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Interesting DD. Never thought about paper patched handgun bullets.
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good to hear. I think the ones I cast were with a 10-11 Bhn alloy according to the Lee tool. The 33" barrel on the Vetterli will get them up over 1400 fps easily so there might be some expansion. I think I'm going to see if I can make a collet up and reliably drill a hollow point in the lathe on a few and see how they shoot. I don't think I need a hollow point, but should be an interesting endeavor. Post up your results. I've never been able to make an effective HP tool for random bullets, though I've tried on and off for years. The hole inevitably ends up off-center.
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good to hear. I think the ones I cast were with a 10-11 Bhn alloy according to the Lee tool. The 33" barrel on the Vetterli will get them up over 1400 fps easily so there might be some expansion. I think I'm going to see if I can make a collet up and reliably drill a hollow point in the lathe on a few and see how they shoot. I don't think I need a hollow point, but should be an interesting endeavor. Post up your results. I've never been able to make an effective HP tool for random bullets, though I've tried on and off for years. The hole inevitably ends up off-center. The lathe and collet will guarantee the hole will be in the middle as long as the setup is right. Getting consistent depth is the trick but I think a collet with a step for the base to rest against will help with that. I did one a couple weeks ago just chucking lightly and running a center drill in and it looked decent but as it got deeper and wider the bullet wanted to slip. That's why a collet will be required, to grip 100% of the surface without crushing it.
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