Originally Posted by
mdi
I'm one of the 99.99% Mr. Gibson speaks about. I read the pros and cons of bevel base bullets, and IIRC it was here when I first stated visiting castboolits.com (2007). A lot of posts about barrel leading from BB, but just as many about clean shooting BBs. As it turns out my favorite bullets/molds have all been flat based, but not based on type of base...
I had a Lee mold for 45 cal TC mold I customized. I "milled" (actually drilled/reamed) the bevel base off and came up with a flat base 235 gr. bullet. But I couldn't tell any accuracy difference between the BB or FB from the same mold...