bought a boatload of both 175- and 160-grain bullets when they started to disappear from dealer shelves. It has proven to be one heck of a bullet in my limited experience on all shapes and sizes of pigs.