bedbugbilly
06-24-2014, 10:02 AM
I am curious if a hollow point wad cutter would be a functional boolit? I googled "hollow point wad cutter" and didn't' come up with much - got hollow base and an image of a boolit that sort of resembled a HP - but not a whole lot more.
Hollow points are used for hunting and SD but the boolit usually is of a more "pointed" design and not a flat nosed hunk of lead. I've never seen a HP WC so am just curious.
I am not advocating a HP wad cutter - just curious as to what it would do as far as "in flight" and "expansion" on impact? I realize that the main purpose of a WC is paper punching and target shooting/plinking and there are better designs of boolits for SD/hunting.
As an example - if you took a standard 148 gr WC and put a tapered hole in the nose (like most HP boolits have) - would it fly straight or would it be prone to tumbling and key holing? I don't hunt, other than critters like woodchucks and such, but when it hit the target (such as in hunting or a solid of some type) nose first (assuming it would fly straight) - would it mushroom out like a standard HP or because of the "bulk" of it, would it just "smash" out similar to a solid WC on impact?
I cast/shoot 148gr & 160gr WC - both solid base. I've never played with hollow base WC. I did run across several images where it appeared that the cartridge was loaded with the hollow base out but I wouldn't consider that a "hollow point".
I know there are a lot of bullet designs out there for WC that I'm not aware of so perhaps there is one for a HP WC? I am assuming that if a WC was made in HP, the diameter of the hole and depth would have an impact on bullet flight - i.e. keeping it "balanced" in flight so it didn't tumble? Would the width of the nose on a WC, with a HP added, cut down on the FPS that the boolit travels (in theory - due to the HP adding more resistance - or does that not happen?.
This may be "bullet design 101" so my apologies - I'm just curious and perhaps someone much wiser than me can explain what the effect would be to put a HP in a WC in terms of "flight", "impact", etc.? Many thanks!
Hollow points are used for hunting and SD but the boolit usually is of a more "pointed" design and not a flat nosed hunk of lead. I've never seen a HP WC so am just curious.
I am not advocating a HP wad cutter - just curious as to what it would do as far as "in flight" and "expansion" on impact? I realize that the main purpose of a WC is paper punching and target shooting/plinking and there are better designs of boolits for SD/hunting.
As an example - if you took a standard 148 gr WC and put a tapered hole in the nose (like most HP boolits have) - would it fly straight or would it be prone to tumbling and key holing? I don't hunt, other than critters like woodchucks and such, but when it hit the target (such as in hunting or a solid of some type) nose first (assuming it would fly straight) - would it mushroom out like a standard HP or because of the "bulk" of it, would it just "smash" out similar to a solid WC on impact?
I cast/shoot 148gr & 160gr WC - both solid base. I've never played with hollow base WC. I did run across several images where it appeared that the cartridge was loaded with the hollow base out but I wouldn't consider that a "hollow point".
I know there are a lot of bullet designs out there for WC that I'm not aware of so perhaps there is one for a HP WC? I am assuming that if a WC was made in HP, the diameter of the hole and depth would have an impact on bullet flight - i.e. keeping it "balanced" in flight so it didn't tumble? Would the width of the nose on a WC, with a HP added, cut down on the FPS that the boolit travels (in theory - due to the HP adding more resistance - or does that not happen?.
This may be "bullet design 101" so my apologies - I'm just curious and perhaps someone much wiser than me can explain what the effect would be to put a HP in a WC in terms of "flight", "impact", etc.? Many thanks!