Al,
Fair enough. An Internet Blog can be an awkward way to communicate at times........
You've stated that there aren't any attributes to a jacketed core target bullet that makes them more desireable for accuracy use.
Acutally, I
didn't say that at all. As an answer to the original poster, I did say: "There is no reason a precisely made brass or copper bullet couldn't shoot very well........"
Then I started
asking questions if there were any solid copper or brass bullets used in 50 cal competition. I remember seeing such bullets but I don't have any knowledge whether they are used in competition or not.
My reply to you of "No there aren't" with the smily faces was 1000% humor. I wasn't sure of the intent of your post and humor is a
normally a very good way to stop things from going ugly--and it looked to me like that is where they were headed. I had no idea my post with smileys would generate anywhere near the kind of response it did.
The only experience I have with solid bullets are X bullets, TSX bullets, and Groove bullets. There are all hunting bullets. The TSX shoots well and the Groove very well, but not at a BR level of accuracy. I used Sierra Matchkings for NBRSA 1K BR, though I did try some Bergers. I had outstanding success with a 300 WSM light gun shooting 220 SMKs that I sorted by ogive and trimmed with a metplat trimmer.
With the above paragraph for reference, I could see a solid, lathe turned bullet
potentially having a couple advantages. They
might be made more precisely eliminating the need to sort them by ogive. They
might not need the metplats trimmed. They also
might have better internal concentricity, since there would be no core/jacket thickness inconsistencies.
However, I imagine making such a bullet would be very time consuming and thus very spendy.
Now today I did look at a box of Lapua match bullets in 6.5mm, and they looked like their noses were all the same. The gunshop owner said they all measured very consistently.
I do know this. If I get back into long range competition shooting, I would definitely pay more money for a bullet I did not have to sort by ogive or trim for length.