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I am not set up to cast bullets so I have gotten some of RMR's plated 308 bullets and am going to work up some loads for cheaper plinking for my 30-30 and 30-06.
Anybody here have experience with plated bullets in rifle calibers? I know from the site that I need to keep velocity under 2000 fps and I am looking at cast bullet data for these kind of velocities, knowing that copper plated will run a little slower than lead for the same load. Just curious what some of you may have found using similar bullets.
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Never used them in an '06, but yes on the 30-30. Cast loads is where you want to be, shoot and act essentially the same, IME. Modern Reloading Vol. 2 has a ton of cast info/reduced loads in the 30-06.
Last edited by Darkker; 12/27/13.
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And do not crimp I used Berry's bullets in my Mosin and had to keep the speed down. I used a Lee factory crimp on some, and the plated-jacket blew off looking like a used sabot
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Thanks for the info guys, and the feedback on no crimp!
I have Modern Reloading 2nd but really hadn't read some of the info on cast bullets in the beginning chapters, good tip!
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Are plated bullets a viable way to avoid the degradation in accuracy suffered by cast when shot in a barrel that has had jacketed shot in it in the same session?
I like using a plinker and small game load for my big game rifles, but cast and jacketed do not play well together.
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