Home Forums Lever Action Central Lever Actions - General Anyone here tried using spitzer bullets in a tubular magazine lever gun lately?

Yeah you read that right, pointy bullets in a tubular magazine rifle... I read with great interest three different articles on sing spitzer type bullets in tubular magaine rifles, and ALL of them could not get any damge of note to occur and concluded that we have been living by an old wives tale for a long, long time for no good reason. The most detailed work was done by then RIFLE and HANDLOADER editor Dave Scoville a couple of years ago. Seems Mr. Scoville tried and tried to get a pointy bullet to ignite a primer and the bullet points ALWAYS failed long before a primer was set off. And the plastic tipped ones fared no better. Not to be dissueaded form his science, Mr. Scoville then made up some ignition devices to forceably ignite a few cartirdges inside soe magazine tubes and even when the cartirdge DID go off, the energy expelled by the unsupported case and unhindered bllet was unimpressive and far from dangerous.

So, with this new information out there who has actuually USED pointy nosed bullets in thier magazine and not just one each in the tube and magazine but a tube full of 'em? Anyone? I am going to give some 130gr TTSX bullets a try in a 30/30AI.