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Nothing wrong with RCBS dies. As you said you need to seat and (lightly) crimp in separate operations. But you also need to expand the neck more. A .311 button (for 7.62x39 or .303 British) would...

What is your alloy? And how are you sizing the neck on your brass? Crimp or no?

Excellent!

FWIW, I like to use NOE expanders (similar to a Lyman M die) that fit in the Lee universal expander die. They are stepped instead of tapered. You can be very precise in your expansion...

No, it's not a short throat. This is a bore rider bullet, which means that throat or no throat, the nose of the bullet shouldn't stop the round from chambering. In fact the bullet should be well...

Not a short throat, but an either/or of slightly smaller bore diameter and/or large nose diameter. Sounds like you need to nose size the bullets (or go easy on the powder coat) to be able to seat...

Any progress on this front? Sure would appreciate it.

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This is what I'm talking about. I did not enlarge the opening, but drilled .09" diameter ~0.4" deep. Maybe not a direct comparison because the hollow point was not tapered, but should...

Good idea. I'll try to get that done in the next few days if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Left: Original "wheel weight" alloy
Right: 20:1 (5% tin) alloy
Both shot into Clear Ballistics gel at ~980 fps.

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Miha, long pins, please. :grin:

What are you shooting it in? What length barrel? Assuming a 16" AR, these should be a decent starting place to work down from:
10 g. IMR 4227
10.5 g. IMR 4198
10.5 g. A1680
10 g. D063-2 ...

Very interesting, Gamsek. Thanks. I'll give 20:1 a try with ballistics gel, but it may take a week or so as I have to order the pure lead. I almost hope it doesn't work better as I have hundreds...

Not stupid at all. But the issue is that this bullet doesn't have the long straight shank like the taco. If you seated it deep enough, there would be nothing for the case neck to hold on to.

Is that a 1 1/4" 230 grain bullet in a 1:7 twist barrel, with powders as fast as AA#9? Apples/oranges. But to answer your question, no, I haven't. This is the softest alloy I have, and what I have...

Miha, did you ever test this bullet for expansion with longer pins? Is it possible to buy longer pins from you? Sure would like to see this thing work.

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I have the NOE bullet performing well. I just don't like pin setup on the mold and usually have flashing around the HP opening. I also have to nose size it for two of my...

It is.

I finally got a chance to test it out. Here is the HP NLG version shot into Clear Ballistics gel at ~980 FPS from a 1:7 twist barrel. It penetrated 24" in a nearly straight line without...

Well, that's a bummer. Can't imagine you'll be the only one with problems. The other issue is that even if you get a nose sizer, you really need a top punch that matches the nose profile. The top...

Yes, it's a bore rider and yes, the fat part of the nose will be well into the bore in any properly chambered rifle. Your rifle does not have to have a short throat to run into problems. If your...

Correct. I *think* what happened is that at one time a different shipping method was included in the price, with the option of DHL at a cost. At some point during the nearly two years this was...

Unfortunately the email said the included code was only good once, so it wouldn't do you any good.

He does, doesn't he? Don't know how I missed that.

57mm ~= 2.24"

What's the COAL when loaded like that?

Just curious...how many posts would a person need to engage in sarcasm? Obviously I'm nowhere close, but it may be a goal to shoot for.

I heard it will be out after August 20th. Not sure how much after. Or August of which year.

Thanks! And I hope you don't think I was criticizing you. You guys put in a lot of hard work for no money and little thanks.